Official UK procurement notice
Urinalysis and Urine Pregnancy Testing
Authority: Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionClinitek Status consumables for urinalysis and urine hCG analysis
- Siemens Clinitest HCT test Kit (25)
- Siemens Urinalysis Multistix 8SG (100).
The NHSCT require POCT Urinalysis and Urine Pregnancy test strips / cassettes, bar code scanners, associated Internal Quality Control (IQC) materials, consumables/reagents, associated connectivity requirements via CoreLIMS (WinPath Enterprise / WPE) into Encompass, software / interfaces, hardware, Implementation, training, maintenance and servicing and External Quality Assurance (EQA) to enable both Urinalysis and Urine Pregnancy testing for an initial 3 month period.
The selection of alternative product would require replacement of established equipment and IT infrastructure requiring revalidation, introducing additional costs and unacceptable clinical and operational risk. The devices and consumables will be replaced with new regional PaLs compliant contract once awarded and installed which could take up to 2 years as it will be a regional contract.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- 22 Jun 2026, 10:00 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Jun 2026, 10:00 BST
- Authority reference
478586- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-058346- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b9bdFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Switching Direct Award
- Published justification
Previous unsuccessful tendering exercise prior to PA 2023 coming into effect.
Currently re-tendering with DAC required to ensure supply of goods until new contract has been awarded and installation of new equipment has been completed
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 22 Jun 2026- Transparency notice published22 Jun 2026, 10:00 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected23 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquilant Northern Ireland LtdSME1 Aug 2026 – 31 Oct 2026 · up to 31 Aug 2028Extensions: Initial 3 month DAC. Tender to be published June 2026, regional contract covering 5 Trusts which could take up to 2 years for IT and equipment installation to be completed across the region. Extension periods will be monthly after the initial 3 months to facilitate this. | £259,905 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- AQUILANT NORTHERN IRELAND LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender