--- title: "BWC Genetics LIMS Pre-Market Engagement" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-07789f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-07789f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-07789f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-07789f.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust" published: "2026-09-23" --- # BWC Genetics LIMS Pre-Market Engagement Buyer: Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07789f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-07789f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-07789f.json) ## Summary Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is exploring a modern genomic laboratory information system (LIMS) for its Clinical and Genomic Medicine Service. The system is intended to support a distributed analysis model, allowing genomic testing to take place at multiple laboratory sites while those sites operate as one regional service. It must support the full genomic testing pathway, including access to, management, analysis and reporting of genomic information regardless of where testing takes place. The aim is to improve service resilience, efficiency, standardisation and scalability while meeting NHS, UK regulatory and information governance requirements. The work concerns specialist laboratory software and information systems for a regional genomics service in Birmingham and its connected laboratory network. This is at the planning stage: the Trust is preparing a future procurement and has not invited tenders. It is seeking preliminary market engagement to scope a future solution, with a 28-day engagement period planned to end on 21 October 2026. The buyer expects to publish a subsequent notice by 30 November 2026. The intended contract period is 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2032, with the possibility of extension to 31 March 2034. The published estimated value is £0. The procurement is presented as one lot, and the stated procurement category is goods. The lot is marked as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. No award criteria or planned procurement procedure is set out at this stage. The engagement is relevant to suppliers with established capability in genomic laboratory information systems and the technical expertise to support the end-to-end genomic testing pathway across multiple laboratory sites. Suppliers should be able to explain how their systems enable regional teams to access, manage, analyse and report genomic information across a distributed service, while supporting consistent ways of working and operational resilience. Experience of delivering systems that can scale across a wider genomics network will be pertinent. The future solution will need to meet NHS, UK regulatory and information governance requirements, so suppliers should be ready to demonstrate how their products and implementation approach address these obligations. The buyer is using market engagement to shape the solution, making this a preparation opportunity for suppliers able to contribute relevant system and service expertise. ## Notice C&S GMS is progressing the development of a Distributed Analysis (DA) operating model, enabling genomic testing activity to be undertaken across the multiple laboratory sites while operating as a single regional service. To support this model, BWC is seeking market engagement with suppliers capable of providing a modern Genomic Laboratory Information System (LIMS) to improve functionality within the wider GMS network. The future solution must support the end-to-end genomic testing pathway, enabling laboratories across the network to access, manage, analyse and report genomic information irrespective of where testing activity is undertaken. The objective is to improve resilience, efficiency standardisation and service scalability whilst maintaining compliance with NHS, UK regulatory and information governance requirements. ### Planning Information 28 day Preliminary Market Engagement opportunity to scope a future solution for the C&S Genomics team of a Genomic Laboratory Information System (LIMS). Information available at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome - opportunity C473168 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/090141-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 23 Sep 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 30 Nov 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2032 | | 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 | Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust | | Locality | BIRMINGHAM | | Postcode area | Birmingham | | Postcode | B4 6NH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham | | Local authority | Birmingham | | Electoral ward | Ladywood | | Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood | | Delivery location | TLG31 Birmingham | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems ### Codes - 48000000 - Software package and information systems ## Release History - 23 Sep 2026 at 13:42 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/090141-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/090141-2026 23rd September 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome - https://www.bwc.nhs.uk/ - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents - https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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