Ends Mar 2027
SCH - Specialist Test / consumables 26/27
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Yorkshire and the Humber · 1-year contract
Held by Bio-Rad
Plasma thawers tenders and contracts
UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites
173 plasma thawers tenders and contracts, 38 this year.
Updated 4 November 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count
- Awarded a month£160k
- Contracts a month1.8
- Won by SMEs48%
- Renewing in 6 months1
- Frameworks and DPSs3
- Live now2See them →
Plasma thawers contracts
Tap a region to see its contracts. Pick as many as you like.
42 contracts across the UK, of any size
Live now
2 plasma thawers opportunities are open now
- Pre-market31 Oct 2026Red Cell ReagentsPublic Services Delivery Scotland · Scotland
- Pre-market13 Aug 2026Automated Immunohaematology SystemBSO Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) · Northern Ireland
- Awarded18 Sep 2026Managed Service for Blood Grouping Assays and ConsumablesGloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · South WestWon by QuidelOrtho£1.1m
- Awarded30 Jul 2026Blood Track ServiceUniversity Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · South WestWon by Haemonetics£49k
- Awarded20 Jul 2026WBS-DCO-62192 HLA Rapid Typing SystemsNHS Wales Shared Services Partnership · WalesWon by VH Bio Ltd£275k
- Awarded13 Jul 2026PSD11526 Red Cell GenotypingPublic Services Delivery Scotland · ScotlandWon by Sussex Biologicals Limited£680k
- Awarded10 Jul 2026Red Cell Genotyping (PA2023)NHS Blood and Transplant · South West£1.3m
- Awarded9 Jul 2026Blood Kiosk MaintenanceEast Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust · East of EnglandWon by Haemonetics£175k
- Awarded17 Jun 2026SCH - Specialist Test / consumables 26/27Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Yorkshire and the HumberWon by Bio-Rad£44k
- Awarded22 May 2026GOSH - Haemonetics BloodTrack Kiosk SystemGreat Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · LondonWon by Haemonetics£23k
- Awarded15 May 2026MAINT7153-GOSH - Annual Service Contract for Bio-Rad Blood Transfusion EquipmentPartners Procurement Service (PPS) · LondonWon by Bio-Rad
- Awarded2 Apr 2026Provision of Automated Blood Group Analysers to University Hospitals of LeicesterUniversity Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · East MidlandsWon by Grifols UK Limited£2.2m
- Awarded2 Apr 2026Supply and Support of Complete Antibody Quantification Testing SystemsNHS Blood and Transplant · South WestWon by White Horse Scientific Limited£2.2m
- Awarded23 Mar 2026RA355776 - Maintenance ORTHO VISION/WORKSTATIONSUniversity Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust · West MidlandsWon by QuidelOrtho£16k
- Awarded12 Mar 2026ReagentsCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · East of EnglandWon by NBS Reagents£29k
- Awarded9 Mar 2026Blood Track kiosks.Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · East of EnglandWon by Haemonetics£60k
- Awarded5 Feb 2026Haemoglobin-S Testing Managed Service ContractNHS Wales Shared Services Partnership · WalesWon by Abbott£98k
- Awarded21 Jan 2026Blood KiosksEast Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust · East of EnglandWon by Haemonetics£94k
- Awarded19 Jan 2026ReagentsCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · East of EnglandWon by Bio-Rad£42k
- Awarded14 Nov 2025Microbiology and Serology Testing ServicesNHS Blood and Transplant · South West
- Awarded13 Nov 2025Blood Track TX Hardware Capital ContractBuckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust · South EastWon by Haemonetics£186k
- Awarded22 Oct 2025Microbiology & Serology TestingNHS Blood and Transplant · South WestWon by Roche Diagnostics and 1 more£29.8m
- Awarded17 Oct 2025Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) Managed ServicePublic Services Delivery Scotland · ScotlandWon by Roche Diagnostics£7.3m
- Awarded31 Aug 2025Reagents and Consumables for Werfen Anaylsers Neo and Echo - Werfen LtdBirmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · West MidlandsWon by Werfen Limited£109k
- Awarded28 Aug 2025Managed Service for Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT)Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service · Scotland£150k
- Awarded28 Aug 2025Managed Service for Hepatitis EScottish National Blood Transfusion Service · Scotland£150k
- Awarded28 Aug 2025Automated Donor and Patient Immunohematology testingNorthern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service · Northern IrelandWon by Medical Supply Co. Ltd£220k
- Awarded22 Aug 2025Update to Blood kioskUniversity Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust · East MidlandsWon by Msoft Esolutions Ltd£14k
- Awarded25 Jul 2025Secondary Blood Grouping and Sickle TestingNHS Blood and Transplant · South WestWon by Immucor and 1 more£6.2m
- Awarded24 Jun 2025Contract for the Supply of Blood and Blood ComponentsJames Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · East of EnglandWon by NHS Blood and Transplant£3.7m
- Awarded19 Jun 2025T.0340 Blood Transfusion Automation Managed Service Contract for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health BoardBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board · WalesWon by Ortho Clinical Diagnostics£3.6m
- Awarded22 Apr 2025HLA specific Antibody Detection SystemsPublic Services Delivery Scotland · ScotlandWon by Werfen Limited and 1 more£540k
Where to bid
Where plasma thawers tenders are run
- BravoSolution1 50%
- eTenderWales1 50%
Tenders published in the last year that name the bid portal they run on.
