AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust awarded BOC LIMITED a £120,000 contract for medical gas cylinders and associated cylinder tracking through a direct call-off from the London Procurement Partnership Total Pharmaceutical Gas Solutions framework, Lot 2.
Published outcomeThe published award record names BOC LIMITED as the sole supplier. The award is marked active; the notice states a 32-month period starting 1 June 2026.
Market significanceThis is a £120,000 NHS framework call-off for pharmaceutical gas supply and cylinder-tracking services across delivery locations in the North East and Yorkshire and the Humber.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
BOC LIMITED
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-e0ed25d8-0778-4d8c-b3bf-94d81cebc80d-1 · Lots Lot 2: Medical Gas Cylinders and associated cylinder tracking · 120000 GBP · verified
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The award names BOC LIMITED as supplier with a £120,000 award value. Supplier identity is verified against GB-COH company number 00337663.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice; source status complete
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Process display_status is "awarded", source_status is "complete", and the document is titled "Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder".
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award ocds-b5fd17-e0ed25d8-0778-4d8c-b3bf-94d81cebc80d-1 has status "active".
Award decision date
95% confidence29 May 2026
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The award record date is 2026-05-29T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract start date
99% confidence1 June 2026
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The published tender and award contract periods both specify startDate 2026-06-01T00:00:00+01:00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£120,000
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The award value is amount 120000, currency GBP.
Value allocation
96% confidenceAllocated to the sole published award and supplier
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One published award names one supplier, BOC LIMITED, and records £120,000.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender submission deadline
99% confidence29 May 2026, 12:00 BST
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Tender period endDate is 2026-05-29T12:00:00+01:00.
Award date
95% confidence29 May 2026
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Award date is 2026-05-29T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract start
99% confidence1 June 2026
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Published contract period startDate is 2026-06-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract end
99% confidence9 February 2029
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Published contract period endDate is 2029-02-09T23:59:59Z.
Award notice publication
99% confidence9 October 2026
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The award notice datePublished is 2026-10-09T14:01:46+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceTotal pharmaceutical gas solutions: medical gas cylinders and associated cylinder tracking
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The notice description identifies London Procurement Partnership framework Lot 2 as "Medical Gas Cylinders and associated cylinder tracking".
Primary classification
99% confidenceCPV 24111500 — Medical gases
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The tender classification is CPV 24111500, described as Medical gases.
Procurement category
99% confidenceGoods
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The tender mainProcurementCategory is "goods".
Delivery regions
99% confidenceNorth East and Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom
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Tender item delivery addresses list these two regions.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceSelective; call-off from a framework agreement
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The notice records procurementMethod "selective" and procurementMethodDetails "Call-off from a framework agreement".
Route to market
99% confidenceDirect award through the London Procurement Partnership Total Pharmaceutical Gas Solutions framework
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The description states that the contract was awarded via a direct award through this framework.
Framework lot
99% confidenceLot 2: Medical Gas Cylinders and associated cylinder tracking
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The description explicitly identifies Lot 2.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Published term
99% confidence1 June 2026 to 9 February 2029
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The award and tender contract periods specify these dates.
Stated duration
95% confidence32 months
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The notice description says the period is 32 months from 1 June 2026.
Award/contract status interpretation
96% confidenceThe record is an active award notice; signing or execution is not explicitly evidenced
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The source provides an active award and contract-period dates but no explicit signed-contract field or execution evidence.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial route
99% confidenceFramework direct award rather than an open standalone competition
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The notice explicitly describes a direct award through the London Procurement Partnership framework and a framework call-off procedure.
Service component
99% confidenceThe requirement includes cylinder tracking alongside medical gas cylinders
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The identified framework lot includes associated cylinder tracking.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Term-date consistency
90% confidenceThe stated 32-month period is broadly consistent with the published start and end dates
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The description states 32 months from 1 June 2026; the structured period runs to 9 February 2029.
Award publication timing
99% confidenceThe award notice was published after the stated award date and contract start date
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Award date is 29 May 2026, start date is 1 June 2026, and notice publication is 9 October 2026.
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceSupplier identity verified
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BOC LIMITED was matched by supplied GB-COH company number 00337663, with verified company name BOC LIMITED.
Unpublished commercial detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: pricing breakdown, evaluation rationale, bid count, scores, and award-selection rationale
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No such fields or documents are provided in the source data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source is an award notice and active award record; it does not explicitly confirm that a contract was signed or executed.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: evaluation method, competing suppliers or bid count, scores, pricing structure, award rationale, detailed quantities, service levels, extension options, and termination provisions.
- No separate lot record or individual lot-value field is published; the lot association is taken from the narrative description.
- The award notice was published on 9 October 2026, after the stated award date and contract start date.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
BOC LIMITEDTees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trustmedical gasesmedical gas cylinderscylinder trackingLondon Procurement Partnershipframework call-offNHS procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Total Pharmaceutical Gas Solutions contract?
BOC LIMITED is the sole supplier named in the published award record.
What is the value of the award?
The published award value is £120,000.
What does the contract cover?
It covers medical gas cylinders and associated cylinder tracking under Lot 2 of the London Procurement Partnership Total Pharmaceutical Gas Solutions framework.
When does the published contract period run?
The published period runs from 1 June 2026 to 9 February 2029. The record does not explicitly evidence contract signing or execution.
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