# Support of existing NHSBT owned Extracorporial Photopheresis Systems

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [NHS Blood and Transplant](/buyers/nhs-blood-and-transplant/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Therakos \(UK\), Ltd](/contract-winners/therakos-uk/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £8,000,000
- Tender value: £5,173,000
- Award date: 18 December 2024
- Published: 19 December 2024
- Contract start: 1 February 2025
- Contract end: 31 January 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: d3947cbe-d0ba-44be-b479-85472f2ae569-812215
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-898e0fc6-2b8b-4df0-87bf-4dd294286122

## Description

The Therapeutic Apheresis Services \(TAS\) function operates within the Clinical Services directorate of NHSBT\. Multi-disciplinary TAS teams operate from eight regional hub units and three 3 spoke sites that are based within Acute NHS Trusts across England and South Wales\. Each unit provides a portfolio of therapeutic treatments to both adult and paediatric patients from across a range of clinical specialities\. Included in the TAS portfolio of therapeutic procedures is Extracorporeal Photopheresis \(ECP\) which is provided from four of the TAS hub units \(Bristol, London, Oxford, and Manchester\) as well as all three of the spoke sites \(the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Cardiff and The Vale Health Board and Plymouth University Hospitals Trust\)\. The ECP system's utilised by the TAS teams are able to perform both adult and paediatric procedures and have an integral clinical grade light box\. The contract award is for maintenance, training and consumables to support existing Therakos CellEx Extracorporeal Photopheresis machine platforms\. This Contract is for a period of 2 years with one 12-month option to extend\. Additional information: This contract has been awarded

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d3947cbe-d0ba-44be-b479-85472f2ae569-812215)