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Managed Service Contract for the Bacterial Screening of Platelets

NHS Blood and Transplant

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
Filton, Bristol
Contract value
£47,085,000ex VAT
Submissions closed
29 March 2023
Published
5 December 2023

Procurement

Contract period
4 January 2024 - 3 December 2031
8 years
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
CPV classifications
  • 38434520 Blood analysers
  • 85111810 Blood analysis services
  • 48921000 Automation system
  • 85146000 Services provided by blood banks
  • 71900000 Laboratory services
  • 71600000 Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
  • 33698100 Microbiological cultures
  • 71632000 Technical testing services

What happened

NHS Blood and Transplant awarded this contract to Biomerieux UK Limited worth £47,085,000 on 4 Dec 2023. The contract runs until 3 Dec 2031.

Description

A fully integrated, high throughput, automated bacterial screening system which can detect bacterial contamination in platelet components. The system will be used in Filton (Bristol), Manchester and Colindale (London) where approximately 270,000 adult therapeutic doses of platelets are manufactured each year.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Biomerieux UK Limited
Award value
£47,085,000
Award date
4 December 2023

Contact

Address
500 North Way, North Bristol Park, Filton, Bristol, BS34 7QH
Contact name
Jo Murphy

Identifiers

Buyer reference
CF-2050000D0O000000rwimUAA
Notice ID
32bf988d-9adb-4c3f-ab5e-cb1fa6aeed9a-704540
OCID
ocds-b5fd17-72a37f45-c5df-4fbd-a161-b54e9d4e7f09

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