Fertility service for preservation and use of reproductive tissue for service users who cannot store mature eggs/sperm who are at high/very high risk of infertility - Competitive Process

NHS England
Yorkshire and the Humber
20 January 2026 to 20 January 2031

This contract establishes an integrated fertility preservation and restoration programme for patients at high risk of infertility. It operates through a hub-and-spoke model, where specialist fertility expertise is centralised in a hub, while ovarian and testicular tissue collection occurs at local surgical treatment centres. The scope includes cryopreservation and storage of reproductive tissue at a licensed Tissue Establishment, and subsequent fertility and endocrine restoration via auto-transplantation surgery. The service requires compliance with Human Tissue Authority (HTA) licensing and quality standards.

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Awarded value: £3.3m; As published
Published: 20 December 2023; Find a Tender
Awarded: 20 January 2026; Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Lothian, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and 1 more
Contract length: 60 months; Ends 20 January 2031

What the buyer is asking for

Provision of an integrated fertility preservation and restoration programme, including clinical hub coordination, tissue establishment services, and endocrine restoration treatments.

Lifecycle

Publishedon Find a Tender
20 December 2023
Contract awardedto Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Lothian, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and 1 more
20 January 2026
Contract starts
20 January 2026
Contract ends
20 January 2031

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The buyer

Type: NHS and health body
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Open fertility treatment tenders: 0
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How it compares

7.4× the typical fertility treatment contract (£450k).

Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/810177/fertility-service-for-preservation-and-use-of-reproductive-tissue-for-service-us
Buyer reference: C371608
Source: Find a Tender
Last checked: 12 October 2026

NHS England. Fertility service for preservation and use of reproductive tissue for service users who cannot store mature eggs/sperm who are at high/very high risk of infertility - Competitive Process. Contract award, 20 December 2023. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/810177/fertility-service-for-preservation-and-use-of-reproductive-tissue-for-service-us (accessed 12 October 2026).