Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 1 Apr 2025, 14:46 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Solution for washing Red Blood Cells

Official notice

Authority: NHS Blood and Transplant (Central government)

GoodsAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£240,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Apr 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Oct 2028 · up to 31 Oct 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Nov 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHSBT wishes to engage with the market understand the markets capability to provide a solution (such as, but not limited to SAG-M, PAGGSM or AS3) for the routine washing and re-suspension of red cells during the production of specialist blood components in accordance with the Guidelines for the Blood Transfusion Services in the UK details of which can be found at the following website www.transfusionguidelines.org/red-book ↗. Potential Suppliers should express their interest with a copy of any product literature to Samantha Rix at [email protected] by 30 April 2025 and Samantha will contact you to arrange an informal meeting. No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework or contract, and there is no guarantee that any framework or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. Each Potential Supplier is responsible for all costs and expenses incurred in relation to this Market Engagement exercise, each Potential Supplier accepts by its participation in this process, including without limitation the submission of any documents or attending meetings, that it will not be entitled to claim from NHSBT any costs, expenses or liabilities that it may incur irrespective of whether or not its tender is successful or if a tender or resulting framework or contract is withdrawn for any reason.

CPV: Blood-transfusion supplies · Medical solutions

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Nov 2026 – 31 Oct 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 31 Oct 2030 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
1 Apr 2025, 14:46 BST
Last source update
1 Apr 2025, 14:46 BST
Authority reference
C351077
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012297
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Blood-transfusion suppliesMedical solutions
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fb6b Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

1 Apr 2025 → 1 Nov 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    1 Apr 2025, 14:46 BST
  2. Market engagement
    30 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST

    NHSBT wishes to engage with the market understand the markets capability to provide a solution (such as, but not limited to SAG-M, PAGGSM or AS3) for the routine washing and re-suspension of red cells during the production of specialist blood components in accordance with the Guidelines for the Blood Transfusion Services in the UK details of which can be found at the following website www.transfusionguidelines.org/red-book ↗. Potential Suppliers should express their interest with a copy of any product literature to Samantha Rix at [email protected] by 30 April 2025 and Samantha will contact you to arrange an informal meeting. No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework or contract, and there is no guarantee that any framework or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. Each Potential Supplier is responsible for all costs and expenses incurred in relation to this Market Engagement exercise, each Potential Supplier accepts by its participation in this process, including without limitation the submission of any documents or attending meetings, that it will not be entitled to claim from NHSBT any costs, expenses or liabilities that it may incur irrespective of whether or not its tender is successful or if a tender or resulting framework or contract is withdrawn for any reason.

  3. Tender notice expected210 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Today
    28 Oct 2026
  5. Contract startsin 3 days
    1 Nov 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    1 Apr 2025, 14:46 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Blood and Transplant

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDBY-6395-VWBP 500 North Bristol Park, Bristol, South West, BS34 7QHContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure