Official UK procurement notice
Histopathology 2025 - 2029
Authority: Sheffield City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis award notice is confirmation of the award and follows Sheffield City Councils intention to award notice published 16th July 2025. The original Notice identifier being: 2025/S 000-040616.
Histopathology services being provided from 1 December 2025 until 30 November 2028 plus an optional one year extension being available.
The award has been made under the Direct Award Process C of the Provider Selection Regime regulations.
CPV: Services provided by medical laboratories
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Histopathology servicesAwarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jul 2025, 15:52 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Jan 2026, 14:12 GMT
- Authority reference
71582- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-005793- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056091Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The award has been made under the Provider Selection Regime regulations, with the Direct Award Process C being used. A previous intention to award notice was published on 16 July 2025. Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-040616
Publisher note: 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 standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 18 August 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.' Any written representations / queries should be made to marc.symonds@sheffield.gov.uk. No conflicts of interest were identified with the decision makers of this award.
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated22 Jan 2026, 14:12 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustHistopathology Services 2025 -2029 | £267,964 † | — | Awarded |
| South Yorkshire Bassetlaw PathologyHistopathology contract 2025-2029 | £400,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Histopathology Services 2025 -2029 · Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Signed
- 19 Jan 2026
- Value
- £267,964
- Status
- active
Histopathology contract 2025-2029 · South Yorkshire Bassetlaw Pathology
- Signed
- 2 Jun 2025
- Value
- £400,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustAwarded supplier
- South Yorkshire Bassetlaw PathologyAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.