Official UK procurement notice
Secondary Blood Grouping and Sickle Testing
Authority: NHS Blood and Transplant (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHSBT is looking to award a Managed Service Contract for the supply of commercially available automated blood group testing equipment for use as a secondary testing technology for ABO and Rh D typing, antibody screening and identification, extended red cell phenotyping and HbAS (heterozygous sickle cell trait) screening for donor blood, tissues and stem cell (haemopoietic progenitor cells and therapeutic cells) samples.
CPV: Blood analysis services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1CancelledRenewalPublished value£8,655,000
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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 (3)
- Technical: 10%
- price: 75%
- Social Value: 15%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical: 10
- Social Value: 15
- Price: 75
- Price carries 75 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 17 Oct 2023, 17:03 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Jul 2025, 10:40 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 10 Jun 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-043037- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040cd2Find a Tender
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 10 Jun 2024
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 10 Jun 2024, 17:00 BST
Timeline
14 Feb 2024 → 25 Jul 2025 · 5 dates- Next notice expected14 Feb 2024
- Submission deadline10 Jun 2024
- Bids opened10 Jun 2024, 17:00 BST
- Bids must remain valid until10 Dec 2024, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published25 Jul 2025, 10:40 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 May 2024- Published value updated to £8,655,0009 May 2024, 16:27 BSTwas £4,094,000
- Status changed to active9 May 2024, 16:27 BST
- Procurement method changed9 May 2024, 16:27 BST
- Deadline published: 10 Jun 20249 May 2024, 16:27 BST
- Status changed to unsuccessful25 Jul 2025, 10:40 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.