Awarded contract

Maintenance for Amino Acid Analysers

Details

Buyer: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Supplier(s): Biochrom Ltd
Value: £148,092.78
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Repair and maintenance services of surgical equipment
Published: 9 January 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The Amino Acid Analyser is a key piece of equipment in the department and is essential for the provision of the laboratory Inborn Errors of Metabolism service. It is imperative that the company that provide the service contract have an interactive and timely response to all queries and this company have been able to provide this, allowing the continuation of the laboratory service. Biochrom Limited is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and is the only source that can provide the maintenance to the equipment. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award date8 January 2026
Completed: Award published9 January 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date18 January 2029in 2 years

About the buyer

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust runs acute and specialist hospital care across Nottingham, and buys as a Healthcare provider with supplier invoices processed through NHS SBS. Five sites, including Queen's Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital, deliver the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre. Around 20,000 staff support patient care across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Suppliers are paid under a no purchase order, no pay policy. The trust partners with Medilink East Midlands on the INSTILS programme to engage medtech suppliers.

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 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust's contract awards have been in IT services, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

50422000 · Repair and maintenance services of surgical equipment

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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