Official UK procurement notice
Hire of Supplementary Lighting, Heating and Cooling equipment
Authority: NHS Blood and Transplant (Central government)
Sectors: Transport & Passenger Services (60) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£4,907,200≈ £1.2m / year · £6,134,000 inc. VAT4.2% above published estimate
Submissions closed 13 Feb 2026awarded 14 Mar 2026
Awarded to Brandon Hire Station
Contract term 4 yrsends 29 Mar 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions · starts 31 Mar 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of heating and cooling equipment for blood donation team.
CPV: Hire of goods-transport vehicles with driver
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£4,907,200
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 30%
- Price: 60%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Social Value
- Price
- Technical
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Jan 2026, 09:58 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Aug 2026, 14:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
C443112- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-002509- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060444Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
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
- Submission deadline
- 13 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 2 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Bidders are required to complete all relevant Documents provided and upload within the Atamis eSourcing portal “The e-tendering portal”. health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
Timeline
13 Jan 2026 → 14 Aug 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published284 days ago13 Jan 2026, 09:58 GMT
- Clarification questions by264 days ago2 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline253 days ago13 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts208 days ago31 Mar 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by207 days ago31 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent207 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published71 days ago14 Aug 2026, 14:06 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Jan 2026- Tender notice published13 Jan 2026, 09:58 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published4 Aug 2026, 16:28 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete4 Aug 2026, 16:28 BST
- Contract details notice published14 Aug 2026, 14:06 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected14 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £5,112,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
Contracts signed 1latest 8 May 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Hire Station14 Aug 2026 – 30 Apr 2030 · up to 3 May 2032Extensions: Signature and go live date as follows. Go live = 01/05/2026. Signature date = 8th May 2026. Optional extension after the initial contract period dependent on business need, budget and performance. | £5,112,000 | 14 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Hire of Supplementary Lighting, Heating and Cooling equipment · Brandon Hire Station
- Signed
- 8 May 2026
- Value
- £5,112,000
- Period
- 14 Aug 2026 – 30 Apr 2030 · up to 3 May 2032 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Signature and go live date as follows. Go live = 01/05/2026. Signature date = 8th May 2026. Optional extension after the initial contract period dependent on business need, budget and performance.
1 agreed KPI: On time delivery
- On time delivery, % of deliveries arriving within the agreed delivery window
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 2 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonBrandon Hire Station · Yorkshire and the Humber
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Brandon Hire StationAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender