Awarded· 30 Mar 2025
SWBH-Postal STI Testing & Laboratory Service
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust · Birmingham, West Midlands
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded SWBH-Postal STI Testing & Laboratory Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Birmingham.
Source: Find a Tender, published 2 Jul 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Preventx
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 16:16
View notice2025
Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 10:33
View notice
About this tender
In brief
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded SWBH-Postal STI Testing & Laboratory Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Birmingham. The contract went to Preventx. It was awarded on 30 March 2025. The contract value is £2,144,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 2 July 2025. The notice number is 036712-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-054dc4.
Summary of the contracting process
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded a contract for the "SWBH-Postal STI Testing & Laboratory Service," classified under Hospital services (CPV 85111000). This procurement involves the provision of an integrated self-sampling online sexual health service across Birmingham (UKG37), with services deployed by both Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust.
The contract, initially commencing in July 2025, will run for two years, with options to extend annually for up to two further years. Notably, this contract award follows the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) under the Health Care Services Regulations 2023, bypassing the typical Public Contracts Regulations. The procurement stage is currently at the tender update phase, following the formal contract award.
SMEs like Preventx Limited, known for their expertise in the field, have successfully been awarded the contract, valued at approximately £2,144,000. The service requirement highlights the importance of collaboration with local clinical teams, suggesting that organisations focusing on telehealth and digital transformation could see significant growth prospects in similar procurement processes.
The notice in full
Supply of a fully integrated self-sampling online sexual health service, providing an end-to-end service from dispatch, lab processing to result communication to local clinical teams and users for Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
the Trust intends to award to an existing provider following direct award c
This contract will run from June 2025 for two years with an option to extend annually for a maximum of 2 years
The lifetime value of the contract including options is approximately PS1592000 for Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust and PS552000 for Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
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
- Tender Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Tender, Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
Values
- Contracts value
- £2,144,000
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
- 036712-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-054dc4
- CPV code
- 85111000 - Hospital services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Town
- Birmingham
- Postcode
- B18 7QH
- Electoral ward
- Soho & Jewellery Quarter
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Delivery area
- Sandwell
- Region
- West Midlands
- Sub-region
- Birmingham
- Area
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- daniel o'sullivan
- Phone
- +44 13842443313
- Address
- Birmingham, B18 7QH · West Midlands · England
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Preventx
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about SWBH-Postal STI Testing & Laboratory Service
Who won the SWBH-Postal STI Testing & Laboratory Service contract?
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust awarded the contract to Preventx on 30 March 2025.
How much is the SWBH-Postal STI Testing & Laboratory Service contract worth?
The contract value is £2,144,000.
Who is the buyer for SWBH-Postal STI Testing & Laboratory Service?
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, based in Birmingham, West Midlands. The named contact is daniel o'sullivan, on +44 13842443313.
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