--- title: "C253996 DHSC NHS Human Leucocyte Antigen Typing - Advanced Rapid High Resolution" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0457e4" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0457e4" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0457e4.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0457e4.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE" published: "2024-05-16" --- # C253996 DHSC NHS Human Leucocyte Antigen Typing - Advanced Rapid High Resolution Buyer: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0457e4 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0457e4) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0457e4.json) ## Summary The Department of Health and Social Care is planning a procurement process for the Provision of HLA typing assays that can produce an HLA type within a 4-hour period. This PIN is part of a market engagement exercise to gather insights on the future role of Technology within Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. The planned Market Engagement Event aims to understand commercial assays rapidly producing HLA types, IT solutions for direct transfer of typing results, and compliance with medical devices regulations. The event will be held virtually on July 5th. Suppliers are encouraged to register interest by May 31st. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses specializing in medical laboratories and health services to engage with the Department of Health and Social Care. Companies with expertise in HLA typing assays and related technologies are well-suited for this opportunity. The procurement aims to inform the future direction of HLA typing for organ donors in the UK. By participating in the market engagement event, organisations can contribute to shaping the specifications and procurement approach for forthcoming services within the healthcare sector. ## Notice This is a PIN to alert industry suppliers of an upcoming Market Engagement Event held by The Department of Health and Social Care. This is to gain insight into the future role of Technology within Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (H&I) and to understand whether suppliers are currently doing this or developing. This information will be used to inform Ministers. 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. 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 ### Lot Information Lot 1 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. Please register your interest here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/DesignPageV2.aspx?origin=NeoPortalPage&subpage=design&id=MIwnYaiRMUyMH-9N6Jc6HKivt47gT7xImJJTGvOq68xUMlJaVEpUUzdCNzczWkxGUkQ2TTFGQVdSOC4u Please register your interest no later than 17:00 31st May NOTE: For avoidance of doubt this is not a call for competition, the purpose is to advise the market on the forthcoming DHSC procurement and seek feedback from the market that may inform the final specification and/or procurement approach to the services. This market engagement process does not form part of the formal procurement process. When the formal procurement process commences any supplier may join the competition and all supplier Tenders will be evaluated on the same basis. The contractual opportunity will be available in the future via DHSC Atamis eTendering System. You can select this link to access and register your organisation to the Atamis system https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome, if you have not already done so. Additional information: 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. You may wish to access and register your organisation to our procurement platform on our Atamis system https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome, if you have not already done so. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015524-2024 | | 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, Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 16 May 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 4 Aug 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1 | | 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 | DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE | | 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 | TLI32 Westminster | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85100000 - Health services - 85111800 - Pathology services - 85111810 - Blood analysis services - 85145000 - Services provided by medical laboratories - 85148000 - Medical analysis services ## Release History - 16 May 2024 at 09:11 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015524-2024 - 8 May 2024 at 11:17 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014656-2024 ## Notice URLs - https://forms.office.com/?redirecturl=https%3a%2f%2fforms.office.com%2fPages%2fDesignPageV2.aspx%3forigin%3dNeoPortalPage%26subpage%3ddesign%26id%3dMIwnYaiRMUyMH-9N6Jc6HKivt47gT7xImJJTGvOq68xUMlJaVEpUUzdCNzczWkxGUkQ2TTFGQVdSOC4u%26topview%3dPrefillPlease - https://forms.office.com/Pages/DesignPageV2.aspx?origin=NeoPortalPage&subpage=design&id=MIwnYaiRMUyMH-9N6Jc6HKivt47gT7xImJJTGvOq68xUMlJaVEpUUzdCNzczWkxGUkQ2TTFGQVdSOC4u - https://forms.office.com/e/WUxAMxbUkTPlease - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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