NHSS Bowel Screening Test Kits and Analysers

NHS Tayside
Scotland
Open procedure
24 June 2026 to 13 June 2028

Supply of bowel screening test kit analysers with a 650,000 annual throughput, including software, hardware, and maintenance. The contract also requires the supply of reagents and consumables on standing order, plus approximately 1,000,000 test kits per annum with 2% annual growth. Kits must include return packaging suitable for Royal Mail postal services.

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Awarded value: Not published
Published: 30 June 2025
Awarded: 24 June 2026; Alpha Laboratories Limited
Contract length: 24 months; Ends 13 June 2028

What the contract covers

Supplies contract

Provision of bowel cancer screening test kits, diagnostic analysers, associated hardware, software, and ongoing maintenance for clinical screening programmes.

Bowel Screening Test Kit Analysers meeting an annual throughput of approximately 650,000, including necessary software and associated hardware such as scanners, printers or data storage, with maintenance costs
Consumables and reagents for use with the analysers, sufficient for approximately 650,000 test kits annually
Bowel Screening Test Kits for issue with invitations to participate in the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme, approximately 1,000,000 per annum with approximately 2 percent annual quantity increase
Bowel Screening Return Packaging, with each invitation including a return package suitable for transportation through Royal Mail

Lot	Estimated value	SMEs
Lot 1	Not stated	Not stated
Lot 2	£2.4m	Not stated
Lot 3	Not stated	Not stated

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Supplies contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Initial term: 24 months
Extensions: 12 months
Longest it can run: 36 months
Contract dates: 24 June 2026 to 13 June 2028
Certifications asked for: None stated
Lots: 3
Suitable for SMEs: Not stated
Category: Supplies
CPV codes: 33140000, 33124110, 33124130, 33696200

Services in this contract

Pathology managed services and blood sciences analysersMain service£78k typicalBowel screening test kit analysers with software, maintenance, consumables and reagents
Phlebotomy and specimen collection consumables£110k typicalBowel screening test kits and postal return packaging

Lifecycle

Published
30 June 2025
Contract awardedto Alpha Laboratories Limited
24 June 2026
Contract starts
24 June 2026
Contract ends
13 June 2028

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NHS Tayside

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Alpha Laboratories Limited

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/965450/nhss-bowel-screening-test-kits-and-analysers
Buyer reference: NP1006/26
Last checked: 5 November 2026

NHS Tayside. NHSS Bowel Screening Test Kits and Analysers. Contract award, 30 June 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/965450/nhss-bowel-screening-test-kits-and-analysers (accessed 5 November 2026).