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# Sample Tube DeCappers

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sample-tube-decappers-ocds-h6vhtk-068daa). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Blood and Transplant: "Sample Tube DeCappers". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Blood and Transplant](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-blood-and-transplant-gov-ot486)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Medical equipments
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sample-tube-decappers-ocds-h6vhtk-068daa#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-068daa`

## 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/sample-tube-decappers-ocds-h6vhtk-068daa#tl-md)

## Description
Within NHSBT, the Testing function in the Blood Supply Directorate performs a wide range of testing services, these include but are not limited to the large-scale blood grouping and microbiological screening of blood and tissue donations.
The Authority has two main laboratories in England, in which approximately 1.9 million blood donations are tested each year. The laboratories are located in Filton (Bristol) and Manchester. Manchester is also the site of a third laboratory, which tests all donations in England for HAV/B19. 
Each donation collected includes a minimum of 4 x 6mL sample tubes, taken into K2 EDTA tubes which have colour coded caps for identification purposes.
The Authority requires automated decapping equipment at each of the Authority’s three Testing laboratories. Decappers must have sufficient capacity to process the daily workload of each laboratory within the required timeframe and with a minimum decapping success rate of 95%.
In Filton and Manchester main laboratories, tubes are tested in 3 parallel workstreams, and therefore it is necessary that 70% of all tubes would be decapped within 3 hours.
Approximate workload of each site:
• Filton Testing: approximately 10,500 sample tubes per day
• Manchester Testing: approximately 4,500 sample tubes per day
• Manchester HAV/B19: approximately 5000 sample tubes per day. Testing occurs in two waves and does not impact the desired criteria
Additional functionality such as sample sorting, recapping and re-racking of tubes would be considered.
The Supplier must confirm the In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices (as defined by the regulations indicated below) are fit for their intended purposes and are:• CE marked in compliance with either European Commission Directive 98/79/EC on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices (IVDMD) or Regulation (EU) 2017/746, and/or;• Devices must be UKCA marked in compliance with UK Medical Devices Regulations 2002, as amended, from 1st July 2024.
To register your interest in this opportunity, please contact jo.murphy@nhsbt.nhs.uk by Friday 15th May 2026.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 33100000

- **Contract Period:** 01/01/2027 to 31/12/2031
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F039018-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-29T09:38:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T09:25:15.424Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-068daa