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# UHB Immunology Managed Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uhb-immunology-managed-service-ocds-h6vhtk-06af0f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust: "UHB Immunology Managed Service". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-hospitals-birmingham-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rrk)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Medical equipments
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uhb-immunology-managed-service-ocds-h6vhtk-06af0f#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06af0f`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/uhb-immunology-managed-service-ocds-h6vhtk-06af0f#tl-md)

## Description
Managed service to support laboratory work in the Immunology department at UHB. The contract would provide an efficient and effective solution to minimise manual processes and, where possible, utilise automated solutions to future-proof the service for our users.
At the time of this notice the Immunology Manged Service would cover automated solutions to the following:
a. Allergy serology
o Fluorescent enzyme immunoassay to include:
i. Total and specific IgE
ii. Component allergy testing
iii. Tryptase
iv. Specific IgG / precipitins
b. Autoimmunity
o Indirect immunofluorescence 
o Enzyme immunoassay / ELISA
o Immunoblot
c. Cellular Immunology / Immunodeficiency 
o Flow cytometry (including single & dual platform)
o ELISA
d. Immunochemistry
o Capillary Zone electrophoresis
o Gel immunofixation
o Iso-electric focussing 
o Turbidimetry
e. Infectious Immunology
o Including automated ELISA IGRA for latent TB

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 33100000

- **Contract Period:** 30/06/2027 to 30/06/2029

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F053486-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-05T15:01:35.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T08:16:59.331Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06af0f