Official UK procurement notice
Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Post-Warranty Maintenance of an Automated System for the Embedding of Tissue Samples in Paraffin Wax including Tracking, Transport and Storage and Retrieval of Wax Tissue Blocks
Authority: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: UKEast of England (UKH)
Published estimate£2,000,000≈ £286k / year · £2,400,000 inc. VAT5% below final estimate
Submissions closed 2 Jan 2026awarded 4 Feb 2026
Awarded to Axlab Ltd.2 awards
Contract term 7 yrsends 31 Mar 2033 · up to 31 Mar 2036 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFramework Call-Off for Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Post-Warranty Maintenance of an Automated System for the Embedding of Tissue Samples in Paraffin Wax including Tracking, Transport and Storage and Retrieval of Wax Tissue Blocks
- How the procedure runs: Call-off from HealthTrust Europe Framework for Anatomical Pathology Automation
CPV: Automation system
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,000,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical Requirements: 75%
- Whole Life Costs: 25%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical Requirements
- Whole Life Costs
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Dec 2025, 12:23 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Feb 2026, 13:46 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 28 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
ADD/PU/EW/25/33- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-078457- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ebdfFind a Tender
- How it runs
Call-off from HealthTrust Europe Framework for Anatomical Pathology Automation
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
- Submission deadline
- 2 Jan 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 29 Dec 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Jaggaer One
Timeline
1 Dec 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published328 days ago1 Dec 2025, 12:23 GMT
- Clarification questions by300 days ago29 Dec 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Submission deadline296 days ago2 Jan 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent264 days ago4 Feb 2026
- Standstill ends254 days ago13 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published241 days ago26 Feb 2026, 13:46 GMT
- Award decision expected by239 days ago28 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts208 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Dec 2025- Tender notice published1 Dec 2025, 12:23 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published4 Feb 2026, 15:17 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete4 Feb 2026, 15:17 GMT
- Contract signature expected16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published26 Feb 2026, 13:46 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £1,900,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Feb 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axlab Ltd.1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2033 · up to 31 Mar 2036Extensions: An option to extend for a period of further 3 years at the Authority's discretion | £1,900,000same award published again · counted once | 4 Feb 2026standstill to 13 Feb 2026 | Standstill |
| Axlab Ltd. | £1,900,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 2 · Axlab Ltd.
- Signed
- 16 Feb 2026
- Value
- £1,900,000
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2033 · up to 31 Mar 2036 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- An option to extend for a period of further 3 years at the Authority's discretion
No agreed KPIs: Less than £5 million including VAT
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Axlab LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
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
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender