Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Research Equipment & Instruments
Authority: The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust (NHS & healthcare)
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: North West (UKD72)
Awarded value£227,144published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 27 Oct 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to Miltenyi Biotec Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPurchased of cell therapy equipment and instruments relating CART- T research; funded via NIHR award.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Oct 2026, 13:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Oct 2026, 12:46 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-101528- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-079038Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Following an application and the award of funding from the NIHR relating to the Trusts CAR-T therapy service; product is only available via one supplier enabling an end-to-end cell processing within a single centrifugation vessel.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
27 Oct 2026 → 5 Nov 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published39h ago27 Oct 2026, 12:46 GMT
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Standstill endsin 7 days5 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Oct 2026- Transparency notice published26 Oct 2026, 13:56 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published27 Oct 2026, 12:46 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected6 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £227,1441 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miltenyi Biotec Ltd6 Nov 2026 – 9 Nov 2026 | £227,144 | 27 Oct 2026standstill to 5 Nov 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MILTENYI BIOTEC LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender