Buyer profile
NHS Blood and Transplant
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Total contracts
258
Known spend
£2bn
224 disclosed
Average value
£9m
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
Macopharma UK Ltd
3 winslatest 20 Feb 2026£9m
- 2
CRYOPDP
3 winslatest 01 May 2026£1m
- 3
IBG IMMUCOR LIMITED
2 winslatest 14 Oct 2025£14m
- 4
Technopath Distribution Ltd
2 winslatest 20 Feb 2026£9m
- 5
Terumo BCT Europe NV
2 winslatest 20 Feb 2026£9m
- 6
Thames Cryogenics Limited
£7m
- 7
White Horse Scientific Limited
2 winslatest 20 Apr 2026£4m
- 8
Ashco Building And Maintenance Services Limited
2 winslatest 05 Mar 2026£4m
- 9
Carmelcrest Ltd
2 winslatest 08 Apr 2026£2m
- 10
REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED
2 winslatest 18 Sept 2026£460,000
What they buy
By CPV categoryMedical equipment & pharmaCPV 33
28 contracts · £23m
IT servicesCPV 72
21 contracts · £28m
Business servicesCPV 79
13 contracts · £2m
SoftwareCPV 48
9 contracts · £4m
Repair & maintenanceCPV 50
5 contracts · £1m
Transport servicesCPV 60
4 contracts · £8m
Health & social workCPV 85
4 contracts · £6m
Construction worksCPV 45
4 contracts · £3m
Renewal radar
Awarded contracts predicted to come up for re-tender in the next 18 months
- Sunderland Donor Centre Design
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Jun 2027).
Jun 2027
40% confident
- Booking Service for Meetings and Events
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Jul 2027).
Jul 2027
40% confident
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (258)
Data centre hardware support and maintenance
NHSBT has several Data centres harware requiring support and maintenance in England. Using Technologies 2 Framework RM3804
Audio confrencing
NHSBT has a requirement for audio conferencing for several remote working personnel to call and attend meetings without having to travel to the location, thus reducing the travel c
Bluecoat packetshapers - managed service, maintenance & support
NHSBT has three pairs of Bluecoat Packetshaper appliances and require a fully managed service to include Hardware/Software support
Electronic rostering (blood donation)
The current rostering process in Blood Donation has not kept pace with the technical advances available and used widely across the wider NHS. As a result of this, staff use spreads
Citrix netscaler managed service maintenance and support
NHSBT provides a specialist reference services and bone marrow donor identification worldwide, as such have four pairs of Citrix NetScaler appliances requiring a managed service ma
User research - transaction journey review for blood donation digital service
NHS BT Donor Digital Services required User researcher Design, conduct and analyse the user research using a range of techniques, for example one-to-one interviews or usability tes
Pager services
NHS BT have a requirement for one way radio pagers, including personalised answering.
Business process management system (BPMS) platform
NHS BT has IBM BPM on Cloud as one of their strategic platforms, and the requirement is for renewal of the subscriptions and licences for this product over a 2 year period.
Screening donated products for HBV, HCV, HIV, WNV and HEV nucleic acids in ntmrl
Award of a Contract for Screening donated products for HBV, HCV, HIV, WNV and HEV nucleic acids in NTMRL
Maintenance and repair of tube sealers
NHS Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) specialist laboratories and Blood Collection Teams use Tube Sealers to seal and/or separate plastic PVC tubing during the processing and collection o
Sterile connection devices (SCD)
NHSBT requires supply, maintenance and consumables for Sterile Connection Devices (SCD) and is seeking expressions of interest from suppliers who will be able to offer a solution f
Supply and support for pathogen inactivation systems
The system will be used to treat plasma imported from countries with a reduced risk of vCJD transmission. Treated plasma will be used in the subsequent manufacture of paediatric an
Supply and support for complete antibody quantification testing systems
NHS Blood and Transplant procured new Complete Antibody Quantification Testing Systems for quantification of anti-D and anti-c antibodies in its Red Cell Immuno-haematology (RCI) l
Frozen, non-uk derived plasma
NHSBT will consider: - Importation of plasma for subsequent pathogen inactivation and component manufacture by NHSBT. - Importation of pathogen inactivated plasma for subsequent co
DNA extraction systems
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) specialist laboratories carry out a range of molecular based diagnostic tests. In support of providing these services, we need the ability to extra
Supply & maintenance of liquid nitrogen cryogenic storage vessels
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) supports approximately 40% of stem cell transplants in England. CMT provides a range of services to support haemopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Contract for the supply of keyrings for donor recognition scheme
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is part of the National Health Service (NHS) and is responsible for the strategic planning, management and supply of donated blood in England, tiss
Rapid plasma freezers
NHS Blood & Transplant has procured new rapid plasma freezers which will freeze all appropriate apheresis and whole blood derived plasma components, along with cryoprecipitate comp
Contract for the provision of courier services for blood and blood products
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a Special Health Authority responsible for the provision of blood components, tissue services and ocular donation and organ donation, as well as
NHS blood and transplant "your voice" annual staff survey - 2016. development,implementation, analysis and reporting
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) was established as a Special Health Authority in October 2005. Its remit is the provision of a reliable, efficient supply of blood, organs and asso