--- title: "Welsh Blood Service HbS Testing" ocid: "ocds-kuma6s-147758" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-kuma6s-147758" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-147758.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-147758.json" source: "Sell2Wales" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES (HOSTED BY VELINDRE UNIVERSITY NHS TRUST)" published: "2025-01-30" --- # Welsh Blood Service HbS Testing Buyer: NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES (HOSTED BY VELINDRE UNIVERSITY NHS TRUST) Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-kuma6s-147758 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-kuma6s-147758) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-147758.json) ## Summary The NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services, hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust, is in the planning stage of a procurement process to appoint a qualified supplier for the Welsh Blood Service HbS Testing project. This tender falls under the Health industry category and is located in St. Asaph, UK. The procurement involves providing two high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysers for screening approximately 6000 blood donors annually. Interested parties are encouraged to express their interest by 17:00 hrs on Friday, 14th February 2025, with pre-tender engagement sessions scheduled for February/March 2025. This tender presents significant business growth opportunities, especially for companies specialising in medical equipment and laboratory analysis services. Providers of high-performance liquid chromatography technologies or those experienced in managing service contracts related to such equipment would be well-suited to compete. Engaging in this procurement could enhance a supplier's portfolio in the healthcare sector and establish a long-term partnership with NHS Wales, a key player in public healthcare services in the UK. ## Notice The Welsh Blood Service (WBS) (a division of Velindre University NHS Trust) are looking to appoint a suitably qualified supplier to provide two high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysers to screen approximately 6000 donors per year for HbS. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The Welsh Blood Service is commissioned by LHBs to be the supplier of blood components for customer hospitals across NHS Wales and plays a fundamental part in the delivery of healthcare in Wales. The Service aims to ensure that the donor's gift of blood is transformed into safe and effective blood components, which allow NHS Wales to improve the quality of life and save the lives of many thousands of people in Wales every year. Red cells from those donors with sickle cell trait can be safely transfused into most patients, except those with sickle cell disease (SCD), neonates, and paediatrics, due to the higher risk of red cell sickling, resulting in patient harm. The Welsh Blood Service are seeking to procure two high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysers (it is envisaged this will be via a Managed Service Contract) to screen approximately 6000 donors per year for HbS in the following cohorts: - Approximately 5000 whole blood donors selected for neonatal use. - An additional 1000 units per year, selected for extended phenotypes for Haemoglobinopathies patients. We invite interested parties to express their interest in this procurement by email to nwssp.procurementcataloguepathology@wales.nhs.uk no later than 17:00hrs Friday 14th February 2025. We aim to hold pre-tender engagement with interested parties by means of either a face to face session or virtually using Microsoft Teams in February/March 2025 to discuss requirements to help shape the specification further. Please note this engagement is in order to shape a business case, and at this stage does not guarantee that a procurement exercise will follow as this will depend on funding being secured. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Sell2Wales | | Latest notice | https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=147758 | | Notice type | OJEU - F1 - Prior Information 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 | 30 Jan 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 1 Apr 2025 | | 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 | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES (HOSTED BY VELINDRE UNIVERSITY NHS TRUST) | | Locality | ST. ASAPH | | Post town | Llandudno | | Postcode | LL17 0JL | | Country | Wales | | ITL 1 | TLL Wales | | ITL 2 | TLL3 North Wales | | ITL 3 | TLL33 Conwy and Denbighshire | | Local authority | Denbighshire | | Electoral ward | Bodelwyddan | | Westminster constituency | Clwyd North | | Delivery location | TLL Wales | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services ### Codes - 71900000 - Laboratory services ## Release History - 30 Jan 2025 at 00:00 - Planning - OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=147758 ## Documents - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN497390 Welsh Blood Service HbS Testing - The Welsh Blood Service (WBS) (a division of Velindre University NHS Trust) are looking to appoint a suitably qualified supplier to provide two high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysers to screen approximately 6000 donors per year for HbS. ## Notice URLs - http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/ - http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=147758 - https://api.sell2wales.gov.wales/v1?lang=cy/Notice?id=ocds-kuma6s-147758 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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