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title: "Chromatography System"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f827"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS Blood and Transplant"
published: "2026-09-16"
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# Chromatography System

Buyer: NHS Blood and Transplant  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f827

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## Summary

NHS Blood and Transplant procured an AKTA ready 450 SCS chromatography system, together with associated maintenance and consumables. This is a laboratory and precision equipment requirement centred on chromatography, with the system and continuing support intended for the organisation’s operational use. The main category is goods, including chromatographs and related laboratory, optical and precision equipment. Delivery is in the United Kingdom. The requirement was handled by NHS Blood and Transplant, a central government public authority. It is a single requirement rather than a group of separately described services, and covers the supply of the equipment alongside the maintenance support and consumable items needed to operate it.

The procurement is complete and was awarded through a direct award to Global Life Sciences Solutions Operations UK Ltd. The award date was 11 September 2026. The award value is £291,955.08 excluding tax and £350,346.10 including tax. The contract period runs from 28 September 2026 to 27 September 2028, with signature scheduled for 28 September 2026. A standstill period ends on 25 September 2026. The buyer justified the direct award because changing supplier would provide goods or services incompatible with existing equipment, creating disproportionate technical or maintenance difficulties. The award concerns one lot. The selected supplier is the existing supplier for an extension or partial replacement, and the procurement was treated as above threshold.

This requirement indicates demand from NHS Blood and Transplant for specialist chromatography equipment supported by maintenance and a dependable supply of consumables. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need proven capability to supply AKTA ready 450 SCS systems, or technically compatible equipment, together with planned maintenance, operational support and consumables. Evidence of integration with existing laboratory infrastructure would be important, because technical compatibility and avoiding disproportionate difficulties in operation or maintenance were central to the buyer’s route to award. Suppliers should therefore be able to demonstrate specialist chromatography knowledge, reliable equipment support, continuity of consumable supply and sufficient organisational capacity to serve a central government healthcare laboratory buyer.

## Notice

Purchase of a AKTA ready 450 SCS Chromatography System with associated maintenance and consumables.

### Procurement Information

The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where-- (a)a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and (b)the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087592-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 11 Sep 2026 |
| Contract period | 28 Sep 2026 - 27 Sep 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £291,955 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS Blood and Transplant |
| Locality | BRISTOL |
| Postcode area | Bristol |
| Postcode | BS34 7QH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England |
| ITL 3 | TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire |
| Local authority | South Gloucestershire |
| Electoral ward | Filton |
| Westminster constituency | Filton and Bradley Stoke |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Global Life Sciences Solutions Operations UK Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

### Codes

- 38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- 38432200 - Chromatographs

## Release History

- 16 Sep 2026 at 09:42 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087592-2026
- 11 Sep 2026 at 14:10 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086449-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087592-2026
  16th September 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086449-2026
  11th September 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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