Planning

SNBTS Nucleic Acid Extraction System

THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) (NSS

  • Contract Timeline

    Publication Date

    10th July 2024 00:00:00 AM

  • Contract Summary

    The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS), part of NHS National Services Scotland (NHS NSS) (“Health Board”) are commencing a Procurement Exercise for a new nucleic acid extraction system, based at the Jack Copland Centre, Edinburgh. This would be used to perform confirmatory Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) testing on all blood, tissue and cell donations that are reactive in the initial screening assays. The National Microbiology Reference Unit (NMRU) also performs NAT screening on any blood, tissue and cell donations that fail, or are not suitable for NAT testing, on the automated Donor Testing platforms.

  • Contract Details

    Open Contracting ID

    ocds-r6ebe6-0000772090

    Publication Source

    Public Contracts Scotland

    Procurement Stage

    Planning

    Procurement Method

    N/A

    Procurement Method Details

    N/A

    Procurement Category

    Goods

    Tender Suitability

    Framework / DPS

  • Contract Classification

    CPV Code(s)

    38434520

    CPV Division(s)

    38 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

  • Awarding Authority

    THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) (NSS

    Buyer Name

    Sara Maciver

    Buyer Email

    sara.maciver@nhs.scot

    Buyer Phone

    +44 7483104015

    Buyer Address

    The Jack Copland Centre, 52 Research Avenue North, Heriot-Watt Research Park

    Edinburgh

    EH14 4BE

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