Official UK procurement notice
Solution for washing Red Blood Cells
Authority: NHS Blood and Transplant (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHSBT wishes to engage with the market understand the markets capability to provide a solution (such as, but not limited to SAG-M, PAGGSM or AS3) for the routine washing and re-suspension of red cells during the production of specialist blood components in accordance with the Guidelines for the Blood Transfusion Services in the UK details of which can be found at the following website www.transfusionguidelines.org/red-book ↗. Potential Suppliers should express their interest with a copy of any product literature to Samantha Rix at samantha.rix@nhsbt.nhs.uk by 30 April 2025 and Samantha will contact you to arrange an informal meeting. No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework or contract, and there is no guarantee that any framework or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. Each Potential Supplier is responsible for all costs and expenses incurred in relation to this Market Engagement exercise, each Potential Supplier accepts by its participation in this process, including without limitation the submission of any documents or attending meetings, that it will not be entitled to claim from NHSBT any costs, expenses or liabilities that it may incur irrespective of whether or not its tender is successful or if a tender or resulting framework or contract is withdrawn for any reason.
CPV: Blood-transfusion supplies · Medical solutions
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Apr 2025, 14:46 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Apr 2025, 14:46 BST
- Authority reference
C351077- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012297- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fb6bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
1 Apr 2025 → 1 Nov 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published1 Apr 2025, 14:46 BST
- Market engagement30 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
NHSBT wishes to engage with the market understand the markets capability to provide a solution (such as, but not limited to SAG-M, PAGGSM or AS3) for the routine washing and re-suspension of red cells during the production of specialist blood components in accordance with the Guidelines for the Blood Transfusion Services in the UK details of which can be found at the following website www.transfusionguidelines.org/red-book ↗. Potential Suppliers should express their interest with a copy of any product literature to Samantha Rix at samantha.rix@nhsbt.nhs.uk by 30 April 2025 and Samantha will contact you to arrange an informal meeting. No business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting framework or contract, and there is no guarantee that any framework or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. Each Potential Supplier is responsible for all costs and expenses incurred in relation to this Market Engagement exercise, each Potential Supplier accepts by its participation in this process, including without limitation the submission of any documents or attending meetings, that it will not be entitled to claim from NHSBT any costs, expenses or liabilities that it may incur irrespective of whether or not its tender is successful or if a tender or resulting framework or contract is withdrawn for any reason.
- Tender notice expected209 days ago1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 3 days1 Nov 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Apr 2025, 14:46 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