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title: "Provision of Pipette Servicing, Maintenance and Calibration Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077b54"
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buyer: "FRIMLEY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST"
published: "2026-09-28"
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# Provision of Pipette Servicing, Maintenance and Calibration Services

Buyer: FRIMLEY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077b54

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## Summary

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, through Berkshire & Surrey Pathology Services, is buying pipette calibration, servicing, maintenance and repair across its pathology sites. The work covers precision pipettes used in pathology laboratories and is intended to keep this equipment maintained, repaired and calibrated. Delivery is across sites in Berkshire and Surrey, including the Trust’s Frimley base. This is a specialist laboratory equipment service rather than a supply of pipettes. The requirement is relevant to providers able to service and calibrate pipettes across multiple pathology locations.

The buyer invited offers through an open procedure. The contract covers one lot. The deadline for questions was 16 October 2026 at 16:00, and the bid submission deadline was 23 October 2026 at 16:00. The planned award decision date is 18 December 2026. The contract is scheduled to run from 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2029, with two optional 12-month extensions, allowing it to continue to 31 December 2031. The estimated value is £208,335 excluding VAT (£250,002 including VAT). Evaluation gives 75% weighting to the technical and quality questionnaire and 25% to the commercial schedule. SMEs are considered suitable for this opportunity.

This opportunity suits specialist suppliers with the technical capability and service capacity to calibrate, maintain, service and repair pipettes used in pathology laboratories. Delivery across multiple sites calls for the ability to coordinate work across Berkshire and Surrey and to support equipment at more than one pathology location. The buyer seeks a suitably qualified supplier, so relevant qualifications and proven experience with pipette calibration and precision laboratory equipment servicing will be important to demonstrate in the technical and quality response. The evaluation places substantially greater weight on technical and service quality than on price, making evidence of reliable delivery, competent staff and effective equipment maintenance particularly relevant. The Trust identifies SMEs as suitable, so smaller specialist providers may also compete for the single-lot contract.

## Notice

Berkshire & Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS), hosted by Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, is seeking a suitably qualified supplier to provide pipette calibration, servicing, maintenance and repair services across its pathology sites.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Options: The contract will have an initial term of 3 years, with the option to extend for up to 2 additional years, exercised as two separate 12-month extensions (3+1+1).

Renewal: The contract will have an initial term of 3 years, with the option to extend for up to 2 additional years, exercised as two separate 12-month extensions (3+1+1).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091340-2026 |
| Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 23 Oct 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Jan 2027 - 31 Dec 2029 |
| Recurrence | 2031-08-01 |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £208,335 |
| Lots value | £208,335 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | FRIMLEY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |
| Locality | FRIMLEY |
| Postcode area | Guildford |
| Postcode | GU16 7UJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex |
| ITL 3 | TLJ25 West Surrey |
| Local authority | Surrey Heath |
| Electoral ward | Frimley |
| Westminster constituency | Surrey Heath |
| Delivery location | TLJ11 Berkshire, TLJ25 West Surrey, TLJ26 East Surrey |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 50 - Repair and maintenance services

### Codes

- 50430000 - Repair and maintenance services of precision equipment
- 50433000 - Calibration services

## Release History

- 28 Sep 2026 at 11:15 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091340-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091340-2026
  28th September 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://atamis-1928.my.salesforce-sites.com/?searchtype=Projects
- https://www.frimleyhealth.nhs.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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