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# Framework Agreement for the Supply, Maintenance & Consumables for Multi-Apheresis and ECP Systems

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/framework-agreement-for-the-supply-maintenance-consumables-for-multi-apheresis-and-ecp-sys-ocds-h6vhtk-0560a1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Blood and Transplant: "Framework Agreement for the Supply, Maintenance & Consumables for Multi-Apheresis and ECP Systems". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £49,800,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Aug 2026, 12:00 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):** £49,800,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 August 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Medical equipments
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/framework-agreement-for-the-supply-maintenance-consumables-for-multi-apheresis-and-ecp-sys-ocds-h6vhtk-0560a1#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0560a1`

## 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/framework-agreement-for-the-supply-maintenance-consumables-for-multi-apheresis-and-ecp-sys-ocds-h6vhtk-0560a1#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/framework-agreement-for-the-supply-maintenance-consumables-for-multi-apheresis-and-ecp-sys-ocds-h6vhtk-0560a1#participate

## Description
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a Special Health Authority and is responsible for the provision of blood components and a range of associated laboratory and patient therapeutic services to hospitals.
The NHSBT Therapeutic Apheresis Service (TAS) provide lifesaving and life-enhancing therapies to adults and children across a range of clinical specialties. Patients receive treatment either at their hospital bedside or where clinically appropriate as an outpatient in an NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) unit. NHSBT provides regional access to apheresis services from 10 dedicated units across England and Wales (Bristol, London, Oxford, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Plymouth, Cambridge and Liverpool) with each unit led by a team of specialist medical and nursing staff.
NHSBT are tendering for the establishment of an Open Framework for the purchase of therapeutic apheresis machines, consumables and maintenance, to support provision of new Therapeutic Apheresis Systems for Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ECP), Apheresis Collection, Exchange and Depletion Procedures (including Bone Marrow), and associated consumables and maintenance.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Multi-Apheresis Systems
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 33100000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKJ, UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £26,800,000
- **Description:** Supply, Maintenance and Consumables of White Cell Depletion (WCD) and Platelet Depletion (PD) Multi Apheresis Systems
- **Contract Period:** 01/02/2027 to 31/01/2035

### Lot 2: ECP Systems
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 33100000

- **Estimated Value:** £20,600,000
- **Description:** Supply, Maintenance and Consumables Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ECP) systems used in Therapeutic Apheresis Services
- **Contract Period:** 01/02/2027 to 31/01/2035

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F066470-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-14T16:15:31.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T14:32:46.621Z
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