Purchase of Apheresis Spectra Optia machines with maintenance and consumables

The South Wales Blood and Marrow Transplant Programme (SWBMT) serves adults and children within the catchment area of mid, west and south Wales, comprising six of the seven Welsh Local Health Boards (LHBs), with a combined population of approximately 2.4 million and accounting for over three-quarters of the Welsh population. The Children’s oncology unit at the Children’s Hospital for Wales (CHfW) is the only unit in Wales that provides treatment for children with complex haematological conditions (such as sickle cell anaemia or treatments requiring cell collection for re-infusion post chemotherapy). The unit works closely in partnership with the adult haematology department as the services are small and the processes required to manage the paediatric conditions are carried out rarely. Therefore education, training and maintaining competence are dependent on working in partnership with the adult service. The three Spectra Optia machines required to carry out apheresis, cell collection or cell processing procedures in this speciality are now of an age where they require replacement. The machine carries out highly specialist processes so they have to be reliable and accurate. This notice is for the purchase of three Spectra Optia machines including maintenance for up to five years (after the one year warranty) and consumables.