Maintenance and Repair of Existing Rapid Plasma Freezers

Tender description

NHSBT utilises Rapid Plasma Freezers in the manufacture of plasma and cryoprecipitate components.The current Rapid Plasma Freezing equipment in use in NHSBT is the PlasmaFrost, manufactured by Angeletoni Life Science. The contract with the current supplier Medical Supply Company (MSC), expires on 31 October 2020. It is recommended that a new contract for maintenance and repair of existing Rapid Plasma Freezers commence 1 November 2020. Any proposed solution for this agreement must be cost effective, simple, safe and conducive to the current operational requirements. The award of this contract will be to the most economically advantageous tender on the basis of the criteria set out in the Invitation to Tender Guidance document available on Bravo (ref. NHSBT1311). No Business whatsoever is guaranteed under any resulting contract and there is no guarantee that a contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc will be paid if a tender or resulting contract is withdrawn for any reason. Bidders should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position.