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Published 16 Sept 2025, 16:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Point of care respiratory testing

Official notice

Authority: Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33)Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
+6 moreEast Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Awarded value£254,800published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 16 Sept 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Cepheid

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Requirements are for respiratory testing analysers for RSV, Cov/SARS and FLU A&B and consumables to conduct expected 1 year of tests.

Direct award requirement are:

4 GeneXpert Xpress, touchscreen analysers:

2 to be delivered to Musgrove Park Hospital and 2 to Yeovil District Hospital. Including training for use of the equipment.

Estimated one year of testing kits to be split between Musgrove Park Hospital and Yeovil District Hospital.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West
33696500 Laboratory reagents38434000 Analysers

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
16 Sept 2025, 16:55 BST
Last source update
12 Nov 2025, 10:43 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-073059
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059ba4 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; only one supplier could deliver (user choice)
Published justification

Cepheid were identified as being the most suitable supplier as they use a single specimen kit to test for all four respiratory viruses (Flu A, Flu B, RSV and COVID-19) simultaneously. This saves clinicians time during the testing process. The laboratory also uses the Cepheid GeneXpert analyser, providing standardisation of respiratory virus testing across the Trust. This also means connectivity with the existing lab system is achievable so results are centrally visible to all clinical teams.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

25 Sept 2025 → 12 Nov 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends396 days ago
    25 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published348 days ago
    12 Nov 2025, 10:43 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Sept 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    16 Sept 2025, 16:55 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    16 Sept 2025, 17:07 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    7 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    12 Nov 2025, 10:43 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £254,8001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Cepheid7 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2025£254,80016 Sept 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Cepheid

    Signed
    28 Oct 2025
    Value
    £254,800
    Period
    28 Oct 2025 – 29 Oct 2025
    Status
    active

    No agreed KPIs: Purchase of goods

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

SOMERSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-NHS: RH5 · GB-PPON: PNWR-4212-QWHQ Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, South West, TA1 5DAContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • CEPHEID UK LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 04422108GB-PPON: PTXD-3325-QHRW Unit 4 Blythe Valley Innovation Centre, Central Boulevard, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 8AJContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender