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County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Provision of Laboratory Services

HealthcareCPV 85111800
Value£4.1m
Deadline31 Mar 2026
Published23 Apr 2026
RegionNorth East
Timeline
Published 23 Apr 2026ClosedCloses 31 Mar 2026
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£4.1mtotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This is a large award for Health & Social Care — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust have a requirement for lab testing services.

The service includes testing a wide range of patient and environment specimens to detect the presence of pathogenic microorganisms.

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice.

This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.

This contract has now been formally awarded to Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust using direct award process C.

The services are intended to be provided for a term of 36 months from 1st April 2026 with an optional extension for 1 x 24 months.

The estimated value of the contract is £4,127,265.63 (VAT Not Applicable).

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