Improving Resilience - Stem Cell Registry

The Department of Health and Social Care is looking to appoint a competent supplier for the delivery of two main outcomes<br/>a) Increase the number of UK donors providing stem cell transplants for UK patients to improve resilience and sustainability of the UK stem cell supply<br/>b) Increase the diversity of the donor pool to reduce health inequalities facing ethnic minority patients.<br/><br/>The appointed supplier would therefore need to provide services that include recruit donors, take necessary samples for genotyping, conduct laboratory analysis and genotyping and add the genotyped donors to the aligned UK Stem Cell Registry.<br/><br/>Intended contract term: 2 years and 3 months (1st January 2023 to 31 March 2025) with the option to extend for a further period or periods of 12 months.<br/>Contract value (including extensions): £750,000 exclusive of VAT, £900,000 inclusive of VAT.<br/><br/>The deadline to submit the questionnaire: no later than 17th October 2022, 12:00:00 GMT.<br/><br/>This Tender process will be issued by in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 as amended by the Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (“the Regulations) Schedule 3 (“Light Touch”) services. This Procurement Exercise will therefore be run in accordance with ‘the Regulations’ as they apply to “light touch” services.<br/>While the Authority is following a process broadly corresponding to an Open Procedure under ‘the Regulations’ neither that fact nor any other statements, acts or omissions of the Authority in connection with this Procurement Exercise should be taken as indicating that the Authority intends to be bound by the provisions of the ‘Regulations’ or the general principles to any greater extent than applies by law to the Light Touch Regime.<br/><br/>The opportunity will be available on the DHSC Atamis eTendering System. Select this link to access and register your organisation to the Atamis system health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗, if you have not already done so.<br/>To find this opportunity in the eTendering system, select “Find Opportunities” and then search by project number or title. Once you have found the Opportunity, press the ‘Register Interest’ button to register your interest. This will make the project to appear on ‘My proposals and quotes’. From there you can review documents, send clarification messages, submit the response, or decline to respond, Additional information: Redacted contract has been published on: www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b0a02869-16b3… ↗