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title: "Blood Transport Containers"
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# Blood Transport Containers

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/blood-transport-containers-ocds-h6vhtk-02c77f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Blood and Transplant: "Blood Transport Containers". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £1,800,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Aug 2022, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: health-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Blood and Transplant](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-blood-and-transplant-gov-ot486)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £1,800,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 August 2022 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Miscellaneous medical devices and products, Special-purpose mobile containers
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKK1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/blood-transport-containers-ocds-h6vhtk-02c77f#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02c77f`

## 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/blood-transport-containers-ocds-h6vhtk-02c77f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [health-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhealth-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/blood-transport-containers-ocds-h6vhtk-02c77f#participate

## Description
NHS Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) requires a container to transport and maintain temperature of donated human whole blood and platelet concentrates. The proposed solution must be robust, hygienic, cost effective,space saving, simple and safe to operate. Manufacturers will be required to provide validation data showing details of container temperature performance.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 33190000, 34221000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKK

- **Description:** NHSBT requires a transport container solution for the movement of donated whole blood, platelets and plasma from a component donation centre to an NHSBT manufacturing centre or stock holding unit. The preferred transport containers will not require t...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F019673-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-07-19T14:39:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T15:15:16.533Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02c77f