Official UK procurement notice
Collection of Plasma for Fractionation
Authority: NHS Blood and Transplant (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUK legislation has been updated to allow for the use of UK plasma for fractionation and NHSBT wishes to commence a tender process for a plasmapheresis solution (machines, consumables, maintenance etc) in order to collect UK plasma for the manufacture of immunoglobulins. It is anticipated that collections, will ramp-up to c.200k litres of plasma per annum.The tender will be for NHSBT and collaboration with other UK and Ireland blood services is being considered. In the first instance the NHSBT specification used for convalescent plasma collections (SPN1478) can be used for reference, however, this is subject to change as a specification specific for fractionation is being developed.
CPV: Medical equipments · Plasma bags
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This PIN is being published by NHSBT and, potentially, in collaboration with other UK…Planned
This PIN is being published by NHSBT and, potentially, in collaboration with other UK Blood Services and Ireland (to be advised at the market engagement event). The contract may be a framework or managed service agreement. However, the details are yet to be finalised. The estimated total value is subject to change based on the final approved strategy.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Apr 2021, 11:16 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Apr 2021, 11:16 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-007205- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a396Find a Tender
Publisher note: Suppliers who are interested in this opportunity and would wish to review the draft specification should contact [email protected] Interested suppliers should note that the draft specification will be subject to review.In order to fully explain the requirement for this service and to gain feedback from suppliers, a market engagement event is being planned for Thursday 22nd April 2021. Potential suppliers are encouraged to be prepared to provide feedback on a number of topics which includes but not limited to; machine & consumable availability (including manufacturing lead times), leucodepletion performance, procedure times and commercial aspects.Interested suppliers who would like to attend the market engagement event are invited to email: [email protected] to request attendance. Please note that due to COVID restrictions, this event will be held via video conference. Attendees will be limited to three (3) participants per organisation.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://health.atamis.co.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
8 Apr 2021 → 8 Apr 2021 · 2 dates- Tender notice expected8 Apr 2021, 00:00 BST
- Notice published8 Apr 2021, 11:16 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.