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Point of care testing contracts

UK public sector · 82 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
82
Last 12 months
Median contract
£71k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£55.3m
80 of 82 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
62
Suppliers
31

BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most point of care testing contracts took 42% of them (34 of 82).
  • The median contract, £71k, is 33% below the median across healthcare contracts (£106k).
  • East Midlands had the most contracts: 11, or 13% of the total.

Who buys point of care testing

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust4 contracts
  2. 2UK Health Security Agency3 contracts
  3. 3Medway NHS Foundation Trust3 contracts
  4. 4Lancashire Constabulary3 contracts
  5. 5University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust3 contracts
  6. 6Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts
  7. 7South of England Procurement Services2 contracts
  8. 8LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITED2 contracts
  9. 9Partners Procurement Service (PPS)2 contracts
  10. 10Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire2 contracts

Top point of care testing contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Lion Laboratories Limited11 contracts
  2. 2BHR Biosynex7 contracts
  3. 3RADIOMETER LIMITED6 contracts
  4. 4Werfen Limited6 contracts
  5. 5Chrystal Medical Limited4 contracts
  6. 6Roche Diagnostics4 contracts
  7. 7Haemonetics4 contracts
  8. 8Siemens Healthineers4 contracts
  9. 9Diagnostics for the Real World3 contracts
  10. 10Aquilant3 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

23Q4 2025*22Q1 202622Q2 202615Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 72 · Wales 5 · Northern Ireland 3 · Scotland 2

East Midlands11Yorkshire and The Humber10South East10East of England8North West7London7West Midlands5Wales5North East4South West3Northern Ireland3Scotland2UK-wide or not stated7

What is included

Portable or near-patient analysers, meters and rapid tests used outside the main laboratory, such as haemoglobin, blood gas, HbA1c, glucose and ketone, lipid and HIV tests, with their consumables, QC, calibration and managed services.

  • Point-of-care haemoglobin analysers
  • Near-patient testing analysers and cartridges
  • Hospital point-of-care glucose and ketone meters and managed services
  • Testing and calibration of point-of-care analysers
  • HIV and other rapid and lateral flow test kits
  • Rapid and field-deployable diagnostic tests for infectious and animal disease, including wildlife and public health threats
  • Breath alcohol analysers and roadside drug screening devices, including police evidential breath testing devices with consumables and servicing

What is not included

  • Laboratory blood sciences analysers (hlt.lab.blood-sciences-analysers)
  • Assay kits run on laboratory equipment (hlt.lab.consumables-labware-chemicals)
  • Glucose meters and CGM issued to patients (hlt.cons.diabetes-devices)
  • Near-patient testing clinical services (hlt.primary.gp-enhanced-services)

Often bought by the same buyers