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
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) SME
- Value
- £4,471,659
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Services provided by blood banks (CPV 85146000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 024584-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 May 2025
- Published22 May 2025Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
Services provided under this contract include the supply of blood components, reagents, and the services surrounding this.<br/><br/>The award of this contract was following direct award process A on the criterion that there was no realistic alternative provider.<br/><br/>The indicative lifetime value of this contract is £4471659.00 between 1st April 2025 and 31st March 2028.
About the supplier
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00972779).