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Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
BWC Karotyping and FISH Service PME
Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- Not statedValue not stated in source
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
- Published
- 19 Oct 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
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C&S GMS wish to implement an AI-assisted automated karyotyping solution across all sites, with capability to also deliver automated FISH analysis. The requirements documented are vendor agnostic and have been developed to inform the selection and implementation of a karyotyping / FISH solution.
Requirements
C&S GMS have prepared a supporting document to demonstrate the requirements of the karyotyping solution, but in summary the system must:
• Deliver automated slide scanning, automated cell selection and capture, and AI-assisted digital karyotyping capability across our laboratories,
• Enable integration with existing systems where possible – details of existing systems are in Appendix 1.
• Security and Compliance: Meet all relevant data security and privacy regulations.
• Allow for centralisation of “wet laboratory” work at 2 sites and distribution of images, allowing distributed analysis and reporting at all 3 sites plus remote working from home.
• FISH capability is also required, meeting specified performance expectations for both cell suspensions and FFPE slides including tissue-matching function, and ideally automated scanning.
• Data storage and retention capability
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 48517000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 19 Oct 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 19 October 2026.
Release 098573-2026
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05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The source does not state a usable value.
- Only one release is held, so there is no change history.
06/ Questions
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-078af3
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- planning · Planning
- Last verified
- Tue 20 Oct 2026, 07:11 BST
- Read at
- Tue 20 Oct 2026, 15:57 BST
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