Published date: 6 April 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 30 March 2021, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Blood analysis services - 85111810

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£105,000

Procurement reference

NHSBT1386

Published date

6 April 2021

Closing date

30 March 2021

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

31 March 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Modification Notice

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) are leading the Convalescent Plasma programme to explore the efficacy of donated plasma in the treatment of severe COVID-19 disease. Plasma will be donated by individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 disease and those plasma units with a sufficiently high level of antibody will be used as a treatment. Public Health England (PHE) will be carrying out Testing on the Materials on behalf of NHSBT. This will involve a SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody Testing service (using a CE-marked assay) to NHSBT to enable the identification of convalescent plasma donations with sufficient level of antibody.

Duration extended from 31st March 2021 to 31st March 2022 to allow for testing of c. 7000 research samples from the RECOVERY clinical trial.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Supply of testing for SARS-CoV-2 antibody and PCR testing

  • Awarded contract
  • Published 6 April 2021

Attachments

Additional text

Total value of original VEAT notice and this Modification notice is £380,000

Award information

Awarded date

31 March 2021

Contract start date

31 March 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Total value of contract

£380,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Public Health England

Address

MANOR FARM ROAD,PORTON DOWN
SALISBURY
WILTSHIRE
SP4 0JG
GB

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Jessica Allen

Address

500-600 North Bristol Park, Northway Bristol, Filton
BRISTOL
BS347QH
England

Telephone

01179217253

Email

jess.allen@nhsbt.nhs.uk