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Red Cell Reagents

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)

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Planning

07 Sep 2026 at 01:00

OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Public Services Delivery Scotland, through the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS), plans to buy red cell reagents for blood-group testing. The reagents must be compatible with automated technology and will support antibody detection and identification, ABO/Rh typing, and phenotyping of patient and donor samples. The requirement excludes analysers, equipment and accessory devices. Testing uses large-scale automated systems, manual methods and selected Grifols Erytra and Eflexis blood-group analysers. The supplies will serve both SNBTS clinical and donor-testing functions across Scotland. Donor testing is carried out at the Jack Copland Centre in Edinburgh, while patient samples are tested in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Inverness and Aberdeen, with samples also referred from hospitals and internal laboratories. The goods are classified under CPV 33696200, blood-grouping reagents.

This procurement is at the planning stage: SNBTS has announced its intention to procure, but has not invited tenders. One lot is planned, covering red cell reagents for all SNBTS locations and both clinical and donor testing. The buyer expects to publish a future notice on 12 October 2026. The procurement is for goods and is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement. It is being developed under the UK legal framework for public procurement. No contract value, contract duration, award method or submission deadline is set out at this stage. Businesses should therefore treat the stated publication date as an indication of the buyer’s intended timetable, rather than as a date by which to respond or submit an offer.

The requirement will suit manufacturers and specialist distributors of red cell reagents used in transfusion medicine, immunohaematology and blood-group testing. Suppliers should be able to provide products that work with automated blood-grouping technology as well as supporting manual testing, antibody screening and identification, ABO/Rh typing and donor or patient phenotyping. Experience supplying clinical laboratories, blood services or hospital networks would be relevant, particularly where products must perform consistently across several testing sites and with the systems already used by SNBTS, including Beckman platforms and Grifols analysers. Businesses with dependable distribution across Scotland, technical support for laboratory users and capacity to serve both clinical and donor-testing operations should prepare for the market approach when the procurement progresses.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Red Cell Reagents

Notice Description

SNBTS requires to attain supplies of Red Cell Reagents compatible with automated technology and is for the anti body detection and identification only and not equipment or accessory devices. Antibody detection and ID, ABO/Rh typing and phenotyping is performed in SNBTS on samples taken from patients and donors. Initial testing on Donors for Anti body detection and ID and ABO/Rh typing is by large scale automated blood grouping systems; currently Beckman PK7300 and Phenotyping of Donors is performed manually and on automated systems. Testing of patient samples is performed at sites located at sites in Scotland (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Inverness, and Aberdeen). Samples referred from hospitals and internal laboratories are tested using both manual and automated systems. A selected number of donor and patient samples are also tested manually and on the Grifols Erytra and Eflexis blood group analysers.

Lot Information

Lot 1

SNBTS requires to attain supplies of Red Cell Reagents compatible with automated technology and is for the anti body detection and identification only and not equipment or accessory devices. Antibody detection and ID, ABO/Rh typing and phenotyping is performed in SNBTS on samples taken from patients and donors. Initial testing on Donors for Anti body detection and ID and ABO/Rh typing is by large scale automated blood grouping systems; currently Beckman PK7400 and Phenotyping of Donors is performed manually and on automated systems. Testing of patient samples is performed at sites located at 6 sites in Scotland (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Inverness, and Aberdeen). SNBTS performs antibody detection and identification, ABO/Rh typing, and phenotyping on samples from both patients and donors. Initial donor testing for antibody detection and identification, together with ABO/Rh typing, is carried out using large-scale automated blood grouping systems, currently the Beckman PK7400. Donor phenotyping is undertaken using both manual and automated methods and is currently performed in Jack Copland Centre (JCC) on the Heriot-Watt campus in Edinburgh and the patient sample testing is carried out across Scotland: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Inverness, and Aberdeen. Samples referred from hospitals and internal laboratories are tested using both manual and automated systems. A selected number of donor and patient samples are also tested manually and on the Grifols Erytra and Eflexis blood group analysers. The tender will cover both areas in SNBTS that require reagents (Clinical and Donor Testing) and will be used by all locations of SNBTS (Jack Copland Centre, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen & Inverness). SNBTS requires to attain supplies of Red cell Reagents compatible with automated technology and is for the anti body detection and identification only.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000842174
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP563945
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F1 - Prior Information 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

33696100 - Blood-grouping reagents

33696200 - Blood-testing reagents

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
12 Oct 20264 weeks to go
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
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH12 9EB
Postcode Area
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM13 City of Edinburgh
Delivery Location
TLM Scotland
Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Electoral Ward
Drum Brae/Gyle
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh South West

Further Information

Notice Documents

  • https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP563945
    Red Cell Reagents - SNBTS requires to attain supplies of Red Cell Reagents compatible with automated technology and is for the anti body detection and identification only and not equipment or accessory devices. Antibody detection and ID, ABO/Rh typing and phenotyping is performed in SNBTS on samples taken from patients and donors. Initial testing on Donors for Anti body detection and ID and ABO/Rh typing is by large scale automated blood grouping systems; currently Beckman PK7300 and Phenotyping of Donors is performed manually and on automated systems. Testing of patient samples is performed at sites located at sites in Scotland (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Inverness, and Aberdeen). Samples referred from hospitals and internal laboratories are tested using both manual and automated systems. A selected number of donor and patient samples are also tested manually and on the Grifols Erytra and Eflexis blood group analysers.

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