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# Scottish Health Survey 2026: Provision of a laboratory services for salivary cotinine and anabasine analysis

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/scottish-health-survey-2026-provision-of-a-laboratory-services-for-salivary-cotinine-and-a-ocds-h6vhtk-05539a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Scottish Centre for Social Research (ScotCen): "Scottish Health Survey 2026: Provision of a laboratory services for salivary cotinine and anabasine analysis". Published status: complete. Published Value: £81,125. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 28 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Scottish Centre for Social Research (ScotCen)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-scottish-centre-for-social-research-scotcen-GB-FTS-152558)
- **Published Value:** £81,125 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 28 July 2025 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Laboratory services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £73,920 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/scottish-health-survey-2026-provision-of-a-laboratory-services-for-salivary-cotinine-and-a-ocds-h6vhtk-05539a#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05539a`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

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## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/scottish-health-survey-2026-provision-of-a-laboratory-services-for-salivary-cotinine-and-a-ocds-h6vhtk-05539a#participate

## Description
The Scottish Centre for Social Research is inviting interested parties to submit a proposal for the provision of Laboratory Services to conduct salivary cotinine and anabasine analysis to support the 2026 Scottish Health Survey (SHeS 2026). SHeS 2026 has been commissioned by the Scottish Government to the Scottish Centre for Social Research, who require a sub-processor to carry out cotinine and anabasine analysis for the study

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £81,125
- **Description:** The Scottish Centre for Social Research is inviting interested parties to submit a proposal for the provision of Laboratory Services to conduct salivary cotinine and anabasine analysis to support the 2026 Scottish Health Survey (SHeS 2026). The Scott...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 048347-2025-SHeS26_cot_ITT-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **BioApp Solutions Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-157829`
  - Value: £73,920 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 048347-2025-SHeS26_cot_ITT-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £73,920
  - Signed Date: 12/08/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F048347-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-08-13T10:47:28.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T21:00:24.319Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05539a