Tender

Clinical Therapeutic Apheresis and Extracorporeal Photopheresis Systems

NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT

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TenderUpdate

30 Nov 2023 at 11:56

Planning

17 Nov 2023 at 13:51

Summary of the contracting process

The National Health Service (NHS) Blood and Transplant, located in Bristol, United Kingdom, is planning a tender for "Clinical Therapeutic Apheresis and Extracorporeal Photopheresis Systems" in the medical equipment industry. The procurement stage is currently at the planning phase, with a future notice date of March 25, 2024. Interested parties must contact Samantha Rix by November 30, 2023, to arrange engagement meetings scheduled for December 4 and December 7, 2023.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses in the medical equipment and healthcare sector to provide therapeutic apheresis machines, consumables, and maintenance services to NHS Blood and Transplant. Companies specializing in repair and maintenance services of medical equipment and medical consumables would be well-suited to explore this tender opportunity. The engagement meetings aim to inform the market about upcoming tender details and offer a chance for interested organizations to participate in the consultation process before the formal procurement process begins.

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Notice Title

Clinical Therapeutic Apheresis and Extracorporeal Photopheresis Systems

Notice Description

Please note this is not the start of a procurement process. A separate contract notice will be published to cover this requirement.

Lot Information

Lot 1

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a Special Health Authority and is responsible for the provision of blood components and a range of associated laboratory and patient therapeutic services to hospitals.
The NHSBT Therapeutic Apheresis Service (TAS) provide lifesaving and life-enhancing therapies to adults and children across a range of clinical specialties. Patients receive treatment either at their hospital bedside or where clinically appropriate as an outpatient in an NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) unit. NHSBT provides regional access to apheresis services from 11 dedicated units across England and Wales (Bristol, London, Oxford, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Plymouth, Cardiff and the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre) with each unit is led by a team of specialist medical and nursing staff.
Prior to commencing a formal procurement process and to help inform strategy requirements, NHSBT would like to consult the market to establish the level of interest for the purchase of therapeutic apheresis machines, consumables and maintenance, to support provision of NEW Therapeutic Apheresis Systems for Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ECP) , Apheresis Collection, Exchange and Depletion Procedures (including Bone Marrow), associated consumables and maintenance. Consumables, Maintenance and Repair of EXISTING NHSBT owned Cellex ECP Machines, and Consumables, Maintenance and Repair of EXISTING NHSBT owned Optia Multi-Apheresis Machines.

NHST wishes to invite those organisations who express an interest in the Prior Information Notice to Supplier engagement meetings to be held on 4th December 2023 and 7th December 2023.

Any interested organisations are asked to contact samantha.rix@nhsbt.nhs.uk by 17:00 30 November 2023 to arrange the meeting.

If you do not respond by this date, you are not excluded from participating in the forthcoming tender, this date is to allow for optional supplier engagement meetings to be organised.
Further information e.g. draft technical specification, award criteria, timescales maybe release for consultation purposes only, to organisations who express an interest in this PIN.
Please note that all details are subject to change.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-041ada
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035328-2023
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

50 - Repair and maintenance services


CPV Codes

33100000 - Medical equipments

33140000 - Medical consumables

50421000 - Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£32,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Nov 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
25 Mar 2024Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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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
TLK11 Bristol, City of

Local Authority
South Gloucestershire
Electoral Ward
Filton
Westminster Constituency
Filton and Bradley Stoke

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