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
- NHS Blood and Transplant · Body governed by public law
- Suppliers
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Lothian NHS Board, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Guys and StThomas Foundation Trust, King's College Hospital NHS Trust, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Value
- £1,575,000 across 13 lots
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Surgical specialist services (CPV 85121300)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 073550-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Oct 2025
- Published13 Nov 2025Published 13 days after the contract date
Description
An ARC is an Assessment and Recovery Centre facility that will bring together and implement ex situ machine perfusion techniques at the centre of a national network. Marginal organs will be retrieved and assessed for transplantation, extending their viability between donation and transplantation. In the future, organ function could be transformed and organs repaired.<br/><br/>An ARC is proposed as a dedicated facility for organ perfusion techniques, utilising ex situ Machine Perfusion to undertake expert assessment, to de-risk transplantation and to better understand organ viability.<br/><br/>NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) are looking to establish contracts with suitably experienced NHS Transplant Centres who meet the mandatory requirements to become an ARC location during this pilot phase. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regul…
Lots in this award
| Lot | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs) - Pilot Locations: LOT 1 - LUNG | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | £175k |
| Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs) - Pilot Locations: LOT 3 - KIDNEY | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | £105k |
| Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs) - Pilot Locations: LOT 3 - KIDNEY | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | £105k |
| Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs) - Pilot Locations: LOT 3 - KIDNEY | Lothian NHS Board | £105k |
| Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs) - Pilot Locations: LOT 3 - KIDNEY | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust | £105k |
| Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs) - Pilot Locations: LOT 1 - LUNG | Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | £175k |
| Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs) - Pilot Locations: LOT 1 - LUNG | Guys and StThomas Foundation Trust | £175k |
| Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs) - Pilot Locations: LOT 2 - LIVER | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | £105k |
| Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs) - Pilot Locations: LOT 2 - LIVER | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | £105k |
| Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs) - Pilot Locations: LOT 2 - LIVER | King's College Hospital NHS Trust | £105k |
| Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs) - Pilot Locations: LOT 2 - LIVER | Lothian NHS Board | £105k |
| Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs) - Pilot Locations: LOT 2 - LIVER | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust | £105k |
| Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs) - Pilot Locations: LOT 3 - KIDNEY | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | £105k |
About the suppliers
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00130126).
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.
Guys and StThomas Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.
King's College Hospital NHS Trust: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00936003).
Lothian NHS Board: every public contract they have won.
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: every public contract they have won.