Official UK procurement notice
Chromatography System · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NHS Blood and Transplant (Central government)
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: South West (UKK11)
Awarded value£291,955published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 11 Sept 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to Global Life Sciences Solutions Operations UK Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPurchase of a AKTA ready 450 SCS Chromatography System with associated maintenance and consumables.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- 11 Sept 2026, 14:10 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Sept 2026, 09:42 BST
- Authority reference
C464757- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-087592- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f827Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where—
(a)a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and
(b)the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
16 Sept 2026 → 25 Sept 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published40 days ago16 Sept 2026, 09:42 BST
- Standstill ends31 days ago25 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Sept 2026- Transparency notice published11 Sept 2026, 14:10 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published16 Sept 2026, 09:42 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected28 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £291,9551 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Life Sciences Solutions Operations UK Ltd28 Sept 2026 – 27 Sept 2028 | £291,955 | 11 Sept 2026standstill to 25 Sept 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Global Life Sciences Solutions Operations UK LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender