Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 8 Oct 2025, 09:42 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Market Engagement Event - DNA/Drug & Alcohol/Non-Intrusive Prenatal Testing (NIPT)

Official notice

Authority: Kingston Upon Hull City Council (Local council)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£325,140pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 19 Nov 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 3 yrsends 1 Apr 2029 · up to 1 Apr 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Hull City Council are carrying out a procurement exercise to secure provision of DNA/ Drug & Alcohol/ Non-Intrusive Prenatal Testing services. The events will provide information on the procurement exercise and commissioning plans for the Service. The event is being held on: Wednesday 29th October 2025 between 10:30am – 11.30am via MS Teams. To book your place utilise the messaging section on YORtender yortender.eu-supply.com ↗

CPV: Services provided by medical laboratories

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
3 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Apr 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 1 Apr 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 1 Apr 2030 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Market Engagement Event - DNA/Drug & Alcohol/Non-Intrusive Prenatal…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
8 Oct 2025, 09:42 BST
Last source update
8 Oct 2025, 09:42 BST
Authority reference
LP/25
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-063123
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Services provided by medical laboratories
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05aa2a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

8 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published386 days ago
    8 Oct 2025, 09:42 BST
  2. Market engagement365 days ago
    28 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
  3. Tender notice expected343 days ago
    19 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts211 days ago
    1 Apr 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    8 Oct 2025, 09:42 BST
    UK2

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

Hull City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PRNP-1874-YZZR The Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, Yorkshire & Humber, HU1 2AAContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure