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NHS Scotland hr-HPV Primary Screening & Cytology Triage Managed Service Renewal

Details

Topic
Laboratory services
Published
19 June 2026

Tender description

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (‘the Authority’), acting through its division National Procurement, is undertaking this renewal procurement of a hr-HPV Primary Screening & Cytology Triage Managed Service Contract on behalf of all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (i.e. all NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the Authority or other NHS Organisation established pursuant to the NHS (Scotland) Act 1978), any integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014 (collectively hereafter referred to as ‘Participating Authorities’) where applicable. Lot 1: NHS Scotland are coming to the end of their hr-HPV Primary Screening & Cytology Triage Managed Service Contract (MSC) and are looking to invite options from the current market. The MSC can include: - Supply of sample taker consumables, including clinical and self-sampling kits - Laboratory consumables, reagents and disposal - Transport of samples to processing laboratories - Hr-HPV testing equipment - Cytology testing equipment, including digital cytology - Installation and maintenance of equipment - Training - Transfer of results to the Scottish Cervical Call Recall System (SCCRS)

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published19 June 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

The Common Services Agency, better known as Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSD Scotland), procures goods and services for NHS Scotland's hospitals and health boards. Suppliers register through Scotland's Supplier Journey before bidding for any contract. Tenders are advertised on the Public Contracts Scotland portal under the Common Services Agency buyer profile, no registration required. National Procurement, PSD Scotland's central buying team, sources high-volume items such as medical supplies and pharmaceuticals for the whole health service. Individual health boards manage smaller, local contracts separately. Larger notices also appear through the Tenders Direct and SIMAP services.

£434bn was the total UK public sector procurement spend in FY 2025/26.

Over the past 5 years, most of PSD Scotland's contract awards have been in IT services, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and education and training.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 71900000 · Laboratory services

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