Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Blackshaw Road, Tooting
London
SW17 0QT
UK
Contact person: Charlotte Choules
E-mail: charlotte.choules@stgeorges.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Non-Invasive Pre-natal Testing
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Non Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) service based at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, screening for Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s syndromes, in line with UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC) recommendations and NHS England requirements. In some instances, fetal sexing is performed in addition to the main trisomy’s. The SAFE test has been set up as a collaboration between the Fetal Medicine Unit and the St George’s Genomics Service, which is a UKAS accredited medical laboratory. The service provides NIPT to approximately one third of the NHS maternity services in England and several private clinical services
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 047 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI3
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Non Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) service based at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, screening for Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s syndromes, in line with UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC) recommendations and NHS England requirements. In some instances, fetal sexing is performed in addition to the main trisomy’s. The SAFE test has been set up as a collaboration between the Fetal Medicine Unit and the St George’s Genomics Service, which is a UKAS accredited medical laboratory. The service provides NIPT to approximately one third of the NHS maternity services in England and several private clinical services
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 50
Quality criterion: Social Value
/ Weighting: 10
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2024/S 000-040548
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
21/01/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Yourgene Health
Novacyt Group, Skelton House, Lloyd Street North Manchester Science Park
Manchester
M15 6SH
UK
NUTS: UKD3
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 2 047 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS England
Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd
London
SE1 8UG
UK
E-mail: england.commercialqueries@nhs.net
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.england.nhs.uk/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
21/01/2026