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title: "Send Away Test for Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078403"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust"
published: "2026-10-08"
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# Send Away Test for Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score

Buyer: Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078403

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## Summary

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust commissioned Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score testing, a pathology service using a genomic assay to provide personalised information about breast cancer biology. The test is intended to help guide chemotherapy decisions, particularly for patients with lymph-node-positive breast cancer, and can help identify patients who may avoid unnecessary chemotherapy. The service is for the Trust’s patients. The work is a specialist laboratory testing service rather than a supply of general pathology services; its focus is genomic assessment of breast tumours and recurrence risk. The Trust is the buying organisation, and the test supports clinical decision-making about treatment.

The procurement is complete and the contract is active. The Trust awarded the work to Exact Sciences UK Ltd under the Health Care Services Provider Selection Regime, using Direct Award A because the Trust identified Exact Sciences as the only provider of this test. The contract was signed on 7 October 2026 and runs from 1 July 2027 to 30 June 2028, with a value of £229,500. The stated evaluation criterion was price. The procurement describes a single lot, although that lot is marked cancelled; the award and contract are recorded as active. One bid was recorded. The direct award was made without a prior call for competition.

This award indicates demand for a highly specialised genomic assay that informs treatment decisions for breast cancer patients, rather than for routine pathology testing. A supplier seeking to compete if this requirement returns would need to provide the Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score test or demonstrate an equivalent capability accepted by the Trust, with laboratory expertise in genomic analysis and reliable reporting of personalised tumour biology and recurrence-risk results. The buyer’s stated rationale was that Exact Sciences was the only provider of this type of test, so establishing a credible alternative would be central to competing. Suppliers would also need to support the clinical use of results in decisions about chemotherapy, including for patients with lymph-node-positive disease.

## Notice

Provision of Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score via a genomic assay that provides a personalised insight into an individual patient's breast cancer biology.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score is a genomic assay that provides a personalised insight into an individual patient's breast cancer biology. The Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score test addresses the issue overtreatment with chemotherapy, particularly for patients with lymph node-positive breast cancer. In providing a more precise information about tumour biology, it allows many patients to avoid unnecessary chemotherapy. Due to Exact Science being the only provider of this test, the contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 Direct Award A. The lifetime of the contract is PS229,500 from 1st July 2027 until 30th June 2028

### Procurement Information

This contract was awarded via the Provider Selection Regime under Direct Award A due to Exact Science being the only provider of this type of test.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095328-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £229,500 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Locality | GLOUCESTER |
| Postcode area | Gloucester |
| Postcode | GL53 7AN |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK73 Gloucestershire CC |
| Local authority | Cheltenham |
| Electoral ward | College |
| Westminster constituency | Cheltenham |
| Delivery location | TLK13 Gloucestershire CC |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Exact Sciences UK, Ltd. |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85111800 - Pathology services

## Release History

- 8 Oct 2026 at 15:29 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095328-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.exactsciences.com/uk
- https://www.cedr.com/
- https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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