Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- NHS England (London Region) · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Health Services Laboratories LLP SME
- Value
- £47,550,781
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Services provided by medical laboratories (CPV 85145000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 097676-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date12 Oct 2026
- Published15 Oct 2026Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
This notice relates to the NHS Cervical Screening Programme HPV primary screening and cytology laboratory service for London. The service receives and processes cervical screening samples from GP practices, sexual health services and NHS Trusts across London, and comprises HPV primary screening, cytology, integrated sample collection and transportation, automated reporting of results, colposcopy referral processes, maintenance of the London sample taker database (including the sample taker escalation process with NHS England and ICBs) and specialist support to Trust multidisciplinary teams. NHS England - London Region intends to award a contract to the existing provider, Health Services Laboratories LLP (HSL), following Direct Award Process C of the Provider Selection Regime, in accordance with Regulations 6(5) and 9 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The relevant authority is satisfied that the existing provider is satisfying the existing contra…
About the supplier
Health Services Laboratories LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC389166).