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Bacteriophage QC Testing

Buyer: NHS Blood and Transplant →

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BuyerNHS Blood and Transplant
StatusClosed
Deadline28 Aug 2026
Value£180,000
Published30 Jul 2026

What is being bought

This procurement seeks to establish a contract with a suitably qualified and licenced (to EU GMP standard) provider who can provide NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) with a Bacteriophage QC Testing Service. NHSBT's Clinical Biotechnology Centre (CBC) handles a number of products in the production of Advanced Therapeutic Investigational Medicinal Products (ATMPs) and starter material master cell banks (MCBs). These require bacteriophage QC testing services that meet specific regulatory requirements. Within a typical year, CBC anticipates approximately 10–30 production runs, resulting in an average requirement for around 20 bacterial MCBs per year requiring GMP-grade bacteriophage testing. More details can be found at https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/ (Project Reference: C385645).

Delivery location

UKK11, GB

Categories

System quality assurance assessment and review services 72225000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£180,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Nov 2026 to 31 Oct 2027
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price (60%)
Quality (30%)
Social Value (10%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1System quality assurance assessment and review servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 72. The category anchor is System quality assurance assessment and review services (72225000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 723,5881 median · 7.9 average (1,126 of 3,588 with a bid count)1.7 average (1,284 of 3,588 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer8Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKK11111 median · 1.2 average (5 of 11 with a bid count)1 average (5 of 11 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)2965 median · 6.6 average (9 of 296 with a bid count)1 average (9 of 296 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsChanges to regulations governing the QC testing services which may change requirement or frequency of testing.

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06d740
Latest release ID072036-2026
Latest release timestampThu Jul 30 2026 09:17:20 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072036-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-08-28T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-08-12T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-09-14T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailsVia Atamis - https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£180,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
30 Jul 2026tender072036-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
30 Jul 2026 · 072036-2026 · tender
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