Coming up· published 17 Dec 2025
T1184 - IP20 Blood Sample Collection
University of Essex · Colchester, East
University of Essex is planning T1184 - IP20 Blood Sample Collection. It is a contract for other health and social care in Colchester.
Source: Find a Tender, published 18 Dec 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 11:16
View notice2025
Pipeline notice updated
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 08:55
View notice2026
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2026
Contract starts
Next
2027
Contract ends
1 year after it starts
About this tender
In brief
University of Essex is planning T1184 - IP20 Blood Sample Collection. It is a contract for other health and social care in Colchester. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £1,125,000. The contract runs from 31 March 2026 to 31 January 2027. It lasts 1 year.
Find a Tender published it on 18 December 2025. The notice number is 084108-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05f794.
Summary of the contracting process
The University of Essex is planning a procurement process titled "T1184 - IP20 Blood Sample Collection," focusing on blood and medical analysis services in the region of UKH3, United Kingdom. This process, currently in the planning stage, follows a preliminary market engagement notice scheduled to conclude on 16th January 2026. The procurement method anticipates a competitive flexible procedure for its services contract, valued at a gross £1,350,000.
The contract period is expected to begin on 1st April 2026 and could extend as far as 31st January 2028. Interested parties are encouraged to register on the Proactis E-Sourcing site as the University gages market interest for this procurement, which is a part of the UK Household Longitudinal Study funded by the ESRC.
The process invites organisations to demonstrate suitability via detailed submissions on the Proactis E-Sourcing platform, harnessing potential for further involvement in the UKHLS Study, a longitudinal social survey advancing the understanding of health metrics within UK households.
The notice in full
Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) is a longitudinal social survey of households and individuals living in the UK. Data collection began in January 2009 and participants are interviewed annually.
In Waves 2 and 3 of the Study (2010-13) a wide range of objective health measures were collected via a nurse visit, including venous blood samples from which we produced a range of analytes, extracted DNA and produced genetic and epigenetic data. A similar exercise is being undertaken at Wave 16 (2024-26), where the nurse visit has been replaced by participants collecting samples/measurements themselves.
This contract covers the data collection and analysis for a further bio-data collection on the Study's Innovation Panel (2027) ahead of a potential roll out on the main Study sample at Wave 22 (2030-32). The Study is designed and managed by the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex ("the University"). The Principal Investigator of the Study is Professor Michaela Benzeval.
Survey fieldwork is carried out by Verian. The Study is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and pseudo-anonymised data are shared with broader research community. Please register your interest and upload a short document outlining why you think your organisation would be suitable on our Proactis E-Sourcing site - supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 31 Mar 2026 to 31 Jan 2027 (1 year)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
- Tender value
- £1,125,000
Not stated in the notice: lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
- Lots
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 084108-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f794
- CPV code
- 85111810 - Blood analysis services; 85148000 - Medical analysis services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Colchester
- Town
- Colchester
- Postcode
- CO4 3SQ
- Electoral ward
- Wivenhoe
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex
- Delivery area
- Essex
- Region
- East
- Sub-region
- Essex Haven Gateway
- Area
- Essex
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- University of Essex
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Aston Baker
- Address
- Colchester, CO4 3SQ · East · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Documents and links
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084108-2025
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083720-2025
- Supplierlive.proactisp2p.comsupplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-05f794 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about T1184 - IP20 Blood Sample Collection
When will the T1184 - IP20 Blood Sample Collection tender open?
University of Essex has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How much is the T1184 - IP20 Blood Sample Collection contract worth?
The estimated value is £1,125,000. The contract runs from 31 March 2026 to 31 January 2027 (1 year).
Who is the buyer for T1184 - IP20 Blood Sample Collection?
University of Essex, based in Colchester, East. The named contact is Aston Baker.
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