Official UK procurement notice
Blood Group Genotyping for Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia
Authority: NHS England (Central government)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£140,671published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 15 May 2025no call for competition
Awarded to NHSBT
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEmbedding blood group genotyping into routine practice. The primary objective (benefit) of doing so is to ensure patients with rare blood disorders have a minimise risk of adverse reactions through access to blood group genotyping.
Due to delays arising from administrative and operational circumstances, NHS England awarded this contract to commencing 25 June 2025 until 31 March 2026.
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
- 5 Dec 2025, 16:13 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Jun 2026, 11:18 BST
- Authority reference
C369873- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-054644- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f01dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
- Published justification
PA23 Sch.5 Single supplier - technical reasons
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
16 Dec 2025 → 10 Jun 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends315 days ago16 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published140 days ago10 Jun 2026, 11:18 BST
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Dec 2025- Transparency notice published5 Dec 2025, 16:13 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published5 Dec 2025, 16:50 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected18 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published10 Jun 2026, 10:25 BSTUK7
- Contract termination notice published10 Jun 2026, 11:18 BSTUK11
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-12: 1 release · 5 Dec 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £140,6711 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Jun 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHSBT19 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 | £140,671 | 15 May 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Blood Group Genotyping for Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia · NHSBT
- Signed
- 10 Jun 2026
- Value
- £140,671
- Period
- 10 Jun 2026 – 11 Jun 2026
- Status
- terminated, This contract termination is being published to advise of the end of this contract. The delay in publishing this notice is due to administrative and operational circumstances.
- Final value
- £140,671
- Termination
- contractCompleted
No agreed KPIs: Not required
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NHSBTAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender