Notice Information
Notice Title
Therapeutic Apheresis Services (TAS) - Digitally Managed Service (DMS) - RFI
Notice Description
This is a Request for Information (RFI) only and will be used to gather market information and engage with suppliers who may be able to support NHSBT to digitise this service. Apheresis is a process in which a particular substance or part of someone's blood is removed from the blood and the rest returned to their body. NHSBT's Therapeutic Apheresis Services (TAS) was developed from a medical and nursing interest in collection and therapeutic apheresis and became an independent function in 2008/9. The aim was to become the pre-ferred provider of high quality, cost-effective therapeutic apheresis services and reduce in-equities of access to treatment across the UK. The service is part of NHSBT's Cell, Apheresis and Gene Therapies Function treating adults and children, providing TAS across England to around 1600 adult and paediatric patients each year. The service is based within 8 units across the UK, but also cover >45 acute trusts as an outreach service, including access to a 24/7 emergency apheresis service. This is a remote service provided by NHSBT staff located at non NHSBT sites and partner hospitals using an on-site and an outreach model, with nurses travelling to multiple sites each day. The service comprises of 130 colleagues made up of 90 clinical staff and 40 management support staff. The service currently operates using paper and wants to digitise the service to receive electronic referrals from partner hospitals and manage treatment planning and record care given electronically. At this stage NHSBT is looking for suppliers who may be interested in a potential future competition, demonstrating their potential solution or informing our business case and specification. Potential suppliers are encouraged to register their interest on the Atamis platform and respond to the RFI by completing the Response Section. If this opportunity is not suitable for your organisation, there is no need to respond. Suppliers who respond positively will be added to a mailing list and may be invited to a virtual information-gathering session with key stakeholders which will include a demo of the proposed solution. At any point suppliers are welcome to remove themselves from further communication should they wish. Responses to the RFI are required by 23rd of February 2024. Additional information: To express interest and participate in a potential procurement process, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Should interested parties have any queries, or have problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at: Phone: 0800 9956035 Email: support-health@atamis.co.uk
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-b5325b53-0e81-49cf-8a83-75cc0af7360b
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a4c6ed59-df03-4a00-a0a8-e3c7db22af84
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Not specified
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72212211 - Platform interconnectivity software development services
72212517 - IT software development services
72260000 - Software-related services
72317000 - Data storage services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £560,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 29 Jan 20242 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 23 Feb 2024Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS BLOOD & TRANSPLANT
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- BS34 7QH
- Post Town
- Bristol
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK5 West of England
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
- Delivery Location
- TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Electoral Ward
- Filton
- Westminster Constituency
- Filton and Bradley Stoke
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a4c6ed59-df03-4a00-a0a8-e3c7db22af84
29th January 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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