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Insulin Pen Safety Needles

Awarded to Cambridge Sensors Limited

Northern Health and Social Care Trust(buyer)

Published
Published 7 June 2025
Deadline
Closed 31 October 2025

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Overview

The Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service procured insulin pen safety needles for supply to Health and Social Care Northern Ireland. Cambridge Sensors Limited was awarded the contract on 13 January 2026 for £483,724.80, and delivery is now complete.

Contracting authority

  • 5 live opportunities · 66 awarded contracts

    Antrim, United Kingdom

    GB-PPON: PBRP-6676-CQZY

  • Southern Health and Social Care Trust

    Procuring entity

    Portadown, United Kingdom

    GB-PPON: PJCC-1957-RCGP

  • South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

    Procuring entity

    Belfast, United Kingdom

    GB-PPON: PLGY-6381-WWWR

  • Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

    Procuring entity

    Belfast, United Kingdom

    GB-PPON: PLQJ-5727-JCLR

  • Western Health and Social Care Trust

    Procuring entity

    Londonderry, United Kingdom

    GB-PPON: PTVW-2397-PWCT

  • Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service

    Buyer

    Belfast, United Kingdom

    GB-PPON: PWNJ-1991-NGDW

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Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
In delivery
Category
Goods
Estimated value
£731,250
Procedure
Open procedure
Rules
Procurement Act 2023
Published
7 June 2025
Deadline
Closed
Classification (CPV)
Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care productsMedical equipmentsMedical consumablesMedical needles

Award outcome

Awarded value
£483,725
Award date
13 January 2026
Contract period
1 January 2026 → 31 December 2028
Contract length
3 years
Could run to
28 February 2031
Against estimate
34% below
Bids received
8
Winner
  • Cambridge Sensors Limited

This contract ends on 31 December 2028, or 28 February 2031 if every extension is used.

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About the winner

Cambridge Sensors Limited

Based in
Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire
Public contracts won
8
Across UK and EU notices

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Competition and scoring

Bids received

8

4 from SMEs

Open and restricted tenders in Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products drew a median of 4 bids over the last 24 months; 20% received only one.

How bids were scored

  • Quality – Mandatory Quality (Compliance with Schedule 2 (Specification)
  • Quality - Benchtop Assessment – (Validation of conformance to Product Specification)
  • Quality - Clinical Assessment
  • Price

Market context

Typical award in Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

£101,100

Median of 4,213 awards in the last 24 months

This award is 4.8× the median.

Northern Health and Social Care Trust in the last 12 months

52

contracts awarded, worth £2,487,941,407 in total

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Notice history

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  1. Contract

    26 March 2026

  2. Contract

    10 February 2026

  3. Contract Notice

    30 September 2025

  4. Prior Information Notice

    7 June 2025

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