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Published 5 Mar 2026, 14:11 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Post-Warranty Maintenance of Upgrade and Expansion to Applied Spectral Imaging GenASIs Cytogenetics Scanning, Image Capture and Analysis Software System

Official notice

Authority: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: East of England (UKH)
Awarded value£424,300published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 11 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Cytocell Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Post-Warranty Maintenance of Upgrade and Expansion to Applied Spectral Imaging GenASIs Cytogenetics Scanning, Image Capture and Analysis Software System for Cambridge University Hospitals

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: East of England
72267100 Maintenance of information technology software

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
5 Mar 2026, 14:11 GMT
Last source update
31 Mar 2026, 13:00 BST
Authority reference
ADD/PU/EW/25/59
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-029619
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
East of England (UKH)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066323 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

The Cambridge Genomics Laboratory proposes to acquire an additional Fluorescent Microscope system, licences, hardware and upgraded software to enable electronic slide scanning for karyotyping and fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) analysis for Cytogenomic testing in rare disease and Haemato-oncology testing.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

23 Mar 2026 → 31 Mar 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends216 days ago
    23 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
  2. Notice published209 days ago
    31 Mar 2026, 13:00 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Mar 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    5 Mar 2026, 14:11 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    11 Mar 2026, 14:00 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    23 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    31 Mar 2026, 13:00 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £424,3001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Mar 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Cytocell Ltd1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2027£424,30011 Mar 2026standstill to 23 Mar 2026Standstill
Cytocell Ltd£460,015 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 2 · Cytocell Ltd

    Signed
    27 Mar 2026
    Value
    £460,015
    Period
    1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2027
    Status
    active

    No agreed KPIs: Contract value is less than £5 million

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-NHS: RGT Hills Road, Cambridge, East of England, CB2 0QQContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Cytocell LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 04231155 OGT, 418 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, East of England, CB4 0PZContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender