Notice Information
Notice Title
K2 or K3 EDTA sample tube with coloured cap
Notice Description
This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is separate to any tender opportunity.<br/><br/>NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a Special Health Authority, dedicated to saving and improving lives through the wide range of services we provide to the NHS. We are proud to provide a safe and reliable supply of blood components to hospitals in England and stem cells, tissues and solid organs to hospitals across the UK. Each year our donors give around 1.5m donations of blood and 3,500 organs, saving and transforming countless lives. The Authority also collect Plasma for Medicines (PFM) from blood and plasma donors. This is a new type of donation which helps saves the lives of around 17,000 people in England a year. Within the Blood Supply Directorate of NHSBT, the Testing function performs a wide range of testing services. These include the large-scale blood grouping and microbiological screening of blood, stem cell, and tissue donations. NHSBT has 3 testing sites throughout England at which just over 1.5 million blood, stem cell, and tissue donations are tested for a range of microbiology markers each year.<br/>Donations for PFM, requires a dedicated K2 or K3 EDTA sample tube with a different coloured cap for identification purposes from the routine sample tubes collected. The routine samples tubes coloured caps already used within the Autority are red, yellow, lavender and pink. An Authority unique bar-code label is affixed to each tube at the donor's bed over a pre-existing blank manufacturer's label, and the samples are then transported to the Testing site.<br/>Tube type: EDTA K2 or K3<br/>Volume: 6ml<br/>Pretreatment: Potassium EDTA at a concentration between 1.2 to 2 mg per mL<br/><br/>The purpose of this notice is to:<br/>* Alert potential suppliers that NHSBT intends to award a contract for the supply of consumables<br/>* Develop NHSBTs understanding of the capabilities, dependencies and competitiveness of the marketplace and the ability of industry to provide the required level of support.<br/>Please express your interest by the 9th of August and direct any questions to tennille.madigan@nhsbt.nhs.uk
Lot Information
Lot 1
This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is separate to any tender opportunity.
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a Special Health Authority, dedicated to saving and improving lives through the wide range of services we provide to the NHS. We are proud to provide a safe and reliable supply of blood components to hospitals in England and stem cells, tissues and solid organs to hospitals across the UK. Each year our donors give around 1.5m donations of blood and 3,500 organs, saving and transforming countless lives. The Authority also collect Plasma for Medicines (PFM) from blood and plasma donors. This is a new type of donation which helps saves the lives of around 17,000 people in England a year. Within the Blood Supply Directorate of NHSBT, the Testing function performs a wide range of testing services. These include the large-scale blood grouping and microbiological screening of blood, stem cell, and tissue donations. NHSBT has 3 testing sites throughout England at which just over 1.5 million blood, stem cell, and tissue donations are tested for a range of microbiology markers each year.
Donations for PFM, requires a dedicated K2 or K3 EDTA sample tube with a different coloured cap for identification purposes from the routine sample tubes collected. The routine samples tubes coloured caps already used within the Autority are red, yellow, lavender and pink. An Authority unique bar-code label is affixed to each tube at the donor's bed over a pre-existing blank manufacturer's label, and the samples are then transported to the Testing site.
Tube type: EDTA K2 or K3
Volume: 6ml
Pretreatment: Potassium EDTA at a concentration between 1.2 to 2 mg per mL
The purpose of this notice is to:
* Alert potential suppliers that NHSBT intends to award a contract for the supply of consumables
* Develop NHSBTs understanding of the capabilities, dependencies and competitiveness of the marketplace and the ability of industry to provide the required level of support.
Please express your interest by the 9th of August and direct any questions to tennille.madigan@nhsbt.nhs.uk
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-048855
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024792-2024
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
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
-
- CPV Codes
33192500 - Test tubes
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Aug 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 30 Sep 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
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT
- Contact Name
- Tennille Madigan
- Contact Email
- tennille.madigan@nhsbt.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 7795483583
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- BS16 7FG
- 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
- Emersons Green
- Westminster Constituency
- Filton and Bradley Stoke
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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