Official UK procurement notice
Blood Culture Bottles · UK public procurement notice
Authority: KCH Interventional Facilities Management LLP (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe BD BACTEC FX is an automated system used for detecting microorganisms in clinical samples and is designed to work exclusively with BD blood culture bottles. Specific types of blood bottles we use are BD BACTEC Lytic Anaerobic, BD BACTEC Plus Aerobic and BD BACTEC Peds Plus
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
- 25 Jun 2025, 16:59 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Jun 2025, 16:59 BST
- Authority reference
C369659- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-035212- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0553b8Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Switching Direct Award
- Published justification
The BD Bactec FX is a closed system, it works exclusively with the BD blood culture bottles and, as such, to facilitate this tendered solution, across all sites, it stands that these must be consistently used. There is not a viable or compatible alternative. The risks to not changing the Biomeriux bottles to BD bottles means that the newly installed BDFX analysers will not work on the current bottles.
- Risks
Delivery charges
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 25 Jun 2025- Transparency notice published25 Jun 2025, 16:59 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected27 Jun 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Becton, Dickinson U.K. Limited8 Jul 2025 – 7 Jul 2028 · up to 8 Jun 2035Extensions: The SYNNOVIS contract with BD is for 10 years | £269,586 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Becton DickinsonAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender