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Radiation Protection Advisory Service

Buyer: NHS Blood and Transplant →

BuyerNHS Blood and Transplant
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£250,000
Published30 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Radiation Protection Advisory Service NHS Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) intends to undertake a procurement tender exercise for the provision of a Radiation Protection Advisory (RPA) and Radiological Waste Advisory (RWA) service. NHSBT (England) now wishes to commence a formal procurement process and is seeking to engage with suppliers for the provision of RPA/RWA services. The current contract ends in 31/03/2027. NHSBT would like to improve our knowledge of all current RPA/RWA services available in the marketplace. This will aid identification of opportunities and gauge market interest in this field. We require the services to cover the following: - • RPA/RWA services in compliance with Ionising Radiation Regulation 2017 (IRR17). • RPA/RWA services in compliance with Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016 (EPR16). • RPA/RWA services in compliance with NaCTSO Security Requirements Document (SRD) 2024. • Industrial irradiation continuing consent advice to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). • Technical review of dose mapping reports. • Calibration of radiation monitors. • Annual site visit to each of the centres to audit compliance to regulatory standards. • Advice in the event of an emergency (cover provided 24/7 due to the operational requirements of NHSBT). It is NHSBT's intention to hold pre-procurement supplier engagement meetings the week of May 5rth 2026 to June 5th 2026. the meetings will be held remotely, the dates are to be confirmed. To enable NHSBT to finalise arrangements (e.g. send meeting details and agree time slots) for the meeting’s, interested organisations are required to send an expression of interest via email to Sahithi Bandi - sahithi.bandi@nhsbt.nhs.uk no later than 17:00 hrs (GMT) on 29/05/2026. This should include a list of your potential attendees and a brief overview (or a website link) of the Goods / Services which might be offered. No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement or contract, and there is no guarantee that any framework agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc. will be paid if a tender or resulting framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Bidders should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position. It should be noted that this procurement exercise may allow other Health authorities to use any agreements awarded.

Categories

Radiation protection services 90721600

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 15 Mar 2027 to 15 Mar 2031
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Radiation protection servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 90. The category anchor is Radiation protection services (90721600); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 903,9165 median · 19.8 average (1,412 of 3,916 with a bid count)3.1 average (1,512 of 3,916 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer6Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)3274 median · 6.4 average (15 of 327 with a bid count)1.7 average (15 of 327 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
Radiation Protection Advisory Service NHS Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) intends to undertake a procurement tender exercise for the provision of a Radiation Protection Advisory (RPA) and Radiological Waste Advisory (RWA) service. NHSBT (England) now wishes to commence a formal procurement process and is seeking to engage with suppliers for the provision of RPA/RWA services. The current contract ends in 31/03/2027. NHSBT would like to improve our knowledge of all current RPA/RWA services available in the marketplace. This will aid identification of opportunities and gauge market interest in this field. We require the services to cover the following: - • RPA/RWA services in compliance with Ionising Radiation Regulation 2017 (IRR17). • RPA/RWA services in compliance with Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016 (EPR16). • RPA/RWA services in compliance with NaCTSO Security Requirements Document (SRD) 2024. • Industrial irradiation continuing consent advice to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). • Technical review of dose mapping reports. • Calibration of radiation monitors. • Annual site visit to each of the centres to audit compliance to regulatory standards. • Advice in the event of an emergency (cover provided 24/7 due to the operational requirements of NHSBT). It is NHSBT's intention to hold pre-procurement supplier engagement meetings the week of May 5rth 2026 to June 5th 2026. the meetings will be held remotely, the dates are to be confirmed. To enable NHSBT to finalise arrangements (e.g. send meeting details and agree time slots) for the meeting’s, interested organisations are required to send an expression of interest via email to Sahithi Bandi - sahithi.bandi@nhsbt.nhs.uk no later than 17:00 hrs (GMT) on 29/05/2026. This should include a list of your potential attendees and a brief overview (or a website link) of the Goods / Services which might be offered. No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement or contract, and there is no guarantee that any framework agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc. will be paid if a tender or resulting framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Bidders should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position. It should be noted that this procurement exercise may allow other Health authorities to use any agreements awarded.engagement5 Jun 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-068f4e
Latest release ID039928-2026
Latest release timestampThu Apr 30 2026 12:48:51 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£250,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
30 Apr 2026planning039928-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
30 Apr 2026 · 039928-2026 · planning
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