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title: "Provision of Vaccine Sample Carrier"
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# Provision of Vaccine Sample Carrier

Buyer: Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e6bd

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## Summary

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust procured a vaccine sample carrier arrangement. The requirement covers the handling, storage and warehousing of vaccine samples, classified under storage and warehousing services. It is intended to support the Trust’s clinical departments and specialties by providing an approved route for ordering and drawing down the required carrier-related goods and services. The arrangement uses a catalogue of pre-priced products with descriptions, product codes and units of measure, made available through the Trust’s recognised ordering systems. This is a healthcare supply and logistics requirement, relevant to businesses providing vaccine sample transport, clinical storage, medical logistics or associated warehousing services. The selected supplier is Labcold Ltd, a large UK company based in Basingstoke, Hampshire, while the buying organisation is based at Gloucester Business Park in Brockworth, Gloucester.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Labcold Ltd through a below-threshold direct award without competition, using a catalogue-based arrangement. The contract was signed on 5 March 2026 and runs from 6 March 2026 to 5 April 2026. Its value is £10,660 excluding VAT, or £12,792 including VAT. The award covers one completed lot and is classified as a services procurement. The direct-award rationale describes a move from off-contract to on-contract spending, intended to strengthen procurement governance, financial control and value for money. The arrangement allows multiple clinical departments and specialties to order approved products against agreed terms and prices through recognised ordering systems. The awarded contract is active and the buyer is Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.

This procurement shows demand from an NHS foundation trust for a controlled vaccine sample carrier and related storage or warehousing service delivered through an approved catalogue. A credible future competitor would need to supply or manage vaccine sample carriers, support clinical logistics and provide dependable storage and handling arrangements. The buyer’s model favours suppliers able to present a structured catalogue of pre-priced goods, clear product descriptions, product codes and units of measure, with ordering integrated into recognised NHS or Trust systems. Businesses should therefore be able to support multiple clinical departments and specialties, maintain consistent pricing and product information, and operate within agreed contractual terms. Relevant experience in healthcare supply, vaccine logistics, sample handling or medical warehousing would strengthen a supplier’s position when this requirement is next considered.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078631-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 5 Mar 2026 |
| Contract period | 6 Mar 2026 - 5 Apr 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £10,660 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Locality | GLOUCESTER |
| Postcode area | Gloucester |
| Postcode | GL3 4AW |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK73 Gloucestershire CC |
| Local authority | Tewkesbury |
| Electoral ward | Churchdown Brookfield with Hucclecote |
| Westminster constituency | North Cotswolds |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Labcold Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

### Codes

- 63120000 - Storage and warehousing services

## Release History

- 18 Aug 2026 at 15:24 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078631-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078631-2026
  18th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.labcold.com
- https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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