Official UK procurement notice
SN260664 - Point of Care Testing External Quality Assurance Scheme
Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe successful provider will be expected to deliver a robust external quality assurance scheme for Point of Care testing equipment used in the delivery of NHS Health Checks that includes assisting health check advisors with testing equipment for accuracy; logging results and sharing them with the Council; as well as supporting advisors with managing a failed test.
The scheme must meet the following requirements:
•Provision of monthly blood samples for the quality assurance of all CardioChek PA blood analysers used in the NHS Health Check programme.
•A web-based system for recording of test results with ongoing technical support.
•Accurate and timely monthly reports on testing, including returns rates, test results and details of poor performance. Full details of data submission to be agreed during mobilisation.
•Software for providers of the NHS Health Checks programme, allowing multiple user access for uploading and viewing of results.
•Provision of initial training to support implementation and ongoing training for new starters, either via eLearning, face to face and/or virtual delivery.
•Flexibility to incorporate alternative POCT devices into the scheme if required and as agreed through further conversation with the Council.
•Reporting to the Council on results of tests including immediate notification of failed results.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Kent Business Portal portal at: www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/ ↗
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CPV: Community health services · Company health services · Health and first-aid training services · Health and social work services · Health services · Health training services · Miscellaneous health services
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How this buyer will score bids.
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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).
- Price: lowest price
- Quality: minimum quality
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Mar 2026, 11:20 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Mar 2026, 12:11 GMT
- Authority reference
SN260664- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-021249- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066620Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 17 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
10 Mar 2026 → 7 Apr 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published232 days ago10 Mar 2026, 11:20 GMT
- Latest notice published226 days ago16 Mar 2026, 12:11 GMT
- Clarification questions by225 days ago17 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline218 days ago24 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts205 days ago7 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Mar 2026- Tender notice published10 Mar 2026, 11:20 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published16 Mar 2026, 12:11 GMTUK4
Published amendments (1)
Original notice did not have response information, link now added for suppliers to access opportunity.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender