Awarded· 31 Mar 2025
Online Postal STI Testing Kits
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Knowsley, North West
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded Online Postal STI Testing Kits. It is a contract for other health and social care in Knowsley.
Source: Find a Tender, published 23 Jun 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Preventx
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 10:53
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About this tender
In brief
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded Online Postal STI Testing Kits. It is a contract for other health and social care in Knowsley. The contract went to Preventx. It was awarded on 31 March 2025. The contract value is £157,048.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 23 June 2025. The notice number is 034330-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-055195.
Summary of the contracting process
The procurement process titled "Online Postal STI Testing Kits" has been awarded by Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, a regional health authority located in Prescot, United Kingdom. This contract falls under the Health and Social Work Services category, specifically focusing on providing online STI testing services to the local community in regions like Sefton and St Helens.
The procurement method was limited, not requiring prior publication of a call for competition, and thus falls outside the scope of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The award was finalised on 23 June 2025 after the contract was signed on 1 April 2025, making the procurement stage complete with a contract value of £157,048.73.
The successful supplier, Preventx Ltd, based in Sheffield, exemplifies how SMEs can leverage their expertise in health technology to secure service contracts with local health authorities. With the possibility of extensions totalling 24 months, this procurement could provide ongoing business opportunities for the winning supplier.
The notice in full
For the provision of an online STI testing service for the local community. The platform allows for the online ordering of STI kits, which are then dispatched via post to the service user. Samples are then returned to the laboratory for testing and negative results are communicated to the service users via the platform.
Those with positive results that require treatment would be managed via the local services (Sefton & St Helens) using the clinical portal.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
For the provision of an online STI testing service for the local community. The platform allows for the online ordering of STI kits, which are then dispatched via post to the service user. Samples are then returned to the laboratory for testing and negative results are communicated to the service users via the platform.
Those with positive results that require treatment would be managed via the local services (Sefton & St Helens) using the clinical portal. Additional information: 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.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Preventx
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
Values
- Contracts value
- £157,048
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 034330-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055195
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Knowsley
- Town
- Liverpool
- Postcode
- L35 5DR
- Electoral ward
- Whiston and Cronton
- Constituency
- St Helens South and Whiston
- Delivery area
- North West (England)
- Region
- North West
- Sub-region
- East Merseyside
- Area
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Sophie Traynier
- Phone
- +44 1516765204
- Address
- Prescot, L35 5DR · North West · England
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Preventx
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
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Questions about Online Postal STI Testing Kits
Who won the Online Postal STI Testing Kits contract?
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust awarded the contract to Preventx on 31 March 2025.
How much is the Online Postal STI Testing Kits contract worth?
The contract value is £157,048.
Who is the buyer for Online Postal STI Testing Kits?
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, based in Knowsley, North West. The named contact is Sophie Traynier, on +44 1516765204.
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