Official UK procurement notice
Online sexual health portal and testing
Authority: Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA contract for the provision of online sexual health portal and testing.
CPV: Pathology services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1A contract for the provision of online sexual health portal and testingAwarded
A contract for the provision of online sexual health portal and testing.<br/><br/>This notice is confirmation of an award having been made based on a framework agreement and without competition. This is short term contract awarded to the incumbent provider due to delays in the mobilisation of a new provider.<br/><br/>The lifetime value of the contract is estimated to be £180,000<br/><br/>The contract dates are 01/04/26-30/09/26.<br/><br/>This is an existing service with an existing provider.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Mar 2026, 09:01 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Mar 2026, 09:01 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-024360- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066cf1Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Framework direct award for a short term contract due to delays in the new provider mobilising the service.
Publisher note: This 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.<br/><br/>The award decision-makers were Senior Operational Manager, Somerset-Wide Integrated Sexual Health<br/><br/>There were no declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 024360-2026-1
- Signed
- 17 Mar 2026
- Value
- £180,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHSEReview contact point
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Preventx LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.