Expired contract

Blood Collection Systems and Blood Lancets

Details

Value
£170,000,000
Duration
4 years
Topic
Medical consumables
Published
30 April 2020

Tender description

NHS Supply Chain seeks to establish a non-exclusive framework agreement for supply to NHS Supply Chain depots via the Stock, Blue Diamond routes and to the NHS Supply Chain customer base via the E-Direct Route a range of Blood Collection Systems and Blood Lancets. It is anticipated that in the first 24 months of the framework agreement the value of purchases will be in the region of 70 000 000 GBP and 85 000 000 GBP. For the full 48 month term (if extended) the anticipated value is between 140 000 000 GBP and 170 000 000 GBP. The figures for the total estimated value are based on that initial expenditure and include a forecast for growth.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published30 April 2020
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date1 November 2020
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date31 October 2024

About the buyer

NHS Supply Chain buys as a central healthcare organisation, run by Supply Chain Coordination Limited on behalf of NHS England. Suppliers tender through the Jaggaer eProcurement portal, and opportunities above threshold are advertised on Find a Tender. Successful bids are listed on framework agreements managed by category teams. The NHS Core List aggregates trust demand into national contracts for standard commodities. Category teams coordinate key supply markets with NHS England and clinical networks. Procurement follows the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Supply Chain's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, food and drink and furniture and furnishings.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 33140000 · Medical consumables

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