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# Sample Archive Storage

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sample-archive-storage-ocds-h6vhtk-03d5a8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS"): "Sample Archive Storage". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-common-services-agency-more-commonly-known-as-nhs-nation-GB-FTS-322)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 July 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Storage and retrieval services, Storage and warehousing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £420,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03d5a8`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sample-archive-storage-ocds-h6vhtk-03d5a8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sample-archive-storage-ocds-h6vhtk-03d5a8#participate

## Description
The Manufacturing department and H&I Lab of SNBTS requires to store an archive of all samples tested for future reference.  This allows SNBTS the ability to retrieve and re-test archive samples as required.  This is a regulatory requirement and an SNBTS policy requirement to archive samples.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 63121000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** In SNBTS a sample archive has been maintained since October 1984. SNBTS require a contract to cover the supply of External Frozen Storage for Archive Samples.
SNBTS retain archive samples (serum sample) from all blood donations in an individual bar-c...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 017712-2025-NSS222355-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **DFDS Logistics Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-145558`
  - Value: £420,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 017712-2025-NSS222355-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £420,000
  - Signed Date: 27/04/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F017712-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-04-29T14:51:01.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T05:04:51.690Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03d5a8