Notice Information
Notice Title
Tube heat sealers with repair and maintenance of new and existing heat sealers.
Notice Description
Two or more lots to cover: <br/>- The supply of new bench top and hand held tube heat sealers, including ongoing repair and maintenance. <br/>- Provision of repair and maintenance services for existing NHSBT owned heat sealers.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Please note this is not the start of a procurement process. A separate contract notice will be published to cover this requirement. The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to inform the market of prospective requirements, as far as the details are known at this time.
NHSBT Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a Special Health Authority in the NHS and is responsible for the provision of blood components and a range of associated laboratory and patient therapeutic service to hospitals in England.
Tube heat sealers are used by NHSBT specialist laboratories and Blood Collection Teams to seal and/ or separate tubing during the processing and collection of blood components.
Prior to commencing a formal procurement process and to help inform our strategy/ requirements, NHSBT would like to consult the market to establish the level of interest and identify further opportunities and potential issues.
NHSBT seeks to understand the markets interest in opportunities for:
(i) The supply of NEW devices* along with the repair and maintenance of those devices.
*Bench Top and/or Handheld devices.
AND/OR
(ii) Repair and maintenance of Existing Fresenius Composeal Heat Sealers
AND/OR
(iii) Repair and maintenance of Existing Ljungberg & Kogel Heat sealers
AND/OR
(iv) Repair and maintenance of Existing Sebra sealers
It is our intention to invite suppliers who express an interest in this PIN to complete a supplier engagement questionnaire.
Potential suppliers of new heat sealers may be asked to provide a sample device to NHSBT for risk assessment/review.
Interested suppliers are required to email to Samantha Rix Samantha.Rix@nhsbt.nhs.uk to express their interest and to complete and return the questionnaire by no later than 17:00 noon GMT on 17 January 2025.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04c915
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/040750-2024
- 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
50 - Repair and maintenance services
-
- CPV Codes
33100000 - Medical equipments
50420000 - Repair and maintenance services of medical and surgical equipment
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,300,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Dec 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 24 Feb 2025Expired
- 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
- Samantha Rix
- Contact Email
- samantha.rix@nhsbt.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 7385972251
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
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Electoral Ward
- Filton
- 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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