Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Tayside
Ninewells Hospital
Dundee
DD1 9SY
UK
Contact person: Cameron Porter
Telephone: +44 1382660111
E-mail: cameron.porter@nhs.scot
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00154
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
NHSS Bowel Screening Test Kits and Analysers
Reference number: NP1006/26
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33140000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
NHS Tayside, on behalf of NHS Scotland, required a new short-term contract for the purchase of the following products to ensure that the
Scottish Bowel Screening Programme could issue, receive and analyse Test Kits for Bowel Cancer detection:
- Bowel Screening Test Kit Analysers to meet the annual throughput of c650,000. This is also to include any necessary software and
associated hardware (e.g. Scanners, Printers or Data Storage) and include maintenance costs.
- Consumables and reagents for use with the Analysers, sufficient to meet the annual through put of c650,000 test kits. These will be
purchased on standing order.
- Bowel Screening Test Kits, for issue with the Invitation to participate in the Screening programme, at c1,000,000 test kits per annum,
increasing at c2 percent per annum in quantity. These will be purchased on most economical basis (i.e. annual delivery to Fulfilment
House, or quarterly deliveries).
- Bowel Screening Return Packaging. Each Invitation must include a return package, suitable for transportation through Royal Mail.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 534 107.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33124110
38000000
33124130
33696200
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
Bowel Screening Laboratory
Ninewells Hospital
James Arrott Drive
Dundee
DD2 1UB
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS Tayside, on behalf of NHS Scotland, required a new short-term contract for the purchase of the following products to ensure that the
Scottish Bowel Screening Programme could issue, receive and analyse Test Kits for Bowel Cancer detection:
- Bowel Screening Test Kit Analysers to meet the annual throughput of c650,000. This is also to include any necessary software and
associated hardware (e.g. Scanners, Printers or Data Storage) and include maintenance costs.
- Consumables and reagents for use with the Analysers, sufficient to meet the annual through put of c650,000 test kits. These will be
purchased on standing order.
- Bowel Screening Test Kits, for issue with the Invitation to participate in the Screening programme, at c1,000,000 test kits per annum,
increasing at c2 percent per annum in quantity. These will be purchased on most economical basis (i.e. annual delivery to Fulfilment
House, or quarterly deliveries).
- Bowel Screening Return Packaging. Each Invitation must include a return package, suitable for transportation through Royal Mail.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: NHS Requirement
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: Cost
/ 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:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2025/S 000-036173
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: NP1006/25
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
24/06/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Alpha Laboratories Ltd
40 Parham Drive, Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO50 4NU
UK
Telephone: +44 2380487239
Fax: +44 2380643701
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.alphalabs.co.uk/
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 2 534 107.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The estimated values referred to in Section II.1.7 and V.2.4 covers the 24 months contract duration and the 12 month extension period of
the framework agreement.
The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 29512. For more information see:
http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343
(SC Ref:801852)
(SC Ref:816153)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Dundee Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
Sheriff Court House, 6 West Bell Street
Dundee
DD1 91D
UK
Telephone: +44 1382229961
E-mail: dundee@scotcourts.gov.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the courts:
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
The bringing of court proceedings against the Authority after the Contract Agreement has be entered into will not affect the Contract Agreement unless grounds for the imposition of special penalties under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 can be established. Otherwise the remedies that may be awarded by the courts where the Contract Agreement has been entered into are limited to the award of damages.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
25/06/2026