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Supply of Blood Collection Transport Kit

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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31 Jul 2026 at 16:16

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust procured a supply of blood collection transport kits for use in its clinical services. The requirement is categorised as goods and is associated with blood-testing reagents, indicating a laboratory and clinical consumables supply context. The arrangement is intended to support multiple clinical departments and specialties through the Trust’s recognised ordering systems, with approved products available through a structured catalogue. The buying organisation is Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, based at Cheltenham General Hospital in Gloucester. Businesses relevant to this requirement are suppliers of blood collection, specimen transport, laboratory and related clinical consumables, particularly those able to provide clearly described products, product codes and units of measure for routine healthcare ordering.

The procurement has been completed and awarded through a below-threshold direct award without competition. Alpha Laboratories Limited was selected as the supplier for the single completed lot. The contract was signed on 8 May 2026 and runs from 11 May 2026 to 30 April 2027. Its value is £5,000 excluding VAT and £6,000 including VAT. The arrangement is catalogue-based, with pre-priced goods and associated descriptions, codes and units of measure made available for drawdown by clinical departments and specialties. The stated purpose was to move expenditure from off-contract to on-contract purchasing while strengthening procurement governance, financial control and value for money. The award was for goods, with the requirement linked to blood-testing reagents.

This procurement demonstrates established NHS demand for blood collection transport kits and related blood-testing consumables within Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. A credible future supplier would need dependable access to suitable clinical and laboratory products, the ability to maintain consistent supply, and systems for presenting a broad catalogue of pre-priced goods with accurate descriptions, product codes and units of measure. Products would need to fit the practical requirements of multiple clinical departments and specialties rather than a single user group. Experience supplying healthcare organisations, supporting recognised ordering systems and managing routine catalogue-based purchasing would strengthen a competitor’s position. The selected supplier was a large laboratory products business, indicating that scale, product breadth and operational reliability are relevant characteristics for this requirement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Supply of Blood Collection Transport Kit

Notice Description

Further Justification for Direct Award: The selected procurement route is a PA23 regulated below-threshold direct award, to be delivered through the establishment of a catalogue-based arrangement. This forms part of an initiative to transition expenditure from off-contract to on-contract spend, thereby strengthening procurement governance, financial control and demonstrable value for money. For the purposes of this arrangement, a catalogue is defined as a structured schedule of pre-priced goods (and associated descriptions, codes and units of measure) made available to multiple clinical departments and specialties via the Trust's recognised ordering systems, enabling requisitioners to draw down approved items against an agreed set of terms and prices. Such catalogues typically encompass a diverse range of product lines which would not naturally be grouped into a single tender exercise due to differing clinical applications, technical s

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d936
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072878-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

CPV Codes

33696200 - Blood-testing reagents

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£5,000 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
31 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
11 May 2026 - 30 Apr 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
GLOUCESTER
Postcode
GL53 7AN
Postcode Area
Gloucester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK73 Gloucestershire CC
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Cheltenham
Electoral Ward
College
Westminster Constituency
Cheltenham

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Alpha Laboratories Ltd

Further Information

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