Blood bags

Tender description

This tender will be run by NHSBT, working with other European Blood Alliance members (full details of the EBA and their members are available at www.europeanbloodalliance.eu/), the Australian Blood Service (ARCBS) and New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) who will all be beneficiaries to the new agreement. Confirmation as to which EBA members will be involved has yet to be confirmed but as standard, primary whole blood collection specification together with an ancillary processing system specification will form the majority of the tender requirements. Eurobloodpack Bottom & Top (BAT) with integral plasma filter whole blood collection systems — Whole Blood Collection Dry System — Quadruple Transfer Set — Sextuplet Transfer Set — Single Transfer Pack — Cryoprecipitate Pooling System — Plasma Filter Set — Single Transfer System — Platelet Pooling Filter System — Platelet Storage System. The current EBA, ARBS and NZBS combined purchased volumes is close to 3 000 000 packs across the whole blood collection and ancillary processing system range detailed above. There is the potential for this to increase over the the life of the new agreement. Please note that, if applicable, some EBA members may be private sector and any purchases by the private sector will not be made by or through the NHSBT as a Central Purchasing Body.