Find a TenderAwarded without competitionContract details notice

Published 22 Oct 2025, 10:25 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Purchase of Pipetting system

Official notice

Authority: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Direct awardSME suitable

Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)

+6 more

East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)

Awarded value£216,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 14 Nov 2025no call for competition

Awarded to VH Bio Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Purchase of HLAPro automated pipettor 03HLAPRO

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1AwardedSME

Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South WestEligibility: SME eligible

33100000 Medical equipments

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: 22 Oct 2025, 10:25 BST
Last source update: 8 Dec 2025, 14:42 GMT
Authority reference: C372980
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-080662
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 more
South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05d150 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification: Test reagents required to be able to perform solid phase HLA antibody testing, and this supplier is the only 1 that has automated instrumentation to support this testing. Automation is required to test the volume of samples needed to maintain service delivery.

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

25 Nov 2025 → 8 Dec 2025 · 2 dates

Standstill ends335 days ago
25 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Notice published323 days ago
8 Dec 2025, 14:42 GMT

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Oct 2025

Transparency notice published
22 Oct 2025, 10:25 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
14 Nov 2025, 13:53 GMT
UK6
Buyer details updated
14 Nov 2025, 13:53 GMT
Contract signature expected
28 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
scheduled
Contract details notice published
8 Dec 2025, 14:42 GMT
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £216,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Contracts signed 1latest 5 Dec 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
VH Bio Ltd2 Mar 2026 – 3 Mar 2026	£216,000same award published again · counted once	14 Nov 2025standstill to 25 Nov 2025	Standstill
VH Bio Ltd	£216,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Purchase of Pipetting system · VH Bio Ltd
Signed
5 Dec 2025
Value
£216,000
Period
2 Feb 2026 – 3 Feb 2026
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-NHS: RR8 · GB-PPON: PNQG-8433-QXBP Beckett Street, Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS9 7TFContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

V.H. BIO LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02582192GB-PPON: PYCR-3696-LBBM Unit 11b Station Approach, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, North East, NE11 0ZFContact email
V.H. Bio LimitedAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PYCR-3696-LBBM Unit 11B Station Approach, Gateshead, North East, NE11 0ZFContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender8 Dec 2025, 14:42 GMT
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender14 Nov 2025, 13:53 GMT
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender22 Oct 2025, 10:25 BST