Published date: 12 June 2023

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: 31 July 2023, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Diagnostic systems - 33124110

Location of contract

BS34 7QH

Value of contract

£3,000,000 to £9,500,000

Procurement reference

CF-1607700D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

12 June 2023

Closing date

31 July 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

19 January 2024

Contract end date

18 January 2034

Contract type

Service 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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This Contract notice is a call for competition and is separate to any tender opportunity. Its purpose is to inform the market of a tender opportunity. NHS Blood and Transplant are looking for a Managed Service provider to provide a fully integrated high throughput testing solution for an automated Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing (NAT) system which can detect HBV DNA, HIV-1 RNA, HIV-2 RNA, HCV RNA, HEV RNA in EDTA plasma from blood and non-blood (e.g. stem cell, tissue) donors including from deceased (non-heart beating) donors. The solution must have the relevant CE/UKCA marking to support this ability.
Participation is subject to the Supplier currently participating in the NHSBT KEG process, or confirmation that their testing solution has previously been KEG approved to deliver Molecular Screening in partnership with NHSBT. All correspondence to: tennille.madigan@nhsbt.nhs.uk

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

Tennille Madigan

Address

Bristol
Bristol
BS34 7QH
GB

Telephone

+447795483583

Email

tennille.madigan@nhsbt.nhs.uk