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title: "WPL06866 - Donor Search and Provision Service"
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# WPL06866 - Donor Search and Provision Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wpl06866-donor-search-and-provision-service-ocds-h6vhtk-06c89c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University Hospital Southampton: "WPL06866 - Donor Search and Provision Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [University Hospital Southampton](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-hospital-southampton-nhs-rhm)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Services provided by transplant organ banks
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ32
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £5,500,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06c89c`

## 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/wpl06866-donor-search-and-provision-service-ocds-h6vhtk-06c89c#tl-md)

## Description
This contract is for the provision of stem cell services to support the UHS Transplant Centre. The four core services are:
- Manages adult volunteer donors and cord blood banks to source and distribute stem cells and lymphocytes.
- Coordinates international donor searches and manages the import/export of therapeutic cells.
- Conducts tissue-typing tests and advises on matching the best graft for patients.
- Sources and distributes cells from related family donors.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** The provider is to continue providing registry services, donor typing, matching, and stem cell procurement and distribution.
This contract award has been made following the PSR Direct Award Process A.
The maximum amount payable under this contract be...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 065198-2026-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Anthony Nolan**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-68546`
  - Value: £5,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 065198-2026-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £5,500,000
  - Signed Date: 01/07/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F065198-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-10T13:01:22.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T04:17:28.827Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06c89c