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Welsh Blood Service Bone Marrow Doner Service

Welsh Blood Service (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

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01 Sep 2026 at 10:22

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16 Jul 2026 at 08:44

Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Welsh Blood Service, hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust, procured bone marrow donor services: a homecare service supporting bone marrow donors. The requirement is a health service delivered in Wales. The work concerns arranging and providing home-based care for donors connected with the Welsh Blood Service. It is therefore relevant to providers with an established homecare operation, experience supporting donors or patients, and the organisational capability to deliver a dependable healthcare service across Wales. The contracting authority is a public health organisation and central purchasing body. The procurement was for services rather than goods or construction, with the main classification being health services (CPV 85100000).

This procurement has been awarded and the tender is complete. The Welsh Blood Service used Direct Award Process 2 under the Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2025, using an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The contract term is 24 months, with two possible 12-month extensions. Two active awards are recorded separately: Alcura was awarded a contract valued at £444,772, signed on 15 July 2026; ALCURA UK LTD was awarded a contract valued at £444,772, signed on 1 August 2026. The single lot is recorded as cancelled, although both awards and contracts are active. Evaluation covered price, plus pass/fail criteria for quality, collaboration and service sustainability, improving access and reducing health inequalities, and social responsibility.

This award indicates demand from the Welsh Blood Service for specialist homecare supporting bone marrow donors, delivered at a substantial operational scale across Wales. A credible future supplier would need to provide safe, reliable and coordinated healthcare in donors’ homes, with the staffing, systems and geographic coverage to sustain the service. The assessment also shows that service quality, collaboration, long-term sustainability, improved access, reduced health inequalities and social responsibility matter alongside price. Providers should therefore be able to evidence robust clinical or care governance, dependable fulfilment, partnership working and socially responsible delivery. The selected supplier profile suggests that a large organisation with established infrastructure and capacity was well placed to meet this requirement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Welsh Blood Service Bone Marrow Doner Service

Notice Description

Homecare Service for Bone Marrow doners

Lot Information

Lot 1

Welsh Blood Service (Hosted By Velindre NHS Trust) has awarded a contract for 24 months + 2 x 12 month extensions for Bone Marrow Doner Services Welsh Blood Services (Hosted by Velindre NHS Trust) utilised Direct Award Option 2 under the Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2025

Procurement Information

This is a The Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (PSR Wales) contract award notice following Direct Award Process 2

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cc57
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082485-2026
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
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£444,772 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Sep 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
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
Welsh Blood Service (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
CARDIFF
Postcode
CF15 7QZ
Postcode Area
Cardiff
Country
Wales
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL5 South East Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend
Delivery Location
TLL Wales
Local Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Electoral Ward
Taff's Well
Westminster Constituency
Cardiff North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Alcura UK Ltd

Further Information

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