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
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Central Government Agency
- 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 · Blood analysis services (CPV 85111810)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 049876-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 Aug 2025
- Published19 Aug 2025Published the same day
Description
Services to include processing and storage of stem cells<br/><br/>This notice is an intention to award a contract under the PSR Most Suitable Provider process.<br/>The approximate lifetime value of this contract will be £200,000.<br/><br/>This is an existing service<br/>This will be a new provider<br/>The services will be provided between 1st February 2026 and 31st March 2027.
About the supplier
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT): every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00972779).