Published date: 12 February 2026

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 31 January 2026, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products - 33000000

  • Diagnostic devices - 33124100

  • Diagnostic kits - 33141625

    • Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000

    • Parcel delivery services - 64121200

    • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

LS1 4AP

Value of contract

£210,462,766.20

Procurement reference

CF-3176900D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

12 February 2026

Closing date

31 January 2026

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2026

Contract end date

31 March 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The appointment of GXO Logistics Ltd to deliver the Managed Service Provider contract for the continued provision of Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) home testing kits to those eligible for the bowel cancer screening programme throughout England. These tests allow those at risk of cancer, and requiring further tests, to be identified and provision is an essential component of the screening pathway. Further tests after FIT are typically screening specialist practitioner review and a screening colonoscopy.

The MSP contract broadly covers; the sending of personalised FIT kits to eligible participants in England, management of the logistics to return kits to the five NHS bowel cancer screening hubs, the supply of analysers and consumables to all hubs to test the kits, provision of training for hub staff to analyse the kits, the systems to allow results to be transferred to the Bowel Cancer Screening System (BCSS) software and a helpdesk function to resolve any issues with the service provision.

Award information

Awarded date

31 January 2026

Contract start date

1 April 2026

Contract end date

31 March 2029

Total value of contract

£210,462,766.20

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

GXO LOGISTICS UK LIMITED

Address

Building 1 9 Haymarket Square EH3 8RY

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Sean Hinchliffe

Address

7 & 8 Wellington Place
Leeds
LS1 4AP
uk

Email

sean.hinchliffe3@nhs.net