Awarded contract

Pathology Managed Service for Midlands & East 2 Network

Details

Value
£32,000,000
Duration
10 years
Topic
Pathology services
Published
3 July 2026

Tender description

The Midlands East 2 Pathology Network is made of the following NHS Trusts: University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust; University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust; Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust; Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust; and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust ("ME2 Network"). The ME2 Network carried out a further competition under Lot 1 of the NHS Supply Chain Framework Agreement for Laboratory Diagnostics, Point of Care Testing and Pathology Managed Services (Framework reference number 2023 S/00 028831) to select a pathology managed service provider.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date4 June 2026
  2. Completed: Award published3 July 2026
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date3 June 2036in 10 years

About the buyer

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is an NHS trust running three acute hospitals and community services across seven further sites. Every tender is advertised on Atamis, the NHS's shared eCommercial system. Larger contracts are also advertised on Find a Tender. NHS Supply Chain has worked with the Trust on catering procurement. Major equipment needs are covered through long-term managed-service contracts. The Trust recruits its own procurement staff through its careers site.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, repair and maintenance and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 85111800 · Pathology services

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