Planning

Environmental Impact Assessment - Assessment and Recovery Centres

NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT

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05 Dec 2025 at 11:04

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

This procurement process is initiated by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), a central government public authority. The tender, titled "Environmental Impact Assessment - Assessment and Recovery Centres," falls under the services category and is situated within the South West of England (UKK11). Currently in the planning stage, this tender calls for early market engagement, inviting expressions of interest by 2nd January 2026, with engagement meetings scheduled for the week commencing 5th January 2026. The project aims to set up Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs) across the UK to enhance organ transplantation techniques, entailing environmental impact assessments to measure sustainability and carbon footprint reductions. The contract period is projected from 1st April to 30th September 2026, with a gross value of £120,000.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in environmental impact assessment services, particularly those with expertise in health economy and sustainability. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are deemed suitable to participate, offering potential business growth within a national network of specialised facilities. Companies experienced in evaluating changes to clinical pathways and models can leverage this project to showcase their capabilities in minimising environmental impacts and providing sustainable solutions. The procurement offers a chance to engage with NHSBT to influence future service delivery models and contribute to a service that promises a positive impact on health and environmental sustainability.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Environmental Impact Assessment - Assessment and Recovery Centres

Notice Description

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is developing a national programme of Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs), specialised facilities that will bring together and implement ex situ machine perfusion techniques at the centre of a national network across the UK. Marginal organs from deceased donors will be retrieved and assessed for transplantation, extending their viability between donation and transplantation. ARCs would enable identification and preservation of marginal or higher risk organs that can be optimised for successful transplantation. In the future, organ function could also be transformed and organs repaired. We anticipate the introduction of a national ARC service will have a net positive impact on the NHS' carbon footprint, and wider health economy (e.g. through reduction in dialysis interventions) and an environmental assessment will help us to better understand our impact against the status quo. The aim of the ARCs environmental impact assessment is threefold: 1. Assess the overall impact of the proposed national ARC service on the health economy from an environmental sustainability perspective. 2. A comprehensive comparison of the potential impact of the ARCs programme with the 'as is' or status quo, to clearly articulate the impact of delivering a national ARCs programme on the overall NHS' carbon footprint. 3. Assess the environmental implications of changes to clinical pathways and models within the proposed ARCs service. This will include identifying areas of positive and negative change, and identifying a suite of options and recommendations, to support the service to minimise its carbon footprint throughout the delivery and implementation phase of the programme.

Planning Information

NHSBT wishes to invite those organisations who express an interest in this opportunity to Supplier engagement meetings to be held during the week of the 5th January 2026. Any interested organisations are asked to contact rowena.thomas@nhsbt.nhs.uk by no later than 17:00 on the 2nd January 2026 to express their interest. 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. There is no guarantee that a formal procurement process will be launched as a result of this early market engagement exercise, nor that any contract(s) will be placed. No remuneration or compensation etc will be paid to organisations who take part in this early market engagement exercise. Suppliers should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position. Further information e.g. draft technical specification, award criteria and timescales may be released for consultation purposes only, to organisations who express an interest in this notice. Please note that all details are subject to change.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ef73
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080052-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

CPV Codes

90711400 - Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services other than for construction

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£100,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
5 Dec 20252 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
2 Feb 20262 months to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
31 Mar 2026 - 30 Sep 2026 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
rowena.thomas@nhsbt.nhs.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

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

Further Information

Notice Documents

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