Official UK procurement notice
Coroners Pathologists · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Leicester City Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£280,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 16 Sept 2025no call for competition
Awarded to University Hospital of Leicester NHS Trust
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C.
The contract relates to the conduction of the following services:
- Carrying out the Post Mortem
- Interpreting an MRI scan to ascertain cause of death
- Carrying out a view and grant for a cause of death
- Carrying out an invasive Post Mortem
These fall under the Provider Selection Regime under CPV code 85100000-0
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- 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
- 16 Sept 2025, 16:33 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Sept 2025, 16:48 BST
- Authority reference
FEW1546- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-057078- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059b9bFind a Tender
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Sept 2025- Transparency notice published16 Sept 2025, 16:33 BSTUK5
- Contract details notice published16 Sept 2025, 16:48 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected19 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £280,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Sept 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Hospital of Leicester NHS Trust1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2026 · up to 30 Sept 2027Extensions: One year initial term with a one year in built extension | £280,000 | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Coroners Pathologists · University Hospital of Leicester NHS Trust
- Signed
- 16 Sept 2025
- Value
- £280,000
- Period
- 21 Sept 2025 – 20 Sept 2026 · up to 20 Sept 2027 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Initial one year term with one year extension
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- University Hospital of Leicester NHS TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender