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)
Framework for the supply of solutions, reagents and serums
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) have a requirement for the Supply of Solutions. NHSBT Laboratories including Tissue and Eye Services (TES), RCI, Donor Testing, H&I, CMT, CBC and I
External quality control testing (for cellular and molecular therapies)
NHS Blood and Transplant is seeking to engage with the market in relation to the provision of external Quality Control testing services to support the Clinical Biotechnology Centre
Launch diagnostics
Launch Diagnostics Consumables UKHSA Framework Direct Award
Gridon and associated consumables
GridOn and Associated Consumables for Genomics Programme
Supply, calibration & maintenance of temperature loggers
Supply, Calibration and Maintenance of Temperature Loggers (Structured into Three Lots): Lot 1: Supply of Temperature Loggers Lot 2: Maintenance and Calibration of Existing Tempera
Assessment and recovery centres (clinical delivery partners, perfusion technology, organ storage solutions & digital delivery partners)
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is progressing with the Assessment and Recovery (ARCs) Programme, an innovative transformation that aims to increase organ transplant activity, thr
Environmental monitoring systems
Lot 1: Purchase of New & Upgrade to Existing Environmental Monitoring System Lot 2: Maintenance of Environmental Monitoring System NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) seeks to award a
Supply of endonucleases
The Clinical Biotechnology Centre at NHS Blood and Transplant is an MHRA-licensed facility for the manufacture of investigational medicinal products, including advanced therapy med
Digital transformation delivery partner - donor and session programme
The Donor and Session Programme (DASP) is a strategically critical, four-year transformation programme to modernise NHS Blood and Transplant’s (NHSBT) donor engagement, appointment
Cleaning and ancillary services for london and south east (L&SE) and midlands and south west (SW)
NHS Blood and Transplant needs a cleaning and facilities company to keep their blood banks, tissue centres, labs, and transplant facilities spotless and running smoothly across London, the South East, Midlands, and South West. This is critical healthcare work — the facilities handle blood, tissues, and organs for transplants — so the contractor must meet strict pharmaceutical and medical standards.
Cleaning and ancillary services for the north region
Provision of cleaning, portering and ancillary services across NHSBT North regional sites, including clinical, donor centres, laboratories, blood processing facilities and associat
Planned preventative maintenance, reactive works and minor works projects
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has extended its existing contract with Mitie TFM Limited for the continued provision of Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM), Reactive Works and
Improvements to the manufacturing suite at CBC
Minor works relating to a new hatch for the Clinical Biotechnology Centre (CBC)
Provision of intellectual property, knowledge asset management and commercialisation services
Two year contract offering consultancy specialising specifically in intellectual property, knowledge asset management and commercialisation services.
Framework agreement for the supply and support of sterile connection devices
Procurement of a new contract for new devices including maintenance and servicing contracts for new SCDs and consumables as part of a collaboration between NHSBT, NIBTS, SNBTS and
Radiation protection advisory service
Radiation Protection Advisory Service NHS Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) intends to undertake a procurement tender exercise for the provision of a Radiation Protection Advisory (RPA) a
Producer cell line for GMP viral vector packaging
The Clinical Biotechnology Centre (CBC) has recently validated a GMP-compliant recombinant adeno‑associated viral vector (rAAV) manufacturing platform process to support UK academi
Sample tube decappers
Within NHSBT, the Testing function in the Blood Supply Directorate performs a wide range of testing services, these include but are not limited to the large-scale blood grouping an
Manchester donor centre contruction
Construction works to include the internal fit out of an existing unoccupied unit within an office building to facilitate a new blood donation centre for NHS Blood and Transplant.
Supply and maintenance of rapid plasma freezer
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is conducting a procurement of a multi-year framework agreement for the provision of rapid freezing technology. The technology is required to rapid