Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS) System - Blood Sciences

About the buyer

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust runs the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Freeman Hospital and Great North Children's Hospital, and buys as an NHS trust. Tenders are advertised on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, the national portals for public contracts. Procurement documents for live competitions are issued through Delta eSourcing, the trust's e-tendering portal. Clinical support contracts, such as ambulance transport and laboratory services, are commissioned directly by the trust.

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 The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in health and social work, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and repair and maintenance.