Notice Information
Notice Title
Contract for the Supply of Blood Components, Reagents and Services
Notice Description
Contract to cover the supply of blood components, Reagents, and services from NHS Blood and Transplant to Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Services provided under this contract include the supply of blood components, reagents, and the services surrounding this.
The award of this contract was following direct award process A on the criterion that there was no realistic alternative provider.
The indicative lifetime value of this contract is PS4471659.00 between 1st April 2025 and 31st March 2028.
Procurement Information
This contract is award on the criterion that there was no realistic alternative provider.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051cf7
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024584-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85146000 - Services provided by blood banks
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £4,471,659 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 22 May 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 14 May 20259 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SOMERSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Hollie Caddy
- Contact Email
- servicesteam.procurement@somersetft.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- TAUNTON
- Postcode
- TA1 5DA
- Post Town
- Taunton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK6 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK62 Somerset
- Delivery Location
- TLK23 Somerset CC
-
- Local Authority
- Somerset
- Electoral Ward
- Bishop's Hull & Taunton West
- Westminster Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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