Official UK procurement notice
Sample Tubes · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NHS Blood and Transplant (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£1,500,000≈ £514k / year
Submissions closed 16 Feb 2023awarded 8 Aug 2023
Awarded to Greiner Bio-One Limited2 awards
Contract term 2 yrs 11 moends 7 Aug 2026 · extension options published · starts 8 Aug 2023
Re-procurement openSupply of Sample Tubes · bids close
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSample Tubes
CPV: Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Supply of Sample TubesAwardedRenewalPublished value£1,500,000
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
- Price
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
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 11 Jan 2023, 11:55 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Jan 2026, 13:34 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 16 Feb 2023 – …
- Authority reference
C205988- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-003104- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-039680Find 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
Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Submission deadline
- 16 Feb 2023
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 16 Feb 2023, 17:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
16 Feb 2023 → 14 Jan 2026 · 5 dates- Submission deadline16 Feb 2023
- Bids opened16 Feb 2023, 17:00 GMT
- Contract starts8 Aug 2023, 00:00 BST
- Bids must remain valid until16 Aug 2023, 23:59 BST
- Notice published282 days ago14 Jan 2026, 13:34 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Aug 2023- Status changed to complete30 Aug 2023, 10:16 BST
- Buyer details updated30 Aug 2023, 10:16 BST
- Buyer details updated14 Jan 2026, 13:34 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £2,470,0402 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 2latest 8 Aug 2023
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greiner Bio-One Limited | £1,543,775 † | — | Awarded |
| Greiner Bio-One Limited | £926,265 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 025409-2023-1 · Greiner Bio-One Limited
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2023
- Value
- £926,265
- Period
- … – 7 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
Sample tubes · Greiner Bio-One Limited
- Signed
- 7 Aug 2023
- Value
- £1,543,775
- Period
- 8 Aug 2023 – 7 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
- Change Update to contract value to include extension options, Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Error in original FTS notice which excluded value of extension options
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Greiner Bio-One LimitedAwarded supplier
- Greiner Bio-One LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.