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UK GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Public-sector buyer · United Kingdom

NHS Blood and Transplant

NHS Blood and Transplant is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-06-17 to 2026-06-17Updated 2026-06-17

£787.8M

Total spend

344

Contract awards

197

Unique suppliers

£2.5M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, NHS Blood and Transplant has awarded 344 contracts worth £787.8M to 197 suppliers between 2023-06-17 and 2026-06-17, at an average contract value of £2.5M, with the top five suppliers holding 46% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to NHS Blood and Transplant

Top-five suppliers hold 46% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
IMT MEDICAL TRANSPORT LIMITED1£113.0M
Biomerieux UK Limited3£94.2M
Abbott Laboratories Limited2£78.6M
Kuehne + Nagel Limited1£51.8M
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED1£27.1M
Terumo BCT Europe NV6£24.5M
Savant Limited3£23.6M
BIOMERIEUX UK LIMITED2£23.0M
RPS Service Ltd3£22.5M
V.H. Bio Limited4£19.2M
IBG Immucor Ltd2£14.9M
EDF Energy Customers Ltd.2£14.8M
Therakos (UK), Ltd2£13.2M
VODAFONE LIMITED3£12.6M
VH Bio Ltd1£11.7M
HH ASSOCIATES UK LIMITED1£11.5M
Meise Medizintechnik GmbH2£9.5M
Alpha Biotech Ltd3£9.5M
Biodock Biobank5£8.2M
Grifols UK Ltd.3£7.5M

Procurement categories

What NHS Blood and Transplant buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

38430000

38430000
31 awards£157.2M

60120000

60120000
1 awards£113.0M

85140000

85140000
3 awards£77.4M

64120000

64120000
6 awards£57.4M

50420000

50420000
15 awards£53.9M

85110000

85110000
10 awards£47.5M

33690000

33690000
15 awards£45.6M

72220000

72220000
20 awards£24.0M

33140000

33140000
20 awards£18.1M

72260000

72260000
16 awards£17.4M

24110000

24110000
8 awards£16.8M

48180000

48180000
4 awards£15.9M

09310000

09310000
2 awards£14.8M

64110000

64110000
1 awards£11.5M

71630000

71630000
4 awards£8.7M

44610000

44610000
12 awards£8.7M

32420000

32420000
2 awards£8.3M

45450000

45450000
3 awards£6.2M

71220000

71220000
2 awards£6.0M

44310000

44310000
3 awards£4.2M

Recent contracts

Latest NHS Blood and Transplant contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Digital Transformation Delivery Partner - Donor and Session Programme

PA Consulting Services Ltd · 2026-06-03

£3.2M

Cleaning and Ancillary Services for the North Region

QFSL (Hull) Limited · 2026-05-27

Cleaning and Ancillary Services for London and South East (L&SE) and Midlands and South West (SW)

Regent Office Care Limited T/A Samsic UK · 2026-05-27

HR Expert Advisory Services

GARTNER U.K. LIMITED · 2026-05-22

£48K

Work Management & Collaboration Platform Subscription

Eficode UK Limited · 2026-05-22

£112K

Geographic Information System & Geodem Data

Caci Limited · 2026-05-22

£342K

SFG20 platform for Building Maintenance

SFG20 T/A BESA Publications LTD · 2026-05-22

£27K

Framework Agreement for the Supply of Copper Sulphate Solution for Blood Donor Haemoglobin Screening

REAGENT CHEMICAL SERVICES LIMITED · 2026-05-21

£2.1M

Provision of Intellectual Property, Knowledge Asset Management and Commercialisation Services

Wellspring EMEA Limited · 2026-05-20

£79K

Framework Agreement for the Supply and Support of Sterile Connection Devices

Terumo BCT Europe NV · 2026-05-20

£7.5M

Supply of Bacterial Gene Detection and Sequencing

Micropathology Ltd · 2026-05-13

£186K

Recruitment and Support of Lay Members for ODT

GATENBYSANDERSON LIMITED · 2026-05-11

£46K

The Stem Cell Registry International Courier Service

CRYOPDP · 2026-05-07

£872K

PMO Support

DELOITTE LLP · 2026-05-01

£3.0M

Producer Cell Line For GMP Viral Vector Packaging

Thermo Fisher Scientific · 2026-04-30

£180K

Manchester Donor Centre Contruction

Workspace Design and Build Limited · 2026-04-29

£937K

Cyber2 Implementation Partner

Bridewell Consulting Limited · 2026-04-28

£2.8M

Environmental Impact Assessment - Assessment and Recovery Centres

Eunomia Research and Consulting Ltd. · 2026-04-27

£72K

Network Observability and Monitoring Platform

Hybrit Services Ltd · 2026-04-24

£699K

Mobile Telephony Services

VODAFONE LIMITED · 2026-04-22

£1.7M

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Environmental Monitoring Systems

Deadline: 2026-07-08

£8.0M

Sample Tube DeCappers

£500K

Logistics Services for NHSBT

£250.0M

Logistics Services for NHSBT

£250.0M

Supply and Maintenance of New and Existing Cryogenic Temperature Data Loggers

£150K

Supply and Maintenance of Blood Presses

£1.5M

Provision of Testing Service for Total Protein, Immunoglobulins (IgG) and Albumin from apheresis donor and donation samples.

