--- title: "Environmental Impact Assessment - Assessment and Recovery Centres" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05ef73" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05ef73" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05ef73.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05ef73.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT" published: "2025-12-05" --- # Environmental Impact Assessment - Assessment and Recovery Centres Buyer: NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05ef73 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05ef73) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05ef73.json) ## Summary This procurement process is initiated by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), a central government public authority. The tender, titled "Environmental Impact Assessment - Assessment and Recovery Centres," falls under the services category and is situated within the South West of England (UKK11). Currently in the planning stage, this tender calls for early market engagement, inviting expressions of interest by 2nd January 2026, with engagement meetings scheduled for the week commencing 5th January 2026. The project aims to set up Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs) across the UK to enhance organ transplantation techniques, entailing environmental impact assessments to measure sustainability and carbon footprint reductions. The contract period is projected from 1st April to 30th September 2026, with a gross value of £120,000. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in environmental impact assessment services, particularly those with expertise in health economy and sustainability. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are deemed suitable to participate, offering potential business growth within a national network of specialised facilities. Companies experienced in evaluating changes to clinical pathways and models can leverage this project to showcase their capabilities in minimising environmental impacts and providing sustainable solutions. The procurement offers a chance to engage with NHSBT to influence future service delivery models and contribute to a service that promises a positive impact on health and environmental sustainability. ## Notice NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is developing a national programme of Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs), specialised facilities that will bring together and implement ex situ machine perfusion techniques at the centre of a national network across the UK. Marginal organs from deceased donors will be retrieved and assessed for transplantation, extending their viability between donation and transplantation. ARCs would enable identification and preservation of marginal or higher risk organs that can be optimised for successful transplantation. In the future, organ function could also be transformed and organs repaired. We anticipate the introduction of a national ARC service will have a net positive impact on the NHS' carbon footprint, and wider health economy (e.g. through reduction in dialysis interventions) and an environmental assessment will help us to better understand our impact against the status quo. The aim of the ARCs environmental impact assessment is threefold: 1. Assess the overall impact of the proposed national ARC service on the health economy from an environmental sustainability perspective. 2. A comprehensive comparison of the potential impact of the ARCs programme with the 'as is' or status quo, to clearly articulate the impact of delivering a national ARCs programme on the overall NHS' carbon footprint. 3. Assess the environmental implications of changes to clinical pathways and models within the proposed ARCs service. This will include identifying areas of positive and negative change, and identifying a suite of options and recommendations, to support the service to minimise its carbon footprint throughout the delivery and implementation phase of the programme. ### Planning Information NHSBT wishes to invite those organisations who express an interest in this opportunity to Supplier engagement meetings to be held during the week of the 5th January 2026. Any interested organisations are asked to contact rowena.thomas@nhsbt.nhs.uk by no later than 17:00 on the 2nd January 2026 to express their interest. 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. There is no guarantee that a formal procurement process will be launched as a result of this early market engagement exercise, nor that any contract(s) will be placed. No remuneration or compensation etc will be paid to organisations who take part in this early market engagement exercise. Suppliers should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position. Further information e.g. draft technical specification, award criteria and timescales may be released for consultation purposes only, to organisations who express an interest in this notice. 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/080052-2025 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 5 Dec 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 2 Feb 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2026 - 30 Sep 2026 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £100,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | 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 - 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services ### Codes - 90711400 - Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services other than for construction ## Release History - 5 Dec 2025 at 11:04 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080052-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080052-2025 5th December 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents - https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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