# Diagnostic Testing

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust](/buyers/university-hospitals-of-leicester-nhs-trust/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Cepheid UK Limited](/contract-winners/cepheid-uk/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £4,798,391
- Tender value: £4,798,391
- Award date: 14 July 2026
- Published: 20 July 2026
- Contract start: 1 April 2026
- Contract end: 31 March 2029
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: bb4a80e7-d4cf-43fb-8b25-7c9a6b6b4f18-907203
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-bc6e4472-cd5b-462d-859d-5316fa0c765b

## Description

This contract is for the supply of diagnostic testing kits\. The contract has been awarded through a Direct Award via the NHS Supply Chain \(NHSSC\) Framework for Laboratory Diagnostics, Point of Care Testing and Pathology Managed Services

## Related contract awards

- [Maintenance; Ultrasound systems and Probes](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a9f40c08-d30c-41de-9c2a-8bf349d158d9): University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
- [Simple Code](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7fc1e14f-3bc5-4b2c-ba8c-9ed424b7b507): University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
- [Provision of Payroll and Pension Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e6481c15-f5d6-488b-b437-1cee78121f96): University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
- [Xpert\_Xpress\_CoV-2/Flu/RSV\_plus test kits](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3b791da8-6103-48f3-8e0e-44a788cb1368): UK Health Security Agency
- [UKOTs Laboratory Consumables​ - Cepheid](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-50267b81-5903-4e19-b957-03ac629d1208): UKHSA
- [Purchase of Extraction Platforms](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5b853fd6-2847-4b58-896a-49268d04f915): UK Health Security Agency

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bb4a80e7-d4cf-43fb-8b25-7c9a6b6b4f18-907203)