£1.3M

SCI Cleanroom Cleaning 2026/29

£250K

Supply and support of High-Throughput Blood Group Genotyping

£2.0M

CRM Platform (Donor and Session Programme)

£3.2M

Completion and Delivery of National Legionella Risk Assessment

£560K

Maintenance, Repair and Dose Mapping of GRS Gamma Irradiators

£66K

Mobile Electrical Vehicle charging unit

£394K

Supply and Maintenance of New and Existing Cryogenic Temperature Data Loggers

£150K

Provision of Analysers and Consumables to Test Total Protein Assays from Apheresis Donors and Donations

£1.3M

Logistics Services for NHSBT

£250.0M

Estate Services Facilities Management for NHSBT

£200.0M

Logistics Services for NHSBT

£250.0M

Plasmapheresis System to Collect Plasma for Medicines

£35.0M

Supply of Sample Tubes

£2.0M

Pipeline

Contracts expiring in the next 12 months

When these contracts end, NHS Blood and Transplant typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.

Payroll Support Officer

Expires: 2026-06-30

£21K

FOR THE SUPPLY OF RCI GENOTYPING CONSUMABLES AND MAINTENANCE

Expires: 2026-06-30

£152K

Hire of Supplementary Lighting, Heating and Cooling equipment

Expires: 2026-07-05

£678K

Hire of Supplementary Lighting, Heating and Cooling equipment

Expires: 2026-07-05

£678K

Reading Donor Centre re-location

Expires: 2026-07-24

£1.1M

Contingent Labour - Operational Staffing support to Manufacturing

Expires: 2026-07-25

£86K

Contingent Labour - Operational Staffing support to Manufacturing

Expires: 2026-07-25

£86K

Splunk! Support

Expires: 2026-07-31

£346K

Contingent Labour - Non Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff

Expires: 2026-08-18

£895K

HR Expert Advisory Services

Expires: 2026-09-30

£48K

Environmental Impact Assessment - Assessment and Recovery Centres

Expires: 2026-10-31

£72K

SFG20 platform for Building Maintenance

Expires: 2026-11-09

£27K

Firewall Managed Service

Expires: 2026-12-28

£2.1M

Firewall Managed Service

Expires: 2026-12-28

£2.5M

Quality Management System - QPulse SaaS Transition

Expires: 2026-12-31

£212K

Specialist Test Services

Expires: 2027-01-14

£1.3M

Datacentre Hardware Support and Maintenance

Expires: 2027-01-23

£58K

C323726 Pulse Hardware & OpenVMS Software

Expires: 2027-01-31

£992K

C323726 Pulse Hardware & OpenVMS Software

Expires: 2027-01-31

£2.2M

Support of NHSBT owned Multi-Apheresis Systems

Expires: 2027-01-31

£5.0M

C323726 Pulse Hardware & OpenVMS Software

Expires: 2027-01-31

£992K

Supply of Equipment & Consumables for Point of Care Hemoglobin Testing Analyser

Expires: 2027-01-31

£2.0M

Flow Cytometry QM

Expires: 2027-02-02

£312K

Creative Agency Diverse Audience

Expires: 2027-02-13

£50K

Technical Change Partner

Expires: 2027-02-15

£2.6M

Supply of 3rd Party Quality Controls

Expires: 2027-02-16

£167K

Mobile EV Charging Unit

Expires: 2027-02-28

£394K

Supply of New X-ray Blood Irradiators

Expires: 2027-02-28

£734K

Mulesoft Support Partner

Expires: 2027-03-03

£441K

UK Derived & Manufactured Dried Plasma Component

Expires: 2027-03-05

£1.6M

Transport Management System

Expires: 2027-03-31

£293K

PMO Support

Expires: 2027-03-31

£3.0M

Courier Services for Blood, Blood Products and Tissues

Expires: 2027-03-31

£51.8M

Mobile EV Charger

Expires: 2027-03-31

£394K

Property Services - Agency & Lease Management

Expires: 2027-04-30

£500K

Mental Health Training for Managers

Expires: 2027-05-08

£36K

Automated Budgeting & Planning Software

Expires: 2027-05-21

£160K

Market analysis

Bidding into NHS Blood and Transplant — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

46%

Top-5 supplier share

32d

Avg response window

29d

Median response window

35mo

Avg contract duration

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to NHS Blood and Transplant

How much does NHS Blood and Transplant spend on procurement?

NHS Blood and Transplant awarded 344 contracts totalling £787.8M between 2023-06-17 and 2026-06-17, working with 197 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £2.5M.

Who are NHS Blood and Transplant's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to NHS Blood and Transplant by total award value are IMT MEDICAL TRANSPORT LIMITED, Biomerieux UK Limited, Abbott Laboratories Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 46% of contract value.

What does NHS Blood and Transplant buy from suppliers?

NHS Blood and Transplant's procurement is concentrated in 38430000, 60120000, 85140000, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

How can my business bid for NHS Blood and Transplant contracts?

NHS Blood and Transplant publishes open tenders on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. ENKII matches your business against live tenders, identifies certifications you'll need, and surfaces frameworks worth applying to. Free Readiness Score in 3 minutes.

What's the typical response window for NHS Blood and Transplant tenders?

NHS Blood and Transplant typically gives suppliers a median of 29 days to respond (average 32 days). Standard contract duration is around 35 months.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-06-17

This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.

Source portals

  • · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
  • · Contracts Finder
  • · Spend Network
Full methodology — calculations, refresh cadence & caveats

Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.

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