Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-09-03
Buyer: NHS Blood and Transplant
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 31640000 | 33100000 | 33190000 | 38000000 | 50421000
Submission deadline: 2016-09-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Machines for NHSBT would be located at the following sites Colindale, Birmingham, Liverpool, Newcastle.
Red Cell Immuno-haematology (RCI) is a specialist function within the Patient Services Directorate of National Health Service Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). The RCI reference laboratories provide a service to quantify the levels of allo-immune and prophylactic anti-D and allo-immune anti-c in patient and other samples. Determination of the levels of these antibodies is a major requirement for the prevention and treatment of Haemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn (HDFN). RCI reports quantification results on pregnant women to hospital clinicians who use them to help determine the appropriate course of actions to take for individual pregnancies. NHSBT are seeking to procure four (4) continuous flow analysers for quantification of anti-D and anti-c antibodies in its (RCI) laboratories. These systems are required to use the chemistry currently in use and utilise reagents supplied by NHSBT. The systems are required as a minimum to match the current system in terms of capacity, cost effectiveness and quality and consistency of results which must be expressed in IU/mL (International units/mL). NHSBT intends to award a five (5) year contract with option to extend for a further 2 periods of 12-months.
Please refer to the document titled — NHSBT0915 Invitation to Tender ITT_1087 which is located in the ITT.
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) — Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://nhsbt.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register — Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’ — Enter your correct business and user details — Note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete — You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender — Login to the portal with the username/password — Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) — Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. — Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. — This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only). You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’ box. 3. Responding to the tender — Click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining) — You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT — There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help-desk.
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.

Eligibility requirements: Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) — Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://nhsbt.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register — Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’ — Enter your correct business and user details — Note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete — You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender — Login to the portal with the username/password — Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) — Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. — Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. — This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only). You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’ box. 3. Responding to the tender — Click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining) — You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT — There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help-desk.