Awarded contract

Procurement reference Pathology Managed Service for Midlands & East 2 Network

Details

Value
£45,000,000
Duration
10 years
Topic
Pathology services
Published
6 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 published6 July 2026
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date3 June 2036in 10 years

About the buyer

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS trust with its own procurement team. Five hospitals across the East Midlands, including Royal Derby Hospital and Queen's Hospital Burton, sit under its purchasing remit. The trust hosts the East Midlands Pharmacy Collaborative for pharmacy procurement. Much of the trust's wider procurement flows through framework agreements and the Crown Commercial Service.

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

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