Official UK procurement notice
Cancer Life Science Hub · UK public procurement notice
Authority: University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe project reference is C395670 and the closing date for submission of the completed Expression of Interest is 11:59pm, on Sunday 31 December 2028.
Expression of interest request for Project Innovation Partners
Midlands Life Science Hub
Partnership in Action. Innovation with Impact
CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust buys Research and development services (CPV 73), and who usually turns up
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Research and development services (CPV 73) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in East Midlands (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 46 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid4%
2–326%
4–630%
7+39%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate63%
Within ±2%30%
Above estimate7%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 73No real estimate
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 73. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 23 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid4%
2–326%
4–630%
7+39%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 17 Dec 2025, 17:24 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Dec 2025, 17:24 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-084060- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f85bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
17 Dec 2025 → 1 Jan 2029 · 4 dates- Planning notice published314 days ago17 Dec 2025, 17:24 GMT
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expected31 Dec 2028, 23:59 GMT
- Market engagement31 Dec 2028, 23:59 GMT
The Midlands Life Science Hub has been commissioned by the Cancer Alliances to establish a partnership function, this has been a successful program, resulting in over 30 organisations expressing interest to work with the Hub and Cancer Alliances.
We wish to continue to receive interest from partners in Cancer service improvement, but are also opening this opportunity to wider disease and specialist areas of interest to trial this approach more broadly.
The aim of this initiative is to maximise the potential for co-investment between NHS, Industry and wider third sectors into innovation and transformation programs to achieve the ambition for our patients and populations. The hub provides a place where clinical teams, leaders and innovators are able to come together to understand the challenges faced and identify solutions that can provide impact. This is not a procurement exercise, but a collaboration of experts who will build evidence for future commercial decision making
A core element of this vision is the focus on adoption and spread at scale across the Midlands for proven interventions and care models.
Together, we drive innovation in cancer and other major disease areas - uniting the NHS and industry to turn bold ideas into real-world impact for patients and communities.
Our primary objective is to accelerate delivery of the NHS planning targets by working together, allowing us to treat more patients and expand diagnostic capacity to reach this aim
Our scope and purpose of work in the program includes:
- Focus innovation where it matters most - improving outcomes for our population and transforming how cancer care is delivered.
- Unlock collaborative investment to accelerate projects with the power to spread and succeed across the system.
- Show tangible results through measurable improvements in quality, value, outcomes, and experience- going further and faster than we could if we didn’t have this partnership
- Embed innovation at scale, harnessing the collective strength of commissioning, improvement, and transformation partners.
- Create a learning culture without barriers - a safe space to test, learn, and share what works, inspiring others to join the journey.
Engagement opportunities
The Hub offers leadership calls for a 121 discussion and question /answer
Book a call request
outlook.office.com/book/agemCancerAllia… ↗
Partner response- expression of interest
A clear outline of the intervention /capabilities proposed and the benefits envisaged. Plus details of the resources that you would bring to alongside the NHS.
Please follow this link to further supporting information EOI - Supporting information
sway.cloud.microsoft/U7h6HPvMNAhqLCYh ↗
Response is open at all times up until (11:59pm) Sunday 31 December 2028
Partners are invited to complete an Expression of Interest (EOI) proforma NHS Midlands Life Science Hub – Industry Partner EOI Form – Fill in form
Clarification log
forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx ↗
We would be happy to set up a call and meeting to discuss further with any interested partner, specific questions or queries can be submitted by using clarification form link clarification
All partners downloading EOI form will receive a copy of the response to questions within 2 working days.
Please note that there is no contract value linked to this Expression of Interest.
- Contract starts1 Jan 2029
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Dec 2025, 17:24 GMTUK2
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