Official UK procurement notice
Notice: OUH - Blood Transfusion Analysers MS - Tender Notice
Authority: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (Central government)·On behalf of: HealthTrust Europe LLP
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) is seeking to procure a managed service for the provision of a blood transfusion analyser solution with the supply of associated consumables, reagents, training and maintenance services across its hospital sites.
The scope of the managed service will be delivered across the John Radcliffe Hospital (Oxford) and Horton General Hospital (Banbury), supporting a 24/7, 365-day blood transfusion laboratory service.
The procurement will be awarded as a Managed Service Contract (MSC) and is planned to include, but not be limited to:
Supply, installation and commissioning of automated blood transfusion analysers
Provision of all reagents, consumables, controls and calibrators
Full repair, maintenance and technical support services
Integration with existing Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)
Staff training, competency support and ongoing technical assistance
The solutions aim is to provide a resilient and high-availability service, including redundancy arrangements to ensure continuity of service in the event of equipment failure. There must be appropriate provision across the network to support both routine and urgent (STAT) testing.
The procurement will be conducted in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to award this as a single contract.
CPV: Analysers · Blood analysers · Blood analysis services · Blood-grouping reagents · Diagnostic systems · Pathology services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£1,650,000
- Economic & financial standing
As per Attachment "OUH BT - ITT Guidance" and PSQ envelope requirements.
- Technical & professional ability
As per Attachment "OUH BT - ITT Guidance" and PSQ envelope requirements.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical Weighting: 60%
- Commercial Weighting: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical Weighting
- Commercial Weighting
- Economic & financial standing
As per Attachment "OUH BT - ITT Guidance" and PSQ envelope requirements.
- Technical & professional ability
As per Attachment "OUH BT - ITT Guidance" and PSQ envelope requirements.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Jun 2026, 08:17 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Sept 2026, 15:13 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 27 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
PR-5161- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-088789- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bb95Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 30 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
24 Jun 2026 → 27 Jan 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published126 days ago24 Jun 2026, 08:17 BST
- Market engagement111 days ago8 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
Engagement as part of this pre-market engagement (PME) will be undertaken through a combination of online meetings, in-person discussions, telephone discussions and written correspondence (including email), with organisations that are able to provide a Blood Transfusion analyser managed service.
The engagement exercise aims to establish a suitable procurement approach that meets the Contracting Authority's objectives. The engagement is exploratory in nature and is intended for information gathering purposes to inform the specification and to identify potential suppliers of the required services.
In particular the PME seeks to:
- Understand current and emerging solutions
- Explore supplier capabilities and potential commercial models
- Explore data requirements the contracting authority will need to provide
- Support the development and refinement of the specification
Interested parties please reach out to Eman Majid (Eman.Majid@htepg.com) at HealthTrust Europe to schedule an engagement meeting.
- Next notice expected69 days ago19 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published40 days ago18 Sept 2026, 15:13 BST
- Clarification questions by28 days ago30 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline12 days ago16 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 30 days27 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 90 days27 Jan 2027
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Jun 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published24 Jun 2026, 08:17 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published18 Sept 2026, 15:13 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active18 Sept 2026, 15:13 BST
- Procurement method changed18 Sept 2026, 15:13 BST
- Deadline published: 16 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST18 Sept 2026, 15:13 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- HealthTrust Europe LLPProcess contact pointProcuring entityOn 11th August 2021, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE) published a contract notice for procurement partner services. HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) was selected to provide these services under the MSE Framework, including access to HTE's public sector frameworks. HTE is now conducting this procurement exercise as part of its services to the Customers under the MSE Framework.
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender