Published date: 9 July 2019

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 12 August 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products - 33000000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£1,518,454

Procurement reference

UHL001-DN421041-17665765

Published date

9 July 2019

Closing date

12 August 2019

Contract start date

1 November 2019

Contract end date

17 October 2024

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The Blood Transfusion department provides a Transfusion service across all three sites (Leicester General Hospital; Glenfield General and Leicester Royal infirmary).

The work is highly specialised and includes providing a routine and emergency transfusion and antenatal screening service to the surrounding population:

• The LRI provides a service to a busy emergency department,
haematology/oncology department and Womens and children's department.
• The LGH provides service to the renal department and obstetrics department.
•The GH provides a service to highly specialised cardiac department with an
equally specialised ECMO unit (extra corporeal membrane oxygenation).

Currently the department process approximately 113,000 group and saves per annum, which includes antenatal samples.

The department is MHRA accredited and UKAS ISO 15189 accredited.

New equipment is required to replace our current automated blood grouping analyser instrumentation.


About the buyer

Contact name

Puvandeep Badyal

Address

c/o Leicestershire County Council Room G60
Glenfield
Leicester
LE3 8TB
England

Telephone

+44 1162588522

Email

puvandeep.k.badyal@uhl-tr.nhs.uk

Website

http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/