Secondary Blood Grouping and Sickle Testing

Official notice

Authority: NHS Blood and Transplant (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£6,240,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 25 Jul 2025no call for competition

Awarded to IBG Immucor Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Managed Service Contract for the Provision of Secondary Blood Grouping & Sickle Cell Testing

CPV: Blood analysis services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1NHSBT will award a Managed Service Contract for the supply of commercially available…Awarded

NHSBT will award a Managed Service Contract for the supply of commercially available automated blood group testing equipment for use as a secondary testing technology for ABO and Rh D typing, antibody screening and identification, extended red cell phenotyping and HbAS (heterozygous sickle cell trait) screening for donor blood, tissues and stem cell (haemopoietic progenitor cells and therapeutic cells) samples.

Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
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: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 25 Jul 2025, 10:42 BST
Last source update: 25 Jul 2025, 10:42 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-043039
Classification (CPV): Blood analysis services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-056614 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
Published justification: No suitable tenders received in Open Procedure.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £6,240,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 25 Jul 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
IBG Immucor LtdSME	£6,240,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 043039-2025-1 · IBG Immucor LtdSME
Signed
25 Jul 2025
Value
£6,240,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

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

Dispute resolution & review bodies

The High CourtMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

IBG Immucor LtdAwarded supplier 712 The Quadrant, Cavendish Avenue, Birchwood, Warrington, Cheshire, UK, WA3 6DE

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.