Supply of cold static Perfusion Fluid solution

Published date: 25 January 2021

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: 24 February 2021, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

Medical consumables - 33140000
Blood substitutes and perfusion solutions - 33621400
Perfusion solutions - 33692400

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£5,800,000

Procurement reference

tender_200119/920607

Published date

25 January 2021

Closing date

24 February 2021

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

15 June 2021

Contract end date

14 June 2025

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Description

NHSBT is the commissioner responsible for providing funding, infrastructure, clinical guidance and standards to the National Organ Retrieval Service (NORS). NORS is comprised of 16 organ retrieval centres in England, Wales and Scotland, who are responsible for mobilising a retrieval team travelling to donor hospitals in the UK to retrieve organs for transplantation. The NORS teams (13) use the fluids to preserve human organs (kidneys, liver, pancreas, heart and lungs) during retrieval, storage and transportation of the organ from the donor hospital to the transplant centre. The Tender is being carried out by NHSBT to establish framework agreement(s) against which the NORS Centres will call-off without any further competition.

The procurement is split into lots as follows:
Lot 1 - Supply of cold static perfusion fluid UW type solution
Lot 2 - Supply of cold static fluid for lung perfusion (Perfadex type solution, or equivalent).
Lot 3 - Supply of cold static perfusion fluid solution other than UW type or Perfadex Plus

The award of this framework agreement will be on the basis of most economically advantageous tender as per the criteria set out in the Invitation To Tender guidance document available on Bravo (ref. NHSBT1257, itt_1398).

No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework agreement or contract indeed there is no guarantee that any framework agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc will be paid if a tender or resulting framework agreement is withdrawn for any reason. Bidders should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.

More information

Additional text: Details can be accessed via https://nhsbt.bravosolution.co.uk/ under project_834 - Supply of cold static perfusion fluid solution (itt_1398, 1442, 1443, 1475)

About the buyer

Address

500 North Bristol Park
Bristol
BS43 7QH
England

Email

marta.drozdzowska@nhsbt.nhs.uk