# Blood Transport Containers

> Pre-procurement notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [NHS Blood & Transplant](/buyers/nhs-blood-and-transplant/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £1,800,000
- Published: 13 September 2022
- Planned start: 19 December 2022
- Planned end: 18 December 2032
- Stage: pre_procurement
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 6ada46f9-cfe9-4c8c-8abf-71672fd7987d-571278
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-da07fbdd-119a-452b-a21f-4a63df19110d

## Description

NHSBT requires a transport container solution for the movement of donated whole blood, platelets and plasma from a component donation centre to an NHSBT manufacturing centre or stock holding unit\. The preferred transport containers will not require temperature stabilisation materials but an integral phase change material may be acceptable with the minimal amount of pre-conditioning\. This Framework Contract is for a period of 5 years with option to extend for up to 5 further years \. It is the intension of NHSBT to award a Framework contract by December 2022 and will be available for other blood services to utilize\. Further information can be obtained from the procurement documentation\.

## Related contract awards

- [Media Monitoring Service & stakeholder Engagement Platform](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-cd0d9254-7335-4fd0-893c-0253076b8c15): NHS Blood and Transplant
- [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

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6ada46f9-cfe9-4c8c-8abf-71672fd7987d-571278)