AwardedAwarded 13 July 2026

Provision of IVF Media Consumables

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · NHS and health

In brief

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust awarded healthcare work to Vitrolife and Planer Limited on 13 July 2026.

The notice gives a value of £510,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 2 years, up to 3 years with extensions, starting 6 April 2026.

It is split into 4 lots, so a supplier can bid for part of the work.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

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What the notice says

Jessop Fertility is a service that provides assisted reproductive technology (ART) for NHS and self-funding patients. Treatments provided include: in vitro fertilisation (IVF); intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI); frozen embryo replacement (FER); intrauterine insemination (IUI); embryo biopsy and pre-implantation genetic testing (PGT); donor sperm, eggs and embryos. The service provides treatment to patients from South Yorkshire and the Humber, North Derbyshire and other surrounding areas. The service target is to provide up to 700 IVF/ICSI, 400 FER and 200 IUI cycles per year. Jessop Fertility must use a culture media suite capable of supporting all laboratory processes associated with the treatments listed above. To comply with UK regulation, the suite must be CE or UKCA marked as a classification suitable for their intended purpose, i.e. for human clinical IVF. The media suite should support the successful culture and develop

Lots

Lot	Trade	Value
Lot 1 - IVF Media 6 April 2026 to 5 April 2028 What this lot covers The IVF Media suite must be CE or UKCA marked as a classification suitable for their intended purpose, i.e. for human clinical IVF.	Healthcare services	£174,000
Lot 2 - Embryo Transfer Media 6 April 2026 to 5 April 2028 What this lot covers Media should be supplied containing human serum albumin or an appropriate recombinant albumin where appropriate.	Healthcare services	£60,000
Lot 3 - Cryo-preservation 6 April 2026 to 5 April 2028 What this lot covers Supply of products designed to simplify vitrification and freezing	Healthcare services	£42,000
Lot 4 - Glassware and Plasticware 6 April 2026 to 5 April 2028 What this lot covers Supply of CE or UKCA marked glassware or plasticware to maintain the safety and efficacy of the IVF process.	Healthcare services	£234,000

Who won

Winner	Lot	Value	Dates
Vitrolife 4 bids received	Lot 1 - IVF Media	—
Vitrolife 3 bids received	Lot 2 - Embryo Transfer Media	—
Planer Limited (SME) 4 bids received	Lot 3 - Cryo-preservation	—
Vitrolife 5 bids received	Lot 4 - Glassware and Plasticware	—
Vitrolife	Lot 1 - IVF Media, Lot 2 - Embryo Transfer Media, Lot 4 - Glassware and Plasticware	£468,000	1 July 2026 to 30 June 2028
Planer Limited (SME) 4 bids received	Lot 3 - Cryo-preservation	£42,000	13 July 2026 to 12 July 2028

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

26 January 2026Tender notice · UK4, notice 006641-2026
23 April 2026Contract award notice · notice 037152-2026
14 July 2026Contract details notice · UK7, notice 065885-2026

About the buyer

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustLast 12 months

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From notice 006641-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 26 January 2026, last updated 14 July 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.