Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Velindre University NHS Trust · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- GPI Spa
- Value
- £6,493,564
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- IT services · Industry specific software development services (CPV 72212100)
- Region
- Wales
- Official notice
- 007991-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Jan 2026
- Published29 Jan 2026Published 15 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership sought to appoint a strategic partner on behalf of Velindre University NHS Trust, to deliver and maintain a Blood Establishment Computer System (BECS) for use by the Welsh Blood Service (WBS), replacing their current BECS. WBS is responsible for the collection of blood in Wales, and for the distribution of blood products to hospitals, as well as other related functions. In common with the other UK Blood Services and other NHS diagnostic laboratories, the WBS faces significant challenges for the future, such as changing donor behaviours and demand for blood products, challenges in respect of the recruitment and retention of new donors, the need to develop a more individualised donor care package, as well as wider population and system challenges, including the need to deliver services in a challenging economic climate. A failure to recognise, understand and analyse these challenges, and to identify options for the future, could jeopardise the secur…
About the supplier
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