Official UK procurement notice
Supply of Human Bone Grinder including Maintenance and spare parts
Authority: NHS Blood and Transplant (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) have a requirement for a Bone Grinder for use in the Tissue and Eye Services (TES).
Tissue and Eye Services currently use a bone grinder to manufacture demineralised bone matrix (DBM), it is used to grind human bone struts into a fine powder prior to demineralisation. The grinder must be suitable for use in a cleanroom and leave no metal residue on the bone. A new grinder must be able to grind bone to a particle size between 250µm and 710µm. All parts that come into contact with bone during use, must be removable and autoclavable at different temperatures. This consists of a wash cycle where the temperature must be sustained >55oC, a Reverse Osmosis water stage heated to >90oC and a dry air stage at a temperature of >100oC.
DBM from TES treat more than 700 patients per year.
NHSBT's current bone grinder runs off a separate compressor but are looking for a new bone grinder that will run off mains electricity, with no requirement for a separate compressor.
NHSBT is seeking bids from suppliers who can provide a bone grinder to meet our requirements.
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CPV: Machine tools for working bone
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£145,000
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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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).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Price
- Social Value
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Jan 2026, 14:03 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Jul 2026, 14:32 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 14 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
C413595- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-067873- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0602e7Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
30 days
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
9 Jan 2026 → 1 Oct 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published292 days ago9 Jan 2026, 14:03 GMT
- Market engagement264 days ago6 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
NHSBT wishes to invite suppliers who express an interest in this opportunity to Supplier Engagement meetings to be held on-line via Microsoft Teams on 16th February 2026.
Any interested organisations are asked to contact carley.butcher@nhsbt.nhs.uk no later than 17:00 on 6th February 2026 to express their interest.
If you do not respond by this date, you are not excluded from participating in the forthcoming tender, this date is to allow for optional supplier engagement meetings to be organised.
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.
Further information e.g. draft technical specification, award criteria and timescales may be released for consultation purposes only, to organisations who express an interest in this notice.
Please note that all details are subject to change.
- Next notice expected219 days ago23 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published103 days ago17 Jul 2026, 14:32 BST
- Clarification questions by79 days ago10 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline70 days ago19 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by44 days ago14 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts28 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Jan 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 Jan 2026, 14:03 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published17 Jul 2026, 14:32 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active17 Jul 2026, 14:32 BST
- Procurement method changed17 Jul 2026, 14:32 BST
- Deadline published: 19 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST17 Jul 2026, 14:32 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender