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Microbiology Services Managed Service Contract

Issued by Lothian Health Board · via UK Find a Tender Service

Published
1 Sept 2026
Closes
30 Sept 2026, 11:00 UTC
Value
GBP 30,00,000
Reference
LR3-208-2026
Location
United Kingdom
Sector
Healthcare & Pharma
Type
services

Details

NHS Lothian seeks next-generation automated laboratory solution delivered on a managed services basis for diagnostic and laboratory services at Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. The scope of the contract is an integrated Microbiology laboratory managed Services contract (“MSC”) providing service management to meet all regulatory requirements, integrated IT firmware, major analysers, reagents and consumables to deliver the majority of the test repertoire.

Context for bidders

We hold 2 notices from Lothian Health Board, going back to August 20262 of them still open. They buy mostly in Construction & Infrastructure and Healthcare & Pharma. There are 193 open Healthcare & Pharma tenders in United Kingdom. This one closes in 29 days.

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