Official UK procurement notice
Targeted Lung Cancer Screening
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPSD Scotland (Formerly NSS) wish to engage with the market to discuss solutions for a national programme for Targeted Lung Cancer Screening in Scotland.
Scope/Scale: To implement the initial phase of the Targeted Lung Cancer Screening Programme for current and former smokers aged 55-74 in line with the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) recommendation.
An engagement event will be held (dates to be confirmed) to seek information about potential options available to deliver each stage of the screening pathway (including call-recall, risk assessment, smoking cessation, CT scanning delivery, CT scan reporting and issuing of results).
Please note this is not a call for competition.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PSD Scotland (Formerly NSS) are seeking to engage with the market to establish a…Planned
PSD Scotland (Formerly NSS) are seeking to engage with the market to establish a service model / patient pathway for a National Targeted Lung Cancer Screening programme in Scotland.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) buys Health services (CPV 8510), and who usually turns up
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Health services (CPV 8510) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Scotland.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 59 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid19% / 24%
2–350% / 32%
4–625% / 26%
7+6% / 17%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate36%
Within ±2%57%
Above estimate6%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1PSD Scotland (Formerly NSS) are seeking to engage with the market to establish a…CPV 8510Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 172 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid36%
2–338%
4–620%
7+6%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Jul 2026, 15:19 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Jul 2026, 15:19 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-070398- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d37cFind a Tender
Publisher note: In line with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Public Services Delivery Scotland Procurement Services, in collaboration with Screening Oversight and Assurance Scotland (SOAS), wish to hold a Market Engagement event to meet with service providers and explore potential service models for a National Targeted Lung Screening Service. The Preliminary Market Engagement events will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams (dates to be confirmed) and will consist of a presentation to the market to give an overview of the project and give the market an opportunity to ask questions in an open forum. This will also involve 1:1 sessions with the market in which they will be asked to provide a presentation of the solution they can offer. The scope for the presentation will be issued upon receipt of a request for a 1:1 session. Next Steps – service providers who are interested in attending this event: 1. Are invited to express an interest to the email address below – confirming the names and positions of proposed attendees. Within the EOI please confirm the area of the pathway you intend to put forward a proposal and provide a summary of similar services you have provided in other geographies. 2. Please confirm if your organisation would like to book a 20-minute slot to further discuss the requirements with PSD Scotland representatives and present on your organisations proposal (further information will be shared following an EOI). Email to express interest: [email protected] no later than 07/08/2026. Service providers should note that this engagement event together with any other soft market sounding in relation to this proposed procurement, may not necessarily lead to a formal procurement and/or award of any contracts. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=838379. (SC Ref:838379)
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
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Timeline
24 Jul 2026 → 1 Mar 2028 · 2 dates- Notice published89 days ago24 Jul 2026, 15:19 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expected1 Mar 2028
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