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RFI - Appointment of a main reference laboratory

Research laboratory services
Location not published
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency: "RFI - Appointment of a main reference laboratory". Published status: planning. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthoritySecretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security AgencyScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency
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Published history for Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
35.8Bids / Report
50% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
CGI IT UK LimitedTop vendor: 47.9% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 167 active published awards; 4 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
CGI IT UK Limited1 win£799,968
IDEXX LABORATORIES LIMITED1 win£350,000
MI-NET TECHNOLOGY LIMITED1 win£201,528
MICROMETRIC LIMITED1 win£191,645
ON365 LIMITED1 win£92,904
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthoritySecretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published21 May 2025, 11:15 BST
Last source update21 May 2025, 11:15 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationResearch laboratory services
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-051a25
What is being bought
UK NEQAS Microbiology is seeking to appoint a main reference laboratory to provide microbial strains and perform antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) in support of its External Quality Assessment (EQA) schemes. This RFI is seeking information from laboratories that have the capability and capacity to fulfil the outlined requirements.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to planning
    21 May 2025, 11:15 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    21 May 2025, 11:15 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    21 May 2025, 11:15 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    21 May 2025, 11:15 BST
  2. Procedure published
    21 May 2025, 11:15 BST
  3. engagement
    11 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    UK NEQAS Microbiology is seeking to appoint a main reference laboratory to provide microbial strains and perform antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) in support of its External Quality Assessment (EQA) schemes. This RFI is seeking information from laboratories that have the capability and capacity to fulfil the outlined requirements. The issuance of this RFI does not constitute a sourcing exercise, but responses provided will help to shape UKHSA’s sourcing strategy. UKHSA will not pay any costs incurred by respondents in the preparation of a response to this RFI.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PBMQ-7576-DVGW
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Documents (1)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published