---
title: "Provision of HLA Antibody Detection & Identification Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04a579"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST"
published: "2024-10-25"
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# Provision of HLA Antibody Detection & Identification Services

Buyer: BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04a579

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## Summary

The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has completed the procurement process for the "Provision of HLA Antibody Detection & Identification Services" under the procurement method described as "Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition." This process falls within the medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products industry category, specifically focusing on goods. The procurement is essential for supporting the care of renal transplant patients, ensuring long-term graft survival, and maintaining patient safety. A contract worth £150,000 was signed on 24th October 2024 with VH BIO LTD, ensuring continuity of service at the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust located in Belfast, UK (UKN region).

This award creates significant business growth opportunities for companies specialising in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, particularly those with expertise in antibody detection and identification. VH BIO LTD, a large-scale supplier, stands to benefit from providing this critical service, and similar companies with technological expertise and capabilities in laboratory validation and verification could find ample business opportunities in such high-stakes, technically-sensitive procurements. Businesses that can offer reliable, validated solutions while ensuring minimal disruption to patient care would be particularly well-suited to compete for similar tenders in the healthcare sector.

## Notice

Procurement of HLA Antibody Detection and Identification

### Procurement Information

No other reasonable alternative exists for this procurement and this service is critical to patient care and service delivery. This procurement is both essential and critical in supporting the long-term/optimum graft survival of renal transplant patients. A replacement in the short-term is not a reasonable alternative as it would require extensive and robust validation and verification work in line with laboratory accreditation standards - UKAS ISO15189 that would result in significant disruption and disproportionate technical difficulties that would significantly impact on patient safety and the Trusts ability to deliver services. A new contract 4535237 has been awarded and the equipment is currently undergoing validation, this DAC is required to ensure service continuity until full implementation of the contract.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034609-2024 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Oct 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 2 Oct 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £150,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST |
| Locality | BELFAST |
| Post town | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode | BT9 7AB |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland |
| ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland |
| ITL 3 | TLN06 Belfast |
| Local authority | Belfast |
| Electoral ward | Blackstaff |
| Westminster constituency | Belfast South and Mid Down |
| Delivery location | TLN Northern Ireland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | VH BIO |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

### Codes

- 33000000 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

## Release History

- 25 Oct 2024 at 08:57 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034609-2024
- 3 Oct 2024 at 13:12 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031725-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://belfasttrust.hscni.net

## Provenance

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