--- title: "C253996 DHSC NHS Human Leucocyte Antigen Typing - Advanced Rapid High Resolution" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-e1808fca-2385-42b7-86bd-06acfa6ca9ef" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-e1808fca-2385-42b7-86bd-06acfa6ca9ef" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-e1808fca-2385-42b7-86bd-06acfa6ca9ef.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-e1808fca-2385-42b7-86bd-06acfa6ca9ef.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DHSC" published: "2024-05-16" --- # C253996 DHSC NHS Human Leucocyte Antigen Typing - Advanced Rapid High Resolution Buyer: DHSC Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e1808fca-2385-42b7-86bd-06acfa6ca9ef [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-e1808fca-2385-42b7-86bd-06acfa6ca9ef) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-e1808fca-2385-42b7-86bd-06acfa6ca9ef.json) ## Summary The Department of Health and Social Care is planning a procurement process for NHS Human Leucocyte Antigen Typing services. The procurement process is in the planning stage and involves engaging with potential suppliers for the provision of HLA typing assays for organ transplantation. Key milestones include an engagement end date of 31st May 2024. The buying organisation is DHSC based in London, UK, and the procurement falls under the medical laboratories services category. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses with expertise in medical analysis, pathology services, and blood analysis to engage with the Department of Health and Social Care. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are particularly suited to compete for this contract. The procurement aims to identify commercial assays capable of rapidly producing high-resolution HLA typing results within specific timeframes, with a market engagement event scheduled for Friday 5th July 2024. ## Notice The Department of Health and Social Care is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform the market of an early market engagement exercise, available to any organisations which have expertise in the provision of HLA typing assays for the purposes of clinical use in organ transplantation. The purpose of the exercise is to inform the Implementation Steering Group for Organ Utilisation (ISOU) Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics Sub-Group about the future direction and capabilities of assays which produce a high resolution HLA type of organ donors for transplantation purposes. This information will then be used to form recommendations within the ISOU framework and guide the future direction of HLA typing of organ donors in the UK. This exercise seeks to engage with the market to enable the ISOU subgroup to: Primary Requirement: 1. Understand the commercial assays capable of rapidly producing a type for HLA-A,B,C,DRB1/3/4/5, DQB1, DQA1, DPB1, DPA1 with a resolution of 2nd field (minimum). Currently the timeframe allocated for deceased donor typing is set at 4 hours, however this timeframe may be slightly relaxed in future, if for example a slightly longer timeframe produces a higher resolution type or clinically relevant information extending beyond the HLA loci is obtained. The ISOU subgroup seeks to understand the assays and technologies which are currently available or will be brought to market in timeframe of 5 years which can fulfil the above remit. Secondary Requirements: 2. Availability of IT solutions for direct transfer of donor HLA typing results, including the use of Histoimmunogenetics Markup Language (HML) where appropriate, which would support the primary requirement. 3. Demonstrate compliance with in vitro diagnostic medical devices regulations (IVDR) for typing assays and software as required. 4. Indicate if typing beyond the HLA loci is being considered / developed with the capabilities of assays designed for rapid high resolution HLA typing. e.g. inclusion of HNA or MICA typing. Market Engagement Event will take place virtually on Friday 5th July 2024 Please register your interest below no later than 17:00 Friday 31st May https://forms.office.com/e/WUxAMxbUkT This PIN may result in a future procurement for the Provision of HLA typing assays that can produce an HLA type to the 2nd field (minimum) within a 4 hour period. The assay may not be currently available but should be implementable within a five to ten year time frame. However, at this time we have no commitment to spend, this is an activity to scope the market only. Additional information: You may wish to access and register your organisation to our procurement platform Atamis system https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome, if you have not already done so. NOTE: For avoidance of doubt this is not a call for competition, the purpose of this is to engage with the market and seek feedback that may inform a specification and/or procurement approach, should this result a a procurement. At this time we have no commitment to spend, this is an activity to scope the market only and if a future advert is issued for contract, the value is TBC. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5b14828b-82b2-4bc0-9c01-13b9fa16b5ab | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 16 May 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 31 May 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DHSC | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1H 0EU | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85111800 - Pathology services - 85111810 - Blood analysis services - 85145000 - Services provided by medical laboratories - 85148000 - Medical analysis services ## Release History - 16 May 2024 at 09:14 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5b14828b-82b2-4bc0-9c01-13b9fa16b5ab - 8 May 2024 at 11:22 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/61503833-75ce-4c05-bdc1-95993e84eb85 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5b14828b-82b2-4bc0-9c01-13b9fa16b5ab 16th May 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/61503833-75ce-4c05-bdc1-95993e84eb85 8th May 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/d7cfb9f0-9b42-4b03-83e5-7ba8464809c6 C253996 Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics PIN - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/9e4f0ba7-154e-4953-8252-988fabbf58e3 C253996 Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics PIN ## Notice URLs - https://forms.office.com/e/WUxAMxbUkT - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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