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title: "Provision of Laboratory characterisation (HLA typing and microbiological screening) of eligible deceased organ donors"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0373aa"
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# Provision of Laboratory characterisation (HLA typing and microbiological screening) of eligible deceased organ donors

Buyer: NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0373aa

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## Summary

The NHS Blood and Transplant organisation is planning a procurement for the provision of Laboratory characterisation services for eligible deceased organ donors, with a total value of £500,000. The procurement falls under the health services category and is currently at the planning stage. Interested parties should submit expressions of interest by 12:00 hours on Friday 14th October 2022.

This tender opportunity presents a chance for businesses involved in health services, medical laboratories, and medical analysis services to provide vital laboratory characterisation services for organ donors. The contracting authority, NHS Blood and Transplant, seeks to enhance the safety and equity of organ transplantation through this procurement process, emphasising the importance of robust laboratory services in supporting organ donation and transplantation programmes in the UK.

## Notice

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is separate to any tender opportunity and its purpose is to consult the market to improve NHSBT's knowledge of organisations within the marketplace that can offer the required service and to gauge market interest ahead of any further tender opportunity.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The service provision required is laboratory characterisation (HLA typing and microbiological screening) of eligible deceased organ donors to permit safe and legal transplantation of all solid organs. 

Donor characterisation is an absolute requirement for safe organ allocation and is mandated in law under the Quality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation Regulations (2012)6. The majority of organs cannot be offered or allocated to recipients until the results for the donor HLA type and microbiology screen are reported. 

Donor characterisation is the process of collecting relevant information about the donor to evaluate suitability for organ donation. Organs from DBD and DCD donors can transmit disease; a minimum repertoire of microbiological screening tests is undertaken as mandated by the European Union Organ Donation Directive1 and recommended by The Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO)2

The information provided contributes to recipient patient safety, minimises the risk of disease transmission, enables risk mitigation and through allocation processes ensures equity of access to organs. Information relating to the donor is used by transplant clinicians in making the decision to either accept or decline an organ and by the potential recipient to inform a decision to either consent to or refuse a transplant from a particular donor.

A robust and efficient laboratory service providing donor characterisation is essential to support organ offering and subsequent transplantation helping to meet the future demands of the organ donation and transplantation programme. 

Laboratories will deliver a nationally defined testing service for all consented/authorised eligible organ donors.

Expressions of interest should be e-mailed to Henry.Prudden@nhsbt.nhs.uk by 12:00 hours on Friday 14th October 2022.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028167-2022 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Oct 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 5 Oct 2022 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £500,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT |
| Locality | BRISTOL |
| Post town | Bristol |
| Postcode | BS34 7QH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England |
| ITL 3 | TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire |
| Local authority | South Gloucestershire |
| Electoral ward | Filton |
| Westminster constituency | Filton and Bradley Stoke |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services
- 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
- 85145000 - Services provided by medical laboratories
- 85148000 - Medical analysis services

## Release History

- 6 Oct 2022 at 16:10 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028167-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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