Official UK procurement notice
Toxicology Reporting Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of a Toxicology Service to support the operation of the West Yorkshire West HM Coroner's Service to enable it to fully investigate all sudden and unexplained deaths that are referred. This service forms part of the investigation to enable the Coroner to determine a cause of death.
- No preliminary market engagement: Authority has clear understanding of deliverables and current market
CPV: Laboratory services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£400,000
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: Response to Specification and Social Value
- Social Value: Price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- 23 Feb 2026, 10:30 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Jun 2026, 14:48 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Apr 2026
- Authority reference
CBMDC108265- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-015956- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0659dfFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Mar 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Mar 2026
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
23 Feb 2026 → 10 Jun 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published239 days ago23 Feb 2026, 10:30 GMT
- Clarification questions by216 days ago18 Mar 2026
- Submission deadline207 days ago27 Mar 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by186 days ago16 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts175 days ago28 Apr 2026
- Assessment summaries sent165 days ago8 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published132 days ago10 Jun 2026, 14:48 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Feb 2026- Tender notice published23 Feb 2026, 10:30 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published8 May 2026, 16:26 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete8 May 2026, 16:26 BST
- Contract signature expected22 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published10 Jun 2026, 14:48 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust1 Jun 2026 – 31 May 2028 · up to 31 May 2030Extensions: 2 periods of 12 months | £500,000 inc. VAT | 6 May 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Signed
- 25 May 2026
- Value
- £500,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 Jun 2026 – 31 May 2028 · up to 31 May 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 periods of 12 months
No agreed KPIs: Below the threshold
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTAwarded 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