Framework for Solutions, Reagents And Serums
Framework Description
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) runs this framework for the supply of solutions, reagents and serums used in its blood and transplant services. The products support testing, processing and storage across the national transfusion and transplant network, where materials must meet strict clinical specifications. The framework is live, was advertised on Find a Tender (notice 037377-2025) and runs until 4 May 2030 with no extension.
Context & Use Case
NHSBT is the buyer. It relies on framework suppliers to keep its testing laboratories and processing centres stocked with reagents and serums that directly affect the safety of blood products and the assessment of organs for transplant. An interruption to supply carries clinical risk, so continuity, traceability and temperature-controlled delivery are central to what NHSBT needs from its suppliers.
Scope of Services
Blood testing reagents and solutions Serums used in transplant assessment Processing and preservation solutions Quality documentation and traceability Temperature-controlled delivery and storage
Lots
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Who Can Apply
Manufacturers and authorised distributors of clinical-grade reagents, solutions and serums with quality management systems and regulatory approvals in place. Applications for this framework are closed: suppliers not appointed cannot join now and should expect the next opportunity around its end in May 2030. Appointed suppliers supply NHSBT under the framework terms.
Buyer Benefits
A framework lets NHSBT order specialist consumables from suppliers whose quality systems, specifications and traceability have already been checked, rather than validating a new source each time. Agreed terms to 2030 give price stability and planning certainty, and a choice of approved suppliers reduces the risk of a single point of failure in a supply chain that underpins the national blood service.
Next Steps
If you hold a place, keep product files, certificates and delivery performance records up to date, since reliable supply will be your strongest case at re-tender. If you do not, read notice 037377-2025 to understand the specification and evaluation, then use the years before May 2030 to build NHS or blood-service references and secure the regulatory approvals NHSBT asked for this time.
How Athena Can Help
With applications closed until around May 2030, the useful work now is preparation. Athena's public sector bid consultancy can review the 2025 notice with you and pinpoint the evidence gaps NHSBT is likely to score. When the re-tender arrives, our bid writing and compliance checks cover the quality and technical responses.
In the meantime, we can find other NHS and laboratory supply frameworks that are open now through our framework registrations work.
