Laboratory reagents

Tender description

The NHS Wales shared services partnership, hosted by Velindre NHS Trust are acting on behalf of WEQAS (Welsh external quality assessment service) part of Cardiff and Vale University local health board who are seeking to establish a contract for the supply of base material. There are 4 Lot requirements; Lot 1 — Single donor serum. Lot 2 — EDTA plasma. Lot 3 — Lithium heparin serum. Lot 4 — Lysed horse blood. This Lot is for Lysed horse blood. The awarded supplier must be capable of providing lysed blood, preferably from equine origin. The blood material to be supplied must be; — sterile, — free of particulate matter, — compatible with Nova StatSensor and Abbott i-STAT instruments for creatinine measurement. The creatinine should be less than 90 umol/L and the blood must have a shelf life of at least 12 months at 4oC. This Lot is for EDTA Plasma. The serum material to be supplied must be; — sterile, — tested and found negative for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C, — optically clear and free of particulate matter, — serum must be representative of native plasma. The material must be provided in containers / bags suitable for freezing to -20oC. This Lot is for Lithium Heparin Plasma. The material to be supplied must be; — sterile, — tested and found negative for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C, — optically clear and free of particulate matter, — serum must be representative of native plasma, — the manufacturer must provide 15 ml aliquots of the material for testing prior to acceptance, — material must be provided in containers / bags suitable for freezing to -20oC. The serum material to be supplied must be; — sterile, — tested and found negative for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C, — optically clear and free of particulate matter, — non Haemolysed, non icteric, non turbid. The supplier must be able to provide the age, sex and drug history.