Official UK procurement notice
Bacteriology Lab Automation · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUKHSA is hoping to refresh and modernise its Bacteriology Laboratory Automation Systems in some or all of its Clinical Network Laboratories. Current systems have been in-situ for approximately ten years and are nearing end of life. In advance of seeking business case approval or launching a formal tender process UKHSA are seeking to engage with the with the Laboratory Automation supply chain to:
- share information regarding this potential opportunity
- gain technical insights into innovative and leading-edge solutions that can support the development of our requirements
- gain market insight to help us shape our business case and strategy for a potential procurement
This RFI (Request for Information) is the first stage of our pre-market engagement and is a desk-top exercise that is intended to enable key business stakeholders and their commercial lead to engage to better understand what the market can provide and the market’s thoughts are on the future.
CPV: Installation services of medical and surgical equipment · Laboratory reagents · Medical equipments
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- 14 Aug 2025, 16:24 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Aug 2025, 16:24 BST
- Authority reference
C376864- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-048891- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05883dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
14 Aug 2025 → 2 Feb 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published14 Aug 2025, 16:24 BST
- Market engagement26 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
This RFI (Request for Information) is the first stage of our pre-market engagement and is a desk-top exercise that is intended to enable key business stakeholders and their commercial lead to engage to better understand what the market can provide and the market’s thoughts are on the future.
- Tender notice expected360 days ago31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts267 days ago2 Feb 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published14 Aug 2025, 16:24 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender