Awarded contract

Microbiology and Serology Testing

Details

Value
£29,800,000
Topic
Laboratory services
Published
28 October 2025

Tender description

NHS Blood and Transplant requires a direct contractual relationship with either a manufacturer or any other economic operator for a complete end-to-end integrated solution for the Microbiology Serology screening/testing of blood and non-blood donations , which must include all the necessary equipment, installation, maintenance, consumables, reagents, software including an inter-interoperability provision with NHSBTs existing IT infrastructure and overall ongoing support mechanism that may be required to carry out the necessary testing. Lot 1: Contract A - National Testing Microbiology & Serology National Testing Lot 2: Contract B - Colindale Testing Microbiology & Serology Testing

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date1 May 2025
  2. Completed: Award published28 October 2025
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About the buyer

NHS Blood and Transplant runs the UK's blood and organ donation services, and buys as a national healthcare organisation with its own procurement team. Much of its buying flows through framework agreements with the Crown Commercial Service, NHS Supply Chain and NHS Shared Business Services. Four internal teams commission separately, covering Operations, Information Technology, Strategic Goods and Estates and Services.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Blood and Transplant's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, IT services and business services.

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