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NHS Blood and Transplant

Find a Tender identifier: GB-PPON-PDBY-6395-VWBP · Bristol, UKK12, GB

Procurement processes130
Open opportunities1
Awarded procurements58
Signed contracts37
Avg. awarded suppliers1.3
Avg. reported bids3.7
Highest reported bids11
Bid-count coverage10 of 130

Value and contract picture

Published value (GBP)£1,735,386,293
Average published value (GBP)£21,424,522
Signed contract value (GBP)£82,325,904

GBP totals only, so values in another currency are never silently mixed into the total.

Procurement methods

Not published
57
Open procedure
21
Below threshold - without competition
19
Competitive flexible procedure
16
Below threshold - limited competition
10
Direct award
5
Award under framework
2

Top categories

Not published in the retained notices.

Most competitive procurements

Ranked by the number of bids reported by the buyer; a multi-lot procurement can report one count per lot.

ProcurementBids reportedValueStatus
Framework for the Supply of Solutions, Reagents and Serums11£738,000complete
National Contact Centre8Value not publishedcomplete
Candidate Sifting Tool4Value not publishedcomplete
CRM Platform (Donor and Session Programme)3£6,400,000complete
Reading Donor Centre Re-location3Value not publishedcomplete
Eyecare Health Services for NHSBT3Value not publishedcomplete
Supply of Event-Based Blood Type Testing Kits & At-Home Blood Type Testing Kits2£400,000complete
Next Generation Sequencing Testing (NGS)1£600,000complete
Manual Handling Training1Value not publishedcomplete
Garment and Mops Rental and Laundry Services1Value not publishedcomplete

Most frequent awarded suppliers

SupplierProcurements wonPublished award value (GBP)
Jobtrain Limited2£186,954
CRYOPDP2£108,014
UNA Health LtdUnit 6 & 7, Fitzgerald Way Scotia Road Business Park, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 4HN.2£50,639
Sussex Biologicals Limited2£50,226
Terumo BCT Europe2Value not published
Personal Strengths Publishing Ltd2Value not published
Technopath Distribution2Value not published
Macopharma UK Ltd2Value not published
ARVATO LIMITED1£22,802,580
Pegasystems Limited1£6,666,666

Recent and open procurements

ProcurementStatusDeadlineValue
Occupational Driver TrainingOpen29 Sept 2026£600,000
Supply, Calibration & Maintenance of Temperature LoggersClosed20 Jun 2025£750,000
Supply of Tube Sealers, PPM & Repair. PPM & Repair of Existing Tube Heat SealersClosed21 Jul 2025£1,747,196
Statistical Process Control (SPC) Data Management Software SystemClosed29 Jul 2025£300,000
Supply of GMP-Grade Reagents for GMP ProductionClosed25 Aug 2025£640,000
Supply of GMP-Grade Reagents for GMP ProductionClosed25 Aug 2025£640,000
Supply and Maintenance of Donation EquipmentClosed8 Sept 2025£6,860,000
Supply of Parallel Bioreactor including Maintenance and Consumablescomplete12 Dec 2025£680,000
Framework Agreement for Supply and Maintenance of Blood Component Transport Containers - Lot 2 – Repair and Maintenance of Existing Blood Component Transport Containerscomplete16 Dec 2025£2,087,000
Supply of Event-Based Blood Type Testing Kits & At-Home Blood Type Testing Kitscomplete19 Dec 2025£400,000
Digital Transformation Delivery Partner - Donor and Session Programmecomplete27 Jan 2026£3,200,000
Framework Agreement for the Supply of Copper Sulphate Solution for Blood Donor Haemoglobin Screeningcomplete6 Feb 2026£2,250,000
Hire of Supplementary Lighting, Heating and Cooling equipmentcomplete13 Feb 2026£4,907,200
Next Generation Sequencing Testing (NGS)complete20 Feb 2026£600,000
Supply of Bacterial Gene Detection and Sequencingcomplete27 Feb 2026£200,000
The Stem Cell Registry International Courier Servicecomplete16 Apr 2026£750,000
SCI Cleanroom Cleaning 2026/29Closed8 May 2026£250,000
Framework for the Supply of Solutions, Reagents and Serumscomplete18 May 2026£738,000
Supply and Maintenance of Rapid Plasma FreezerClosed29 May 2026£2,900,000
CRM Platform (Donor and Session Programme)complete6 Jul 2026£6,400,000

How to read these figures

Supplier count means distinct suppliers named in awards, not all bidders. Bid counts are published aggregate statistics, not a list of submitted bids. Award and contract data currently comes from the latest retained OCDS record for each procurement process.