Consumables - Specimen Transport
Details
- Supplier(s)
- DX Network Services Limited
- Value
- £213,764
- Duration
- 2 years
- Topic
- Pathology dissection instruments and supplies
- Published
- 1 October 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
#Renewal of Specimen Transport consumables; Tracked specimen delivery service; framework reference, RM6171, lot 3d A specialised courier service operated by DX Network for the healthcare and clinical sectors in the UK and Ireland. It is specifically designed to handle the safe, compliant, and timely transportation of medical samples, such as Category B biological substances (including Covid-19 tests), from locations like hospitals, GPs, and laboratories. The agreement is for the consumables related to the carriage of these samples. ## Contract award
Timeline
- Completed: Award published1 October 2026Current notice
- Completed: Award date1 October 2026
- Next: Contract expiry date31 May 2028in 2 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
- 33910000 · Pathology dissection instruments and supplies
- 85111800 · Pathology services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-hospitals-of-leicester-nhs-trust.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-hospitals-of-leicester-nhs-trust.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-hospitals-of-leicester-nhs-trust.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-hospitals-of-leicester-nhs-trust.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-hospitals-of-leicester-nhs-trust.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-hospitals-of-leicester-nhs-trust.gov |
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