--- title: "Clinical Therapeutic Apheresis and Extracorporeal Photopheresis Systems" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-041ada" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-041ada" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-041ada.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-041ada.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT" published: "2023-11-30" --- # Clinical Therapeutic Apheresis and Extracorporeal Photopheresis Systems Buyer: NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-041ada [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-041ada) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-041ada.json) ## Summary The National Health Service (NHS) Blood and Transplant, located in Bristol, United Kingdom, is planning a tender for "Clinical Therapeutic Apheresis and Extracorporeal Photopheresis Systems" in the medical equipment industry. The procurement stage is currently at the planning phase, with a future notice date of March 25, 2024. Interested parties must contact Samantha Rix by November 30, 2023, to arrange engagement meetings scheduled for December 4 and December 7, 2023. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses in the medical equipment and healthcare sector to provide therapeutic apheresis machines, consumables, and maintenance services to NHS Blood and Transplant. Companies specializing in repair and maintenance services of medical equipment and medical consumables would be well-suited to explore this tender opportunity. The engagement meetings aim to inform the market about upcoming tender details and offer a chance for interested organizations to participate in the consultation process before the formal procurement process begins. ## Notice Please note this is not the start of a procurement process. A separate contract notice will be published to cover this requirement. ### Lot Information Lot 1 NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a Special Health Authority and is responsible for the provision of blood components and a range of associated laboratory and patient therapeutic services to hospitals. The NHSBT Therapeutic Apheresis Service (TAS) provide lifesaving and life-enhancing therapies to adults and children across a range of clinical specialties. Patients receive treatment either at their hospital bedside or where clinically appropriate as an outpatient in an NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) unit. NHSBT provides regional access to apheresis services from 11 dedicated units across England and Wales (Bristol, London, Oxford, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Plymouth, Cardiff and the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre) with each unit is led by a team of specialist medical and nursing staff. Prior to commencing a formal procurement process and to help inform strategy requirements, NHSBT would like to consult the market to establish the level of interest for the purchase of therapeutic apheresis machines, consumables and maintenance, to support provision of NEW Therapeutic Apheresis Systems for Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ECP) , Apheresis Collection, Exchange and Depletion Procedures (including Bone Marrow), associated consumables and maintenance. Consumables, Maintenance and Repair of EXISTING NHSBT owned Cellex ECP Machines, and Consumables, Maintenance and Repair of EXISTING NHSBT owned Optia Multi-Apheresis Machines. NHST wishes to invite those organisations who express an interest in the Prior Information Notice to Supplier engagement meetings to be held on 4th December 2023 and 7th December 2023. Any interested organisations are asked to contact samantha.rix@nhsbt.nhs.uk by 17:00 30 November 2023 to arrange the meeting. 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. Further information e.g. draft technical specification, award criteria, timescales maybe release for consultation purposes only, to organisations who express an interest in this PIN. Please note that all details are subject to change. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035328-2023 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning, Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 30 Nov 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 25 Mar 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £32,000,000 | | 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 | TLK11 Bristol, City of | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products - 50 - Repair and maintenance services ### Codes - 33100000 - Medical equipments - 33140000 - Medical consumables - 50421000 - Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment ## Release History - 30 Nov 2023 at 11:56 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035328-2023 - 17 Nov 2023 at 13:51 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034105-2023 ## Notice URLs - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome - https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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