Published date: 21 February 2025

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 March 2025, 3pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Medical consumables - 33140000

Location of contract

BS34 7QH

Value of contract

£9,500,000

Procurement reference

CF-2788100D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

21 February 2025

Closing date

24 March 2025

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

1 July 2026

Contract end date

30 June 2029

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?

Yes

Description

Objective
The National Health Service Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) provides a serum eyedrop service for patients affected by severe ocular surface disease.
Serum is processed from whole blood donations collected from patients or volunteer donors into collection packs containing no anticoagulant. The serum is separated from the red cells and diluted with saline within the closed collection bag system. It must then be dispensed into individual containers before being issued to patients.
This document details the requirements for a closed multi-dose dispensing system for serum eyedrops that is compatible with sterile connection to the collection bag system, for the purpose of informing a formal tender.
Changes in this version
Amendments to annual usage, label dimensions and number of containers per chain. Tamper evident now a requirement and external packaging requirement removed. Changes not highlighted purple due to the number of changes made within the document.

More information

Additional text

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk

About the buyer

Contact name

NHS Blood and Transplant

Address

North Bristol Park,
Bristol
BS34 7QH
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 7385435288

Email

coco.otiotio@nhsbt.nhs.uk