Official UK procurement notice
Custom Made Single Use Gamma-Irradiated Consumables for GMP Production
Authority: NHS Blood and Transplant (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Blood and Transplant's Clinical Biotechnology Centre (CBC) has a requirement for Custom-made and Designed Single-use, Disposable, Gamma Irradiated Consumables for GMP production within classified clean rooms. The CBC has an MHRA licence for the manufacture of sterile investigational medicinal gene therapy and recombinant protein products for clinical trials. The intended use of the consumables are for the GMP production of these types of products both in upstream and downstream manufacturing processes.
CPV: Chemical reagents · Clinical products · Laboratory reagents
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 May 2026
The lotProcurement structure
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Custom Made Single Use Gamma-Irradiated Consumables for GMP Production” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Jun 2025, 10:18 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Jun 2025, 10:18 BST
- Authority reference
C369581- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-032827- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054df6Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
17 Jun 2025 → 1 May 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published17 Jun 2025, 10:18 BST
- Market engagement18 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Interested suppliers are asked to express their interest to rowena.thomas@nhsbt.nhs.uk and carley.butcher@nhsbt.nhs.uk by 5pm on Friday, 18th July 2025. Suppliers expressing an interest will be invited to attend an early market engagement exercise supplier meeting during the week of the 28th July 2025 (note: date subject to change). Prior to this session, interested suppliers will be provided with a draft specification of requirements and short questionnaire related to requirements. There is no guarantee that a formal procurement process will be launched as a result of this early market engagement exercise, nor that any contract(s) will be placed. No remuneration or compensation etc will be paid to organisations who take part in this early market engagement exercise. Suppliers should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.
- Tender notice expected400 days ago22 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts180 days ago1 May 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Jun 2025, 10:18 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender