Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Echo-cardiogram and Sickle Cell Trait testing for University Officer Training Corps (UOTC) Candidates - Tender Notice
Notice Description
To meet the needs of the University Officer Training Corps (UOTC) entry medical assessments as part of annual recruiting programme. The UOTC entry medicals are funded outside of the Recruiting Partnership Programme (RPP) contract and UOTC entry medicals require a commercial contract to provide the provisions of Echocardiograms (Echo) for approximately 90 x UOTC candidates and Sickle Cell Trait (SCT) blood testing for 300 candidates annually. As part of UOTC recruiting programme, UOTC Entry Medical Cell (UEMC) delivers entry medicals to circa 1800 university students/candidates annually who are interested in joining the UOTC. Recruiting Year (RY) 2025/26 will see an increase of candidates to circa 2200. The provision of Echo and SCT testing is a crucial part of the entry medical assessment process to confirm the suitability of candidates to join the UOTC.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: Option to extend by 1 year
Renewal: Option to extend by 1 year
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0587fb
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068068-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85121200 - Medical specialist services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £102,500 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £102,500 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £162,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- £162,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 12 Sep 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 28 Sep 20254 months ago
- Contract Period
- 9 Oct 2025 - 9 Oct 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
- Contact Name
- Jon Morgan
- Contact Email
- jonathan.morgan181@mod.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ANDOVER
- Postcode
- SP11 8HT
- Post Town
- Salisbury
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ36 Central Hampshire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Test Valley
- Electoral Ward
- Andover Millway
- Westminster Constituency
- North West Hampshire
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068068-2025
24th October 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060526-2025
29th September 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048785-2025
14th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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