Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust · Public Sector Body - Central Government (NHS Foundation Trust)
- Supplier
- NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) SME
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Services provided by blood banks (CPV 85146000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 000011-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Dec 2025
- Published2 Jan 2026Published 10 days after the contract date
Description
PSR Direct Award A so that NHS Blood & Transplant Services can continue to provide blood & blood components. This is an essential need of acute hospitals.
About the supplier
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00972779).