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title: "Market Engagement for Transdermal Capillary Blood Sampling Solutions"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-064cf2"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE"
published: "2026-02-10"
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# Market Engagement for Transdermal Capillary Blood Sampling Solutions

Buyer: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-064cf2

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## Summary

The Department of Health & Social Care, based at 39 Victoria Street, London, is conducting a market engagement process titled "Market Engagement for Transdermal Capillary Blood Sampling Solutions." This process falls under the medical equipment category, specifically relating to venepuncture and blood sampling devices. The procurement is currently in the planning stage, with key dates including the publication on 10th February 2026 and a deadline for engagement responses by 12 p.m. on 3rd March 2026. The initiative is part of the broader 10 Year Health Plan for England, seeking to transition diagnostic activities from hospital settings to community and home environments, thereby enhancing patient access and relieving pressure on primary and secondary healthcare services.

This market engagement presents significant opportunities for businesses in the medical device sector, particularly those specialising in innovative blood sampling technologies. Companies with expertise in producing venous-equivalent transdermal capillary blood sampling devices are well-positioned to engage in this process, potentially leading to future pilot projects within community pharmacies or home settings. Such businesses can benefit from collaborating with the NHS to address diagnostic needs, improve early diagnosis rates for chronic conditions, and expand access to underserved populations. This engagement enables participating companies to align their products with NHS priorities and potentially influence the deployment of remote sampling technologies across the healthcare system.

## Notice

This market engagement aims to understand the range of venous-equivalent transdermal capillary blood sampling devices available to support a shift of diagnostic activity into community and home settings, in line with the ambitions of the 10 Year Health Plan for England. The NHS is exploring how remote blood sampling could alleviate pressures on primary and secondary care phlebotomy services, improve access for underserved populations, and enable earlier diagnosis and management of long-term conditions. Responses will help bring together local system needs with industry capability and inform future piloting within community pharmacy and other neighbourhood-based models of care.

### Planning Information

Background:
The 10 Year Health Plan for England (10YHP) sets out a clear ambition to shift care from hospitals into neighbourhood and community settings. Diagnostics are a critical enabler of this shift, ensuring that people can monitor long‑term conditions, receive preventative testing, or be rapidly triaged without needing to attend acute sites. Remote and community‑based blood sampling therefore represents a significant opportunity to improve patient access, support earlier diagnosis, and reduce pressures on primary and secondary care services.
This market engagement exercise aims to understand the range of venous‑equivalent transdermal capillary blood sampling devices currently available, and to explore opportunities to pilot their use in community pharmacy settings and potentially in people’s homes. This is particularly important for groups who face barriers to accessing traditional phlebotomy services, including people with learning disabilities, those with needle phobia, homeless populations, and other underserved communities.
The insights gained will help bring together local NHS needs with industry expertise, informing how remote sampling could be deployed across priority use cases such as earlier diagnosis and monitoring of long‑term conditions, prescribing support, and improved access for hard‑to‑reach populations. This notice does not constitute a call for competition; rather, it is intended to shape future approaches to remote blood sampling within the NHS.
How to participate:
Responses should be submitted using the questionnaire link provided here: https://forms.office.com/e/584DXfsXWL
Interested organisations are invited to respond to the questions set out in Appendix 1 of the market engagement document. The deadline for responses is 12pm, 3rd March 2026.
Further guidance on how to complete the questionnaire and further information about the market engagement, please use this link: https://atamis-1928.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/0O000000rwim/a/Pz00000HN8G1/DRqaTLc2AL.F4WpKNmtDYEdOkGMqQKTtF_5cyTABlec
There is a product specification outline indicated in the market engagement guidance document linked above.
Please send any questions relating to this market engagement to england.diagnostics1@nhs.net. Please note that this inbox is for clarification questions only and should not be used for general correspondence.
Next Steps:
Following the submission deadline we would like to bring respondents together for a roundtable discussion in spring 2026. This will focus on the use cases we are exploring, opportunities to work together to further pilot the use of remote blood sampling within the NHS, and how we can ensure these devices are integrated with NHS labs.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012031-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Feb 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 3 Mar 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 10 Feb 2026 - 3 Mar 2026 |
| 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

### Codes

- 33100000 - Medical equipments
- 33141300 - Venepuncture, blood sampling devices

## Release History

- 10 Feb 2026 at 15:36 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012031-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012031-2026
  10th February 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://atamis-1928.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/0O000000rwim/a/Pz00000HN8G1/DRqaTLc2AL.F4WpKNmtDYEdOkGMqQKTtF_5cyTABlec
- https://forms.office.com/e/584DXfsXWL
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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