Pre-tender

Market Engagement Opportunity - STI Self-Test Kits

Details

Topic
Diagnostic kits
Published
5 October 2026

Tender description

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is seeking market engagement with suppliers capable of providing the assembling, supply, and distribution of postal self-test kits for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, HIV, Syphilis, and Hepatitis B. The requirement includes the assembly, and supply of six self-sampling kit variants (three vaginal and three penile), incorporating urine, vaginal, rectal, oral, and blood sampling options. Suppliers will be expected to provide end-to-end services, including sourcing and management of kit components, printing and inclusion of patient-facing documentation, inventory and stock management, quality assurance, regulatory compliance, and direct distribution of kits to service users through postal and delivery services. This engagement will help inform the procurement approach and identify suppliers with the capability to deliver a high-quality, compliant, and scalable postal self-testing solution across UHB and its delivery partners.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published5 October 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust buys as an NHS trust and hosts the BSOL Procurement Collaborative. The collaborative procures on behalf of five NHS organisations across Birmingham and Solihull. Simon Clarke leads its Senior Management Team as Managing Director. The team reports quarterly to a Partnership Board. Procurement and Supply Chain services span the wider Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System. The Healthcare Supply Association named the collaborative Procurement and Supply Chain Team of the Year in 2023.

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 Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, business services and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 33141625 · Diagnostic kits

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