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Provision of Virology/Bacterial Testing Services
Published 28 Oct 2026
28 Oct 2026
- Primary CPV
-
85145000 *
Services provided by medical laboratories
- Location
- 🇬🇧 West Midlands
- Value
- £147,810
- Contract
- Not specified
- Contract Types
-
85 *Health & social work servicesFull CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
Hermitage Lane, Kent, Maidstone, ME16 9QQ, United Kingdom · UKG
Contact
Award Criteria
- The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard
Related tenders
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
85145000 *
All notices with this CPV code
Reference: 514
Virology/bacterial referral testing
Awarded to
Full CPV breakdown
- 85145000 — Services provided by medical laboratories (primary)
Notice details
- Competition
- Direct award (no competition)
- Contract type
- Services
- Bids received
- 1
- Winning supplier
- Large company
- Procurement method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Main category
- Services
- Legal basis
- CELEX 32014L0024
- Notice status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 28 Oct 2026 12:31
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-079255
- Notice ID
- 514
Competition
1
Bids received
Organisations on this notice
Supplier Large
Coventry, United Kingdom
GB-COH 03022426
PSR Review Panel
Review Body
London, United Kingdom
Lots (1)
Lot 1
Description of Services: The provision of a testing service for virology/bacterial requests by PCR/serology/sequencing and the reporting of these results with appropriate interpretive comments.
Contract Award Statement: Intention to award a contract to an existing provider (Micropathology Ltd) following Provider Selec...
· Cancelled
Full notice record
47 detailsEverything the publisher included in this notice, organised by section.
Tender
| Title | Provision of Virology/Bacterial Testing Services |
| Status | complete |
| CPV › Description | Services provided by medical laboratories |
| Category | services |
| Description | Virology/bacterial referral testing |
| Lot › Description | Description of Services: The provision of a testing service for virology/bacterial requests by PCR/serology/sequencing and the reporting of these results with appropriate interpretive comments. Contract Award Statement: Intention to award a contract to an existing provider (Micropathology Ltd) following Provider Selection Regime direct award process C. Approximate Lifetime Value of the Contract: £147,810 Contract Period: 8 September 2026 to 7 September 2027 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Name | The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Type | cost |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Description | 100 |
| Lot › Has options | No |
| Lot › Status | cancelled |
| Item › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UKG |
| Procedure type | limited |
| Procedure | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Procurement Method Rationale Classifications › Description | The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive |
| Reason for this procedure | This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 9th November 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. |
Awards
| Status | active |
| Supplier › Name | Micropathology Ltd |
Organisations
| Party 1 › Name | MAIDSTONE AND TUNBRIDGE WELLS NHS TRUST |
| Party 1 › Identifier › Legal Name | MAIDSTONE AND TUNBRIDGE WELLS NHS TRUST |
| Party 1 › Address › Street | Hermitage Lane, Kent |
| Party 1 › Address › Town / city | Maidstone |
| Party 1 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKJ45 |
| Party 1 › Address › Postcode | ME16 9QQ |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 1 › Contact › Email | mtw-tr.contractsteam@nhs.net |
| Party 1 › Role | buyer |
| Party 1 › Link | https://www.mtw.nhs.uk/ |
| Party 1 › Classification › Classification 1 › Description | NHS Organisation |
| Party 1 › Classification › Classification 2 › Description | Health |
| Party 2 › Name | Micropathology Ltd |
| Party 2 › Identifier › Legal Name | Micropathology Ltd |
| Party 2 › Address › Town / city | Coventry |
| Party 2 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKG |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 2 › Role | supplier |
| Party 2 › Business size | large |
| Party 3 › Name | PSR Review Panel |
| Party 3 › Identifier › Legal Name | PSR Review Panel |
| Party 3 › Address › Town / city | London |
| Party 3 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 3 › Role | Review body |
Buyer
| Name | MAIDSTONE AND TUNBRIDGE WELLS NHS TRUST |
Contracts
| Status | active |
| Value › Value | £147,810 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Signed | 23 Oct 2026 |