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Supply of Sample Tubes
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01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £2,900,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- Mon 26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMTOpen for bids.
- Published
- 23 Sep 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a Special Health Authority in England, with responsibilities across the United Kingdom for organ donation and transplantation. Our core purpose is to ‘save and improve lives’ through the provision of a safe and reliable supply of blood components, solid organs, stem cells, tissues and related services to the NHS, and to the other UK Health Services where directed.
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 and microbiological screening of blood and tissue donations.
The Authority has two testing sites in England, in which approximately 1.5 million donations are tested each year. Each donation bled requires a minimum of 3 x 6mL sample tubes to be taken into K2 EDTA tubes which have colour coded caps for identification purposes. Some donors also require additional tubes these include but are not limited to 4mL EDTA and K3 EDTA tubes. Tubes are of the evacuation type and the Authority requires a unique bar-code label to be affixed at bed side over a blank manufacturers label.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 33000000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
3 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 27 Jan 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 27 January 2026.
Release 007152-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 27 Jan 2026Planning notice update
Planning notice update published 27 January 2026. Stated change: Incorrect contract title
Release 007219-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 23 Sep 2026Tender notice
Tender notice published 23 September 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Deadline in this release: Mon 26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT.
Release 090292-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
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- None recorded for the fields above. Attached documents are not read, so this is not a full account of the tender.
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-060fcc
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Last verified
- Wed 30 Sep 2026, 08:15 BST
- Read at
- Fri 23 Oct 2026, 01:03 BST
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