Official UK procurement notice
Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Post-Warranty Maintenance of a Fully Automated System for the Sectioning of Wax Tissue Blocks including Mounting Onto a Glass Slide for Further Staining
Authority: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: East of England (UKH)
Awarded value£630,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 24 Mar 2026
Awarded to Axlab Ltd.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Post-Warranty Maintenance of a Fully Automated System for the Sectioning of Wax Tissue Blocks including Mounting Onto a Glass Slide for Further Staining for Cambridge University Hospitals
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award under framework
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Call-off under a framework
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Apr 2026, 14:58 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Apr 2026, 08:58 BST
- Authority reference
ADD/PU/EW/25/53- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-031248- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067ae5Find a Tender
Related procedures1
- Call-off under framework Anatomical Pathology Automation
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Apr 2026- Contract award notice published1 Apr 2026, 14:58 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published7 Apr 2026, 08:58 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected7 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £630,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 7 Apr 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axlab Ltd.1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2034 | £630,000 | 24 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Axlab Ltd.
- Signed
- 7 Apr 2026
- Value
- £630,000
- Period
- 1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2034
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Contract value is less than £5 million
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Axlab LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender