Supply and delivery of Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) System for Northern Ireland Bowel Cancer Screening Programme and Regional Symptomatic Testing Service

contractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-05555fProcurement Act 2023SME suitableactive

Estimated value

£5.6m

goods

Awarded value

Suppliers

0

Lots

1

0 awarded

Published

10 Jun 2026

Deadline 15 Jul 2026

Description

The Business Services Organisation (BSO) Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS), on behalf of the Public Health Agency (PHA), Strategic Planning and Performance Group (SPPG), Northern Health and Social Care Trust (NHSCT) and BSO PaLS within Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI) (the Buyer) wish to invite tenders for the supply and delivery of Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) System for Northern Ireland Bowel Cancer Screening Programme and Regional Symptomatic Testing Service.

Scope

Reference
6006864
Total value
£5,589,677 excluding VAT
£6,707,612 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
01 Jan 2027 to 31 Dec 2030
Possible extension to 31 Dec 2033

There is provision for an extension of the contract for any period up to and including 36 months. A further extension of up to 18 months may also be applied; however, this additional 18 month extension may be used solely to facilitate a subsequent procurement competition or to put in place alternative arrangements for the required supplies or services. The estimated Total Value provided includes all potential extensions, as well as possible additional spend associated with the proposed age extension to the Northern Ireland Bowel Cancer Screening programme.

Main category
goods
CPV classifications
33000000
38000000
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Award Criteria Scored Quality and Scored Social ValueThis tender comprises of the following pass/fail steps: Exclusion, Debarment, Conditions of Participation, Award Criteria – Mandatory Quality Assessment, and Validation of Technical Requirements. The tender will be scored in accordance with the following: 25 percent is attributable to Award Criteria Scored Quality with 5 percent attributable to Award Criteria Scored Social Value. See below for Financial weighting.quality30.00%
Award Criteria Financial70 percent is attributable to priceprice70.00%

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

This tender will assess legal and financial capacity through seven pass/fail Conditions of Participation questions.

This tender will assess technical capacity through four pass/fail Conditions of Participation questions.

Submission & procedure

Enquiry deadline
08 Jul 2026, 2:00 pm
Submission deadline
15 Jul 2026, 2:00 pm
Submission address
Tenders must be submitted electronically via the eTendersNI platform (https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps)
Electronic submission
Yes
Procedure
Open procedure