Frameworks and DPS
3 frameworks for plasma thawers work are running. None are open to join now.
Haemonetics won the most plasma thawers contracts
Roche Diagnostics won the most by value. Each dot is one contract, coloured by who bought it.
NHS and health
| Rank | Contractor | Contracts won, by buyer | Contracts | Value won | Buyers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haemonetics East of England · SME · See every contract | 6 | £401k | 5 | ||
| 2joint | Roche Diagnostics South West · See every contract | 5 | £39.3m | 2 | ||
| 2joint | NHS Blood and Transplant East of England · See every contract | 5 | £17.9m | 5 | ||
| 4joint | Medical Supply Co. Ltd Northern Ireland · SME · See every contract | 4 | £4.7m | 2 | ||
| 4joint | Bio-Rad Yorkshire and the Humber · 1 framework place · See every contract | 4 | £969k | 4 | ||
| 6 | Abbott South West · See every contract | 3 | £27.5m | 2 | ||
| 7joint | QuidelOrtho West Midlands · See every contract | 2 | £1.1m | 2 | ||
| 7joint | VH Bio Ltd Wales · SME · 1 framework place · See every contract | 2 | £275k | 2 | ||
| 7joint | Werfen Limited West Midlands · SME · See every contract | 2 | £109k | 2 | ||
| 10joint | Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Wales · See every contract | 1 | £3.6m | 1 |
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Who buys
NHS and health bodies award 100% of plasma thawers contracts
Contracts with a published value in the last 2 years, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.
8 buyers bought plasma thawers more than once in the last 2 years
Each dot is a buyer, by how many plasma thawers contracts it awarded in the last 2 years.
See who they are and when they usually buy →
Few and big, or many and small
Each dot is a buyer: how many plasma thawers contracts it awarded against what they were worth. The busiest and biggest are named.
NHS and health
Top buyers by contracts awarded
| Rank | Buyer | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NHS Blood and Transplant | 9 | £96.1m |
| 2 | Public Services Delivery Scotland | 4 | £13.7m |
| 3 | Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service | 3 | £580k |
| 4 | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 3 | £130k |
| 5 | NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership | 2 | £373k |
| 6 | Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service | 2 | £300k |
| 7 | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust | 2 | £269k |
| 8 | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust | 2 | £30k |
| 9 | Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 1 | £8.6m |
| 10 | Somerset NHS Foundation Trust | 1 | £4.5m |
71 plasma thawers contracts awarded since 2021
- 72021
- 92022
- 92023
- 72024
- 232025
- 162026 so far
Prices
Half of plasma thawers contracts are worth less than £275k
NHS and health
The 10 biggest plasma thawers contracts
- NHS Blood and TransplantRoche Diagnostics, Abbott · 22 Oct 2025
- NHS Blood and TransplantRoche Diagnostics, Abbott · 1 May 2025
- NHS Blood and TransplantRoche Diagnostics · 11 Dec 2024
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNHS Blood and Transplant · 1 Apr 2025
- Public Services Delivery ScotlandRoche Diagnostics · 17 Oct 2025
- NHS Blood and TransplantImmucor, IBG Immucor Limited · 25 Jul 2025
- Public Services Delivery ScotlandRoche Diagnostics · 12 Mar 2025
- Somerset NHS Foundation TrustNHS Blood and Transplant · 15 May 2025
- BSO Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS)Medical Supply Co. Ltd · 18 Feb 2025
- James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNHS Blood and Transplant · 24 Jun 2025
Renewing contracts
2 plasma thawers contracts come up for renewal in the next 12 months
1 in the next 6 months. The 2 ending soonest are shown in full.
