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title: "Specialist Transportation Services Required for NHS Blood and Transplant Donors"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078201"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "NHS Blood and Transplant"
published: "2026-10-06"
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# Specialist Transportation Services Required for NHS Blood and Transplant Donors

Buyer: NHS Blood and Transplant  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078201

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## Summary

NHS Blood and Transplant intends to procure specialist funeral-provider transport services for deceased organ donors. The work involves collecting donors from hospitals or other locations across North West England and transporting them to the organisation’s donor facility in Liverpool, then providing return transport, typically within 24–48 hours. This is a transport service within the funeral services sector, rather than a general funeral-care contract. The requirement covers the North West region, with the Liverpool facility as the destination and return point. NHS Blood and Transplant is the buyer. The service is intended to support its donor operations, where transport arrangements may need to be made at short notice and outside standard working hours.

This procurement is at the planning stage: NHS Blood and Transplant has set out its intention to buy the service, but has not issued an invitation to tender. It is undertaking preliminary market engagement and asked interested providers to respond by 14 October 2026 to be considered and obtain a detailed specification. The buyer expected to publish a further notice by 30 November 2026. The anticipated contract period is 1 December 2026 to 30 November 2029, with a possible extension to 30 November 2030. The estimated value is £30,000 excluding VAT (£36,000 including VAT). The requirement is presented as one lot. The buyer expects to use its standard purchase order terms for non-clinical goods and services.

The requirement is suited to a specialist funeral provider registered to provide funeral services and able to arrange sensitive, time-critical transport across North West England, including transfers to and from Liverpool. Suppliers should be prepared to respond at short notice, provide out-of-hours cover and manage donor collections when there has been little or no prior warning. The buyer’s current expectation is around two donor collections and returns each month in the region, although the frequency can vary. Providers will need to accommodate return journeys, typically within 24–48 hours, and operate in line with NHS standard purchase order terms for non-clinical services. The buyer is engaging with the market before issuing a tender, giving relevant providers a chance to prepare and discuss the requirement.

## Notice

Funeral Director Transportation Services within the North West of England for NHS Blood and Transplant

### Planning Information

We are looking for a specialist registered funeral provider to provide transportation services of deceased donors bodies from a hospital or location within the North West region, into our Liverpool based donor facility. This will also involve return transportation service, typically within a 24-48 hour period.
We would need assurance that arrangements can be made at a last minute’s notice and include out-of-hour services as donors are often required without prior notice. We currently require x2 donor collections/ returns per month within the North West region. (although frequency can vary)
We would be contracting under NHSBT standard purchase order terms and conditions, link below:
NHS England: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-terms-and-conditions-for-the-procurement-of-non-clinical-goods-and-services/#heading-5
If you would like to be considered for this opportunity, please get in touch for a detailed specification of our requirement.
Please respond by no later than 14th October 2026.
Many thanks
NHSBT

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094423-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 30 Nov 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Dec 2026 - 30 Nov 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £30,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| 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 | TLD North West (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 98370000 - Funeral and related services
- 98371000 - Funeral services

## Release History

- 6 Oct 2026 at 16:24 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094423-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094423-2026
  6th October 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-terms-and-conditions-for-the-procurement-of-non-clinical-goods-and-services/#heading-5
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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