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BWC Genetics LIMS Pre-Market Engagement

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Buyer: Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Published: 23 September 2026
Submission: 21 October 2026in 4 weeks
Source: uk:atamis:dhsc

Tender description

C&S GMS is progressing the development of a Distributed Analysis (DA) operating model, enabling genomic testing activity to be undertaken across the multiple laboratory sites while operating as a single regional service. To support this model, BWC is seeking market engagement with suppliers capable of providing a modern Genomic Laboratory Information System (LIMS) to improve functionality within the wider GMS network. The future solution must support the end-to-end genomic testing pathway, enabling laboratories across the network to access, manage, analyse and report genomic information irrespective of where testing activity is undertaken. The objective is to improve resilience, efficiency standardisation and service scalability whilst maintaining compliance with NHS, UK regulatory and information governance requirements.

Timeline

Completed: Tender published23 September 2026
Current notice
Next: Submission date21 October 2026in 4 weeks

About the buyer

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist NHS foundation trust running women's and children's hospital services in Birmingham. Contract opportunities and contract awards above a set threshold are published on the government's Contracts Finder service. Tenders go out through Atamis, the NHS's shared Health Family eCommercial system. Purchasing and supplies maintains its own lists of approved suppliers for goods and services. An annual Excellence in Supply Awards scheme recognises suppliers across the Midlands.

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 Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, business services and health and social work.