Supply & Maintenance of Liquid Nitrogen / Cryogenic Storage Vessels

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a Special Health Authority in England, with responsibilities across the United Kingdom for organ donation and transplantation. Our core purpose is to ‘save and improve lives’ through the provision of a safe and reliable supply of blood components, solid organs, stem cells, tissues and related services to the NHS, and to the other UK Health Services where directed. <br/><br/>NHSBT is required to store human tissue and cells for human application, research and IVD products in vapour phase liquid nitrogen vessels. <br/><br/>NHSBT is looking to award contract agreement for: <br/>I.provision of vapour phase liquid nitrogen storage vessels <br/>II.maintenance of existing and new liquid nitrogen storage vessels (including maintenance of super insulated vacuum lines (SIVL)<br/><br/>High level specifications<br/><br/>Vapour phase liquid nitrogen vessels <br/>•Interface with an automated liquid nitrogen supply<br/>•Maintain inventory below -160C <br/>•Minimise risk of transient warming events (>-160OC) during storage and retrieval of products<br/>•Operate within a standard laboratory environment<br/>•Have temperature controls with visible and audible alarms<br/>•Comply with CE/UKCA mark regulations.<br/>•Range of sizes and options available for the following inventory:<br/>obags ranging from 25 - 750ml <br/>otissue allografts of various sizes <br/>osample tubes ranging from 1ml - 10ml <br/><br/>Maintenance of existing & new liquid nitrogen storage vessels <br/>•Provide arrangements for the technical support, planned preventative maintenance schedules and availability of spare parts for liquid nitrogen storage vessels and associated SIVL<br/>•Breakdown cover to include:<br/>oGuaranteed call out response times<br/>oGuaranteed maximum down times<br/>oSpares available for critical parts<br/>oTelephone help desk support available<br/><br/>To find out more about this opportunity, or to an express an interest, please contact …@nhsbt.nhs.uk before Wednesday 5th February 2025.

Lots

This procurement was divided into 2 lots, each awarded separately.