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The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")
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Total contracts
10
Known spend
£95m
9 disclosed
Average value
£11m
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
Roche Diagnostics Ltd
2 winslatest 22 Jul 2026£11m
- 2
Sysco GB Limited
1 winlatest 07 Oct 2025£25m
- 3
Lomond Fine Foods Ltd
1 winlatest 07 Oct 2025£25m
- 4
BFS Group Ltd T/A Bidfood
1 winlatest 07 Oct 2025£25m
- 5
Sykes Global Services Ltd
1 winlatest 07 Jul 2025£11m
- 6
Terumo BCT NV
1 winlatest 23 Sept 2025£4m
- 7
Premier Produce Scotland Ltd
1 winlatest 07 Oct 2025£2m
- 8
FAILTE FOOD SERVICE LIMITED
1 winlatest 07 Oct 2025£2m
- 9
Mark Murphy - Part of Dole Foodservice
1 winlatest 07 Oct 2025£2m
- 10
George Anderson & Sons
1 winlatest 07 Oct 2025£2m
What they buy
By CPV categoryMedical equipment & pharmaCPV 33
2 contracts · £44m
Food, beverage & tobaccoCPV 15
2 contracts · £27m
Repair & maintenanceCPV 50
2 contracts · £12m
Business servicesCPV 79
1 contract · £11m
Electrical equipmentCPV 31
1 contract · £752,000
Travel & freightCPV 63
1 contract · £420,000
IT servicesCPV 72
1 contract
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (10)
Microbiology testing managed service
SNBTS collects approximately 160,000 blood and tissue donations each year, these are tested at the Jack Copland Centre in Edinburgh within the Manufacturing Department of SNBTS. Th
Intravenous & topical fluids
This Framework Agreement is for the supply of Intravenous & Topical Fluids to health boards across NHS Scotland. The Goods have been split into five (5) categories, each of which i
Nucleic acid testing (NAT) managed service
The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service and Welsh Blood Service all require a fully integrated microbiology managed service syst
Medical refrigeration and cold chain equipment
Lot1 (Refrigerators & Freezers) Medical Refrigerators Medical Freezers Vaccine Freezers Blood Bank Refrigerators Laboratory Refrigerators and Freezers Ultra-Low Temperature Freezer
Prepared vegetables and potato products, fresh fruit and vegetables
Renewal of a National Framework (NP775)to cover a full range of Prepared Vegetables and Potato Products, Fresh Fruit and Vegetables. A range of Prepared Vegetables and Potato Produ
Frozen food
Renewal of a National Framework (NP705)to cover a full range of Frozen Food products A range of Frozen Food to be use by health boards across Scotland Multi supplier Framework. The
Clinical apheresis
SNBTS currently have a total of 17 machines and require to replace 16 machines as part of the initial award. To ensure that procedures can be performed in all SNBTS centres SNBTS w
NP86721 PCR test kit assembly and distribution service
The scope of this procurement covers the assembly, distribution, and delivery of PCR test kits across Scotland. There are a number of key components to this service, namely (1) the
Sample archive storage
The Manufacturing department and H&I Lab of SNBTS requires to store an archive of all samples tested for future reference. This allows SNBTS the ability to retrieve and re-test arc
NHS scottish national blood transfusion service (snbts) cell therapy esolution
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland or NSS) (“NSS”), acting through its directorate the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (“