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title: "Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs) - Pilot Locations"
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# Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs) - Pilot Locations
Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/assessment-and-recovery-centres-arcs-pilot-locations-ocds-h6vhtk-05939b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.
> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Blood and Transplant: "Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs) - Pilot Locations". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,560,000. 3 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Blood and Transplant](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-blood-and-transplant-gov-ot486)
- **Published Value:** £1,560,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Surgical specialist services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKK11
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05939b`
## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:
- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.
- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.
[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/assessment-and-recovery-centres-arcs-pilot-locations-ocds-h6vhtk-05939b#tl-md)
## Description
An ARC is an Assessment and Recovery Centre facility that will bring together and implement ex situ machine perfusion techniques at the centre of a national network. Marginal organs will be retrieved and assessed for transplantation, extending their viability between donation and transplantation. In the future, organ function could be transformed and organs repaired.
An ARC is proposed as a dedicated facility for organ perfusion techniques, utilising ex situ Machine Perfusion to undertake expert assessment, to de-risk transplantation and to better understand organ viability.
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) are looking to establish contracts with suitably experienced NHS Transplant Centres who meet the mandatory requirements to become an ARC location during this pilot phase. Further locations may be added during the pilot phase.
## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: LOT 1 - LUNG
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85121300
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKK
- **Description:** An ARC is an Assessment and Recovery Centre facility that will bring together and implement ex situ machine perfusion techniques at the centre of a national network. Marginal organs will be retrieved and assessed for transplantation, extending their ...
- **Options published:** yes
### Lot 2: LOT 2 - LIVER
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85121300
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Description:** An ARC is an Assessment and Recovery Centre facility that will bring together and implement ex situ machine perfusion techniques at the centre of a national network. Marginal organs will be retrieved and assessed for transplantation, extending their ...
- **Options published:** yes
### Lot 3: LOT 3 - KIDNEY
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85121300
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Description:** An ARC is an Assessment and Recovery Centre facility that will bring together and implement ex situ machine perfusion techniques at the centre of a national network. Marginal organs will be retrieved and assessed for transplantation, extending their ...
- **Options published:** yes
## Awards & Winning Suppliers (13)
- **Award:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Award id: `073550-2025-1`
- Supplier(s): **THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST**
- Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-186827`
- Value: £175,000 † (exc. VAT)
- **Award:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Award id: `073550-2025-10`
- Supplier(s): **THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST**
- Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-186827`
- Value: £105,000 † (exc. VAT)
- **Award:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Award id: `073550-2025-11`
- Supplier(s): **Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust**
- Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-148352`
- Value: £105,000 † (exc. VAT)
- **Award:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Award id: `073550-2025-12`
- Supplier(s): **Lothian NHS Board**
- Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-166489`
- Value: £105,000 † (exc. VAT)
- **Award:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Award id: `073550-2025-13`
- Supplier(s): **Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust**
- Supplier identifiers: `GB-NHS-RAL`
- Value: £105,000 † (exc. VAT)
- **Award:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Award id: `073550-2025-2`
- Supplier(s): **Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust**
- Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-183937`
- Value: £175,000 † (exc. VAT)
- **Award:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Award id: `073550-2025-3`
- Supplier(s): **Guys and StThomas Foundation Trust**
- Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-166487`
- Value: £175,000 † (exc. VAT)
- **Award:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Award id: `073550-2025-4`
- Supplier(s): **THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST**
- Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-186827`
- Value: £105,000 † (exc. VAT)
- **Award:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Award id: `073550-2025-5`
- Supplier(s): **Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust**
- Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-148352`
- Value: £105,000 † (exc. VAT)
- **Award:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Award id: `073550-2025-6`
- Supplier(s): **King's College Hospital NHS Trust**
- Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-166488`
- Value: £105,000 † (exc. VAT)
- **Award:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Award id: `073550-2025-7`
- Supplier(s): **Lothian NHS Board**
- Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-166489`
- Value: £105,000 † (exc. VAT)
- **Award:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Award id: `073550-2025-8`
- Supplier(s): **Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust**
- Supplier identifiers: `GB-NHS-RAL`
- Value: £105,000 † (exc. VAT)
- **Award:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Award id: `073550-2025-9`
- Supplier(s): **OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST**
- Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-122`
- Value: £105,000 † (exc. VAT)
> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.
## Contracts (13)
- **Contract:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Signed Value: £175,000
- Signed Date: 31/10/2025
- **Contract:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Signed Value: £105,000
- Signed Date: 31/10/2025
- **Contract:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Signed Value: £105,000
- Signed Date: 31/10/2025
- **Contract:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Signed Value: £105,000
- Signed Date: 31/10/2025
- **Contract:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Signed Value: £105,000
- Signed Date: 31/10/2025
- **Contract:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Signed Value: £175,000
- Signed Date: 31/10/2025
- **Contract:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Signed Value: £175,000
- Signed Date: 31/10/2025
- **Contract:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Signed Value: £105,000
- Signed Date: 31/10/2025
- **Contract:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Signed Value: £105,000
- Signed Date: 31/10/2025
- **Contract:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Signed Value: £105,000
- Signed Date: 31/10/2025
- **Contract:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Signed Value: £105,000
- Signed Date: 31/10/2025
- **Contract:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Signed Value: £105,000
- Signed Date: 31/10/2025
- **Contract:** Assessment and Recovery Centres (Pilot) (active)
- Signed Value: £105,000
- Signed Date: 31/10/2025
## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F077155-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-26T11:27:22.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T14:29:21.047Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05939b