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    ContractsPathology Specimen Courier Services
    Awarded contract

    Pathology Specimen Courier Services

    Awarded
    £95.8k
    Published 6 Oct 2026

    Sought: Courier service provider to transport pathology specimens with secure, temperature-controlled delivery between healthcare facilities and laboratories.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· South WestPublished 6 Oct 2026· 1 weeks agoviaFind a Tender
    Awarded
    £95.8k
    Published 6 Oct 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £95,756
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Not published
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Transport & Logistics
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      South West

    Suppliers

    1 supplier
    • CS
      City Sprint (UK) Limited
    Lead contractor

    Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 1 weeks ago.

    6 October 2026
    Awarded — no open tender advertised

    Brief

    This is an opportunity to provide professional courier and transport services for pathology specimens. The service involves the secure, timely, and compliant delivery of laboratory specimens (such as blood samples, tissue samples, and other diagnostic materials) between healthcare facilities, laboratories, and collection centers. Suppliers should have experience in temperature-controlled transport, HIPAA/confidentiality compliance, specialized packaging for biological materials, reliable routing systems, and adherence to chain-of-custody protocols. The successful vendor will ensure specimen integrity and meet strict delivery time requirements to support clinical operations.

    Track record

    10 awards · 8 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In this category, UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS DORSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST has awarded 10 contracts to 8 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. No Limits (South)3× · 30%
    2. Dorset Mental Health Forum1× · 10%
    3. Genesis Cancer Care UK Limited1× · 10%
    4. Amercare Ltd1× · 10%
    5. The Terrence Higgins Trust1× · 10%
    6. Haemonetics Ltd1× · 10%

    +2 more suppliers

    Across this category, the most active winners are CARE LINE HOMECARE LIMITED, SPRINGFIELD HOME CARE SERVICES LIMITED, Roche Diagnostics Ltd — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-078171

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    Sector
    Transport & Logistics