AwardedAwarded 27 April 2026

External Quality Assurance (EQA) for Point of Care Testing (POCT)

East Sussex County Council · Local authority

In brief

East Sussex County Council awarded care and healthcare work to University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust on 27 April 2026.

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What the notice says

East Sussex County Council intends to commission a Point of Care Testing (POCT) External Quality Assurance (EQA) service to support GP practices and other providers that use POCT to provide NHS Health Checks to their patients in East Sussex. Contract start date was 1st April 2026

Who won

Winner	Value	Dates
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust	—	27 April 2026 to 31 March 2029

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

8 May 2026Contract details notice · UK7, notice 042221-2026

About the buyer

East Sussex County CouncilLast 12 months

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From notice 042221-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 8 May 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.