Ends Jun 2027
Blood Track Service
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust · South West · 10-month contract
Held by Haemonetics
Where and when
The South West awards the most plasma thawers contracts. April and July are the busiest months.
Contracts by region and by month awarded. Click a region to filter the page.
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The regions as a table
| Region | Open now | Contracts | Value | Typical contract | Won the most | Bought the most | Renewing in 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South West | 0 | 11 | £73.1m | £2.2m | Roche Diagnostics (2) | NHS Blood and Transplant (8) | 1 |
| East of England | 0 | 7 | £12.8m | £94k | Haemonetics (3) | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (3) | 0 |
| Scotland | 1 | 6 | £14m | £610k | Roche Diagnostics (2) | Public Services Delivery Scotland (4) | 0 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 4 | £4.7m | £200k | Medical Supply Co. Ltd (4) | Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service (3) | 0 |
| East Midlands | 0 | 3 | £2.2m | £75k | – | – | 0 |
| Wales | 0 | 3 | £4m | £275k | – | NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (2) | 0 |
| West Midlands | 0 | 2 | £125k | – | – | – | 0 |
| London | 0 | 2 | £23k | – | – | – | 0 |
| North West | 0 | 1 | £950k | – | – | – | 0 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 0 | 1 | £44k | – | – | – | 1 |
| South East | 0 | 1 | £186k | – | – | – | 0 |
| North East | 0 | 0 | Not published | – | – | – | 0 |
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Key findings
- £160k a month
of plasma thawers contracts awarded.
Typical contract £98k x 1.6 contracts a month, last 12 months. - 1.8
plasma thawers contracts are awarded in a typical month.
42 contracts in the last 2 years. - 1
plasma thawers contract comes up for renewal in the next 6 months.
Recurring contracts with a named supplier and a published end date before 5 May 2027. - 3
frameworks and DPSs are running for plasma thawers work.
0 open to join now. - 48%
of plasma thawers contracts are won by SMEs.
As recorded by the buyer, on 25 award notices.
How many plasma thawers tenders and contracts are there?
| Last 12 months | Since November 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Notices published | 38 | 173 |
| Contracts awarded | 18 | 65 |
5 plasma thawers contracts and frameworks end in the next 12 months, 5 of them recurring services. In the last two years, 23 buyers awarded plasma thawers contracts to 17 suppliers.
Source: Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI, to 4 November 2026. By Seamus White. How we count
Questions
How many plasma thawers contracts does the UK public sector award?
42 in the 2 years to 4 November 2026, from 23 public buyers.
How much is a typical public sector plasma thawers contract worth?
The median is £275k, and 49% are worth less than £250k.
Who wins the most public sector plasma thawers contracts?
Haemonetics won the most (6). Roche Diagnostics won the most by value (£39.3m).
Which buyers award the most plasma thawers contracts?
NHS and health bodies award 100% of them.
Which part of the UK awards the most plasma thawers contracts?
The South West: 11 of 42 in the 2 years to 4 November 2026, then the East of England (7) and Scotland (6).
How many plasma thawers contracts come up for renewal in the next 12 months?
2 contracts end and are likely to be re-let, the first on 31 March 2027.
Are there frameworks or DPSs for plasma thawers work that are open to join?
3 frameworks and DPSs for plasma thawers work are running. None are open to join now.
What is included
Blood grouping and donor screening systems, transfusion reagents and serums, plasma thawers and blood tracking kiosks for transfusion laboratories and blood services.
- Blood grouping and donor screening managed services
- Blood grouping reagents, solutions and serums
- Plasma thawers
- Blood tracking kiosks and their support
- Donor nucleic acid testing managed systems
- Immunohaematology platforms, reagents and consumables
What is not included
- Haematology analysers (see Pathology managed services and blood sciences analysers)
- Cell processing systems (see Spatial biology)
- Apheresis, blood packs and irradiators (see Blood collection, apheresis and component processing)
- Blood and plasma products (see Blood products and plasma-derived medicines)
- Blood tracking software bought alone (see Blood tracking and transfusion management)