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title: "Independent Sector Collaboration in Diagnostic Service Transformation"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05e566"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE"
published: "2025-11-20"
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# Independent Sector Collaboration in Diagnostic Service Transformation

Buyer: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05e566

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## Summary

The Department of Health & Social Care, based in London, is engaging in a planning stage for the procurement process titled "Independent Sector Collaboration in Diagnostic Service Transformation." This market engagement focuses on services related to diagnostics and radiodiagnostic devices and supplies for health services. The initiative is part of the larger 10 Year Health Plan for England, with the aim of boosting diagnostic service capacities in partnership with the Independent Sector. Vital dates include a submission deadline for the Collaboration Questionnaire on 18th December 2025. The procurement is initially at the planning stage, with the procurement method focusing on a collaborative approach rather than a competitive one, and no financial commitment has been specified at this stage.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in digital diagnostic tools, MedTech innovations, and health services to forge partnerships with the NHS. It is particularly suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) capable of innovating and enhancing productivity and infrastructure. Engaging in this initiative allows businesses to contribute to nationwide healthcare improvements and address diagnostic demands, setting the stage for growth through the provision of approximately 2 million additional tests by 2029. This opportunity also suggests participating in market engagements can streamline national procurement processes and achieve scale economies.

## Notice

This market engagement is an opportunity to understand the IS offer so that we can inspire systems and trusts to work in partnership to achieve elective recovery and enable the ambition of the 10YHP. Diagnostic demand and capacity modelling estimates that 35% of the capacity required between 2026/27 and 2028/29 needs to come from the IS. This equates to an estimated additional 2 million tests and could be achieved through either capacity or productivity initiatives, including digital infrastructure and tools.

### Planning Information

Background:
The 10 Year Health Plan for England (10YHP) provides a breadth of opportunities for the Independent Sector (IS) to partner with the NHS - from providing the diagnostics that can support neighbourhood healthcare to the innovations that can enhance diagnostics’ productivity, and from the testing that can support prevention to the means to enable effective remote monitoring.
The Independent Sector is also in a strong position to support the Government’s ambition to return to elective constitutional standards, a key priority for the NHS over the next 4 years. For referral time to treatment ambitions to be achieved, 99% of patients will need to receive a diagnostic test within 6 weeks by March 2029.
This market engagement is an opportunity to understand the IS offer so that we can inspire systems and trusts to work in partnership to achieve elective recovery and enable the ambition of the 10YHP. Diagnostic demand and capacity modelling estimates that 35% of the capacity required between 2026/27 and 2028/29 needs to come from the IS. This equates to an estimated additional 2 million tests and could be achieved through either capacity or productivity initiatives, including digital infrastructure and tools.
The responses received to this preliminary engagement will support us in bringing together needs at local level with industry offers and expertise. This engagement covers three distinct types of IS involvement:
• Where Trusts or networks are using national capital to procure from the independent sector e.g. from digital technology suppliers for digital diagnostic investments
• Where Trusts work with the IS to bring together IS capital with NHS revenue to build and run new diagnostic capacity e.g. a CDC or provision of diagnostic equipment
• Where Trusts work with the IS to procure MedTech or other innovations
While these involve local procurements, we are exploring how these procurements could be coordinated nationally to reduce the burden on local NHS teams, streamline processes and secure economies of scale.
This notice does not constitute a call for competition. The aim of this engagement is to inform future NHS and IS partnerships.
How to participate: 
Interested organisations are invited to complete the Collaboration Questionnaire linked here: https://forms.office.com/e/wgFF6Nn80N
For further guidance on how to complete the questionnaire and information about the market engagement please use this link: https://atamis-1928.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/0O000000rwim/a/Sr000001Pk5W/boqTvD_Csj1xHZSglhEXBj4oAPDgKkclxagEJazb.FA
The guidance also contains links to additional supporting materials, including demand modelling information and case studies of IS working with the NHS.
The deadline for submission is 12:00pm, Thursday 18th December 2025.
Please send any questions to england.diagnostics1@nhs.net – please note, to manage our capacity, this inbox should not be used for any correspondence other than questions.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075632-2025 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Nov 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 18 Dec 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 20 Nov 2025 - 18 Dec 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1H 0EU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 33124000 - Diagnostics and radiodiagnostic devices and supplies
- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 20 Nov 2025 at 12:38 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075632-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075632-2025
  20th November 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://atamis-1928.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/0O000000rwim/a/Sr000001Pk5W/boqTvD_Csj1xHZSglhEXBj4oAPDgKkclxagEJazb.FA
- https://forms.office.com/e/wgFF6Nn80N
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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