Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Roche Diagnostics Limited
- Value
- £44,100
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Medical equipments (CPV 33100000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 039748-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date6 Dec 2024
- Published10 Dec 2024Published 4 days after the contract date
Description
The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS), part of NHS National Services Scotland (NHS NSS) (“Health Board”) were commencing a Procurement Exercise for a new nucleic acid extraction system, based at the Jack Copland Centre, Edinburgh. This would be used to perform confirmatory Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) testing on all blood, tissue and cell donations that are reactive in the initial screening assays. The National Microbiology Reference Unit (NMRU) also performs NAT screening on any blood, tissue and cell donations that fail, or are not suitable for NAT testing, on the automated Donor Testing platforms. This Tender covered the purchase and installation of one (1) Nucleic Acid Extraction System. This included the software, training, and equipment and associated maintenance required for their operation. The supplier shall act as the Principal Contractor and shall be responsible for the supply, installation and commissioning of the replacement system and associated equipment.
About the supplier
Roche Diagnostics Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00571546).