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Published 30 Apr 2024, 21:52 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Offsite Storage of Liquid Nitrogen Vessels

Official notice

Authority: NHS Blood and Transplant (Central government)

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services (63) Delivery: UK
Framework ceiling (notional)£3,000,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue · 1 value update
Submissions closed 7 Feb 2025awarded 1 Jul 2025
Next notice expected 1 Aug 2024
Framework period 4 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · starts 1 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Offsite Storage of Liquid Nitrogen Vessels

CPV: Vessel storage services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 1 suppliers · 2 bids received (2.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
Framework period
4 yrs from 1 Apr 2025

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Cancelled 4 yrsPublished value£2,500,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2029 (4 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 5%Price: 85%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical: 5%
  • price: 85%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Social Value: 10%
  • Technical: 5%
  • Price: 85%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 85 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • “Offsite Storage of Liquid Nitrogen Vessels” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use the vehicle
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
30 Apr 2024, 21:52 BST
Last source update
4 Jul 2025, 13:13 BST
Award evaluation window
17 Feb 2025 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037433
Classification (CPV)
Vessel storage services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04564f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Appointment period ends
7 Feb 2025, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
17 Feb 2025, 16:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Timeline

1 Aug 2024 → 16 Jul 2025 · 6 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    1 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST
  2. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    7 Feb 2025, 17:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    17 Feb 2025, 16:00 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Notice published
    4 Jul 2025, 13:13 BST
  6. Bids must remain valid until
    16 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Jan 2025
  1. Published value updated to £3,000,000
    17 Jan 2025, 12:36 GMT
    was £2,000,000
  2. Status changed to active
    17 Jan 2025, 12:36 GMT
  3. Procurement method changed
    17 Jan 2025, 12:36 GMT
  4. Deadline published: 7 Feb 2025, 17:00 GMT
    17 Jan 2025, 12:36 GMT
  5. Status changed to complete
    4 Jul 2025, 13:13 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Jul 2025

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Contract 037433-2025-1

    Signed
    1 Jul 2025
    Value
    £5,195,000
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2029
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Blood and Transplant

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth 500 North Bristol Park, Bristol, South West, BS34 7QHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body London

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Biodock BiobankFramework contractor 10 Faraday Building, Nottingham Science & Technology Park, University Boulevard,, Nottingham, UK, NG7 2QP

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.