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Contract Timeline
- Publication Date
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4th July 2025 12:13:29 PM
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Contract Summary
Offsite Storage of Liquid Nitrogen Vessels
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Contract Details
- Open Contracting ID
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ocds-h6vhtk-04564f
- Publication Source
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Find a Tender Service
- Procurement Stage
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Award, Contract
- Procurement Method
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Open
- Procurement Method Details
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Open Procedure
- Procurement Category
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Services
- Tender Suitability
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- Framework / DPS
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Framework
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Contract Classification
- CPV Code(s)
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63726300
- CPV Division(s)
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63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
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Awarding Authority
- Buyer Name
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Jo Murphy
- Buyer Email
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jo.murphy@nhsbt.nhs.uk
- Buyer Phone
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+44 1179212718
- Buyer Address
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500 North Bristol Park
Bristol
BS34 7QH
United Kingdom
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Awarded Supplier(s)
Tender
Framework Agreement for the Offsite Storage of Liquid Nitrogen Vessels
NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT
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Contract Timeline
- Publication Date
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17th January 2025 12:36:20 PM
- Tender Deadline
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7th February 2025 17:00:00 PM Expired
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Contract Summary
The Authority (NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is required to store human tissue and cells for human application, research and IVD products in vapour phase liquid nitrogen vessels. Facilities are available at Birmingham, Bristol, Barnsley, Liverpool, Oxford, and Southampton sites. In some cases, there can be insufficient storage space at these sites, therefore the Authority is required to store some cryovessels off site and to have in place a contingency plan to transfer cryostorage vessels off site for temporary storage in emergency situations.
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a Special Health Authority in England, with responsibilities across the United Kingdom for organ donation and transplantation. Our core purpose is to ‘save and improve lives’ through the provision of a safe and reliable supply of blood components, solid organs, stem cells, tissues and related services to the NHS, and to the other UK Health Services where directed.
NHSBT is required to store human tissue and cells for human application, research and IVD products in vapour phase liquid nitrogen vessels. Where facilities are available, storage is carried out at NHSBT sites. In some cases, there is insufficient storage space so NHSBT has a requirement to store some cryostorage vessels permanently off site. There is also a requirement to have in place a contingency plan to transfer cryostorage vessels off site for temporary storage in emergency situations.
This will be a Framework Agreement for the Provision of external storage of liquid nitrogen vessels containing human tissue and cells for human application. -
Contract Details
- Open Contracting ID
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ocds-h6vhtk-04564f
- Publication Source
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Find a Tender Service
- Procurement Stage
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Tender
- Procurement Method
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Open
- Procurement Method Details
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Open Procedure
- Procurement Category
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Services
- Tender Suitability
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- Framework / DPS
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Framework
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Contract Classification
- CPV Code(s)
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63726300
- CPV Division(s)
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63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
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Awarding Authority
- Buyer Name
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Jo Murphy
- Buyer Email
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jo.murphy@nhsbt.nhs.uk
- Buyer Phone
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+44 1179217218
- Buyer Address
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500 North Bristol Park
Bristol
BS34 7QH
United Kingdom
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Contract Timeline
- Publication Date
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30th April 2024 20:52:25 PM
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Contract Summary
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a Special Health Authority in England, with responsibilities across the United Kingdom for organ donation and transplantation. Our core purpose is to ‘save and improve lives’ through the provision of a safe and reliable supply of blood components, solid organs, stem cells, tissues and related services to the NHS, and to the other UK Health Services where directed.
NHSBT is required to store human tissue and cells for human application, research and IVD products in vapour phase liquid nitrogen vessels. Where facilities are available, storage is carried out at NHSBT sites. In some cases, there is insufficient storage space so NHSBT has a requirement to store some cryostorage vessels permanently off site. There is also a requirement to have in place a contingency plan to transfer cryostorage vessels off site for temporary storage in emergency situations.
NHSBT is looking to award a Framework Agreement for the Provision of external storage of liquid nitrogen vessels containing human tissue and cells for human application.
Liquid nitrogen vessels will need to be collected from their existing storage sites located across England and transported to the service providers premises which must be HTA licensed to store and distribute human tissues and cells for human application under the Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) Regulations 2007.
The temperature of liquid nitrogen vessels must be continually monitored, with records provided to demonstrate that products they contain remain below -150C at all times.
The service provider will also be required to locate cryopreserved products from the cryostorage vessels and deliver to NHSBT sites in a dry shipper, upon request. -
Contract Details
- Open Contracting ID
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ocds-h6vhtk-04564f
- Publication Source
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Find a Tender Service
- Procurement Stage
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Planning
- Procurement Method
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N/A
- Procurement Method Details
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N/A
- Procurement Category
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Services
- Tender Suitability
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- Framework / DPS
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Framework
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Contract Classification
- CPV Code(s)
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63726300
- CPV Division(s)
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63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
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Awarding Authority
- Buyer Name
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Jo Murphy
- Buyer Email
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jo.murphy@nhsbt.nhs.uk
- Buyer Phone
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+44 1179212718
- Buyer Address
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500 North Bristol Park
Bristol
BS34 7QH
United Kingdom