At a glance
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has awarded £2.4bn across 237 suppliers, with 592 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 14% · 117 open notices now · 15 awards in last 90 d (£31.9m) · SME share 40% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 3 modifications in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a contracting authority, based in United Kingdom. Tracks 847 published notices and 592 awards on PublicSupply.
Spend profile
Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.
Contract pipeline
Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.
Planned
198
Open (bidding)
117
Awarded (90d)
15
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 592 live
All contracts with a published award notice where NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recruitment and Support of Lay Members for ODT | GATENBYSANDERSON LIMITED | 79600000 | £64k | 01 May 2026 | active |
| The Stem Cell Registry International Courier Service | CRYOPDP | £872k | 01 May 2026 | pending | |
| PMO Support | DELOITTE LLP | 72224000 | £3.0m | 28 Mar 2025 | active |
| Radiation Protection Advisory Service | — | 90721600 | £250kest. | — | planning |
| Producer Cell Line for GMP Viral Vector Packaging | Thermo Fisher Scientific | £180k | 17 Apr 2026 | pending | |
| Sample Tube DeCappers | — | 33100000 | £500kest. | — | planning |
| Manchester Donor Centre Contruction | Workspace Design and Build Limited | — | — | active | |
| Supply and Maintenance of Rapid Plasma Freezer | — | 33100000 | £2.9mest. | — | active |
| Cyber2 Implementation Partner | Bridewell Consulting Limited | 72000000 | £2.8m | 19 Mar 2026 | active |
| Environmental Impact Assessment - Assessment and Recovery Centres | Eunomia Research and Consulting Ltd. | 45262640 | £72k | 27 Apr 2026 | active |
Top suppliers · by total award value
Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.
Category spend breakdown
By CPV division · lifetime awards
Activity heatmap
Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.
Commercial & procurement leadership
Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.
Curated leadership roster
Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.
Modifications · 3 in 90 d
Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.
Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging
We see 3 notices tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.
Compliance & transparency
FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.
FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion
Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.
SME & social value
Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.
target 33%
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
Compare against the peer group
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News mentions
Major UK press & trade publications.
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Statutory & accountability
Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.
Identifiers & contact
- Type
- Contracting authority
- Region
- United Kingdom
Board & accountable officers
Accountable officer + board roster
Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.
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