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West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Haemoglobinopathy & HbA1c analytical equipment

HealthcareCPV 85111800
Value£350k
Deadline31 Jul 2026
Published2 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 2 Jul 20267 days leftCloses 31 Jul 2026
Who to contact
tenders@wsh.nhs.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£350ktotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The West Suffolk NHS Foundation is seeking a supplier who can provide haemoglobinopathy screening equipment based on HPLC in accordance with the specification below for the Haematology departments and or a supplier that can provide HbA1c analyser for Biochemistry.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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The West Suffolk NHS Foundation is seeking

The West Suffolk NHS Foundation is seeking a supplier who can provide haemoglobinopathy screening equipment based on HPLC in accordance with the specification below for the Haematology departments and or a supplier that can provide HbA1c analyser for Biochemistry.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCQC registration / safeguarding policies
  • Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
  • Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c25b
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
062250-2026
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