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Awarded contract
Published 06 Mar 2026

Workflow for NHS Labs delivering SCID and SMA ISEs (EONIS-Q Methodology)

NHS England · London

Key facts

Awarded
05 Mar 2026
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Buyer type
Central government

Awarded to

SupplierValue
South West London Pathology—

Description

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Intention-to-Award Notice.

This notice is subject to Regulation 10 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

For the avoidance of doubt, this is not a procurement via PA23 or PCR 2015.

This is a notice of intention to make an award in respect of the Service pursuant to the Direct Award C process via PSR for the services of three EONIS-Q Methodology Screening Labs, as part of the delivery and implementation of the ongoing NHS Newborn Blood Spot in-service evaluation (ISE) for Severe Combined Immuno-Deficiency (SCID), with the addition of the ISE for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), as recommended by the UK NSC.

This is an intention to award notice. A notice of the confirmation of the award of each contract will be issued once they are signed.

Pursuant to the NHS Newborn Blood Spot in-service evaluation (ISE) for Severe Combined Immuno-Deficiency (SCID) contracts, with the addition of the ISE for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), the providers are to provide the following functions:

• Specialist scientific and clinical workforce required to deliver assurance, quality oversight, and programme reporting. • Laboratory capacity and turnaround requirements to support in‑service evaluation activity alongside existing SCID delivery. • Quality assurance and quality control processes, including maintenance of consistent methodologies, validation status, and reporting standards. • Information governance, data management, and secure data flows required to support national screening evaluation and reporting. • Programme management and coordination activity necessary to support continuity and comparability of in‑service evaluation outputs.

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