# Managed Service Contract for the Provision of Secondary Blood Grouping & Sickle Cell Testing

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [NHS Blood and Transplant](/buyers/nhs-blood-and-transplant/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £8,655,000
- Published: 9 May 2024
- Planned start: 5 December 2024
- Planned end: 4 December 2029
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 452c384a-1929-4878-8409-3361f6c0bcb5-749602
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-1b753495-6f0f-4e96-816a-4dd6abe4a7cf

## Description

NHSBT is looking to award a Managed Service Contract for the supply of commercially available automated blood group testing equipment for use as a secondary testing technology for ABO and Rh D typing, antibody screening and identification, extended red cell phenotyping and HbAS \(heterozygous sickle cell trait\) screening for donor blood, tissues and stem cell \(haemopoietic progenitor cells and therapeutic cells\) samples\. Additional information: To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family\.force\.com/s/Welcome\. Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at: Phone: 0800 9956035 E-mail: support-health@atamis\.co\.uk

## Related contract awards

- [Computer Aided Facilities Management System](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-abf1542f-53a3-4fa9-921c-5a092436c1d3): NHS Blood and Transplant
- [Contingent Labour - Multidisciplinary Temporary Healthcare](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6558bcb2-3d29-464a-8140-5767c4aac368): NHS Blood and Transplant
- [Contingent Labour - Non Clinical Temporary Staff](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8b29009a-0f73-40d2-92a5-37fecce52f8a): NHS Blood and Transplant

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/452c384a-1929-4878-8409-3361f6c0bcb5-749602)