Supply and Maintenance of Donation Equipment

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) require supply and maintenance of Donation Equipment used across the Organisation. NHSBT currently operates approximately 76 collection teams, where 53 of these teams are mobile.

NHSBT intends to establish an Open Framework Agreement with various lots which support the collection of Whole Blood, Apheresis Donation, and Plasma for Medicine, and the provision of Therapeutic Apheresis Services.

The Framework will be split into the following Lots:

Lot 1: Donation Chairs: Supply of current Chair replacement parts only

Lot 1.1: Maintenance and repair service for the existing fleet of Donation Chair component parts, including transport trolleys

Lot 2: Supply of new chairs & parts used for the collection of whole blood and including transport solutions

Lot 2.1: Maintenance and repair service for supply of new Donation Chairs, and associated transport solutions, used for the collection of whole blood

Lot 3: Supply of Donation Chair/Couch & parts used for the used for the collection of Platelets, concurrent plasma and occasionally whole blood. (In the future, these will be used for the collection of Plasma for Medicine)

Lot 3.1: Maintenance & repair service for the existing Apheresis Donation Couches used for the collection of Platelets, concurrent plasma and occasionally whole blood

Lot 3.2: Maintenance & repair service for the supply of new chairs/couches used for the collection of Platelets, Concurrent Plasma and occasionally Whole Blood

Lot 4: Apheresis patient Couch: Supply of Couch and Parts

Lot 4.1: Maintenance & Repair of Apheresis patient Couch: Supply of Couch and Parts

Lot 5: Supply of new session privacy screens

Lot 6: Maintenance service for roll cages and session solutions cabinets