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# RCI Manual and Automated Test Systems

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/rci-manual-and-automated-test-systems-ocds-h6vhtk-0305a1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Blood and Transplant: "RCI Manual and Automated Test Systems". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Blood and Transplant](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-blood-and-transplant-gov-ot486)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Blood analysers, Blood-grouping reagents, Blood-testing reagents, Laboratory centrifuges and accessories, Medical consumables (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0305a1`

## 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/rci-manual-and-automated-test-systems-ocds-h6vhtk-0305a1#tl-md)

## Description
NHSBT is seeking to engage with suppliers on the market who can provide a system to support, as a minimum, manual and automated blood grouping (ABO, Rh D, C, c, E, e, K), antibody screening and identification, consistent with the workload and case mix of RCI laboratories. Please see II.2.4 for details.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 33140000, 33696100, 33696200, 38434520, 42931100, 50421000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Please note this is NOT the start of a procurement process. A separate contract notice will be published to cover this requirement.<br/><br/>Prior to commencing the formal procurement process, and to help inform our strategy, NHSBT would like to impr...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F032298-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-12-24T10:09:57.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T13:48:16.421Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0305a1