ClosedMedical equipment and pharma

Supply of Pouches for Serum Eye Drops[E11]

Bristol, United KingdomNHS Blood and Transplant[E1]

In plain English

What they want: Objective The National Health Service Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) provides a serum eyedrop service for patients affected by severe ocular surface disease. Serum is processed from whole blood donations collected from patients or volunteer donors into collection packs containing no anticoagulant. The serum is separated from the red cells and diluted with saline within the closed collection bag system.
Who can bid: No restrictions are stated in the notice data. The tender documents may set more.
Deadline: Buyer's deadline: 24 Mar 2025, 15:00 UTC. UTC: 24 Mar 2025, 15:00 UTC.
Published 21 Feb 2025.
Value: GBP 9,500,000
Buyer: NHS Blood and TransplantSee what else this buyer buys and when.
How to apply: Through the buyer's official process. Open the original notice on UK Contracts Finder (OCDS) (opens in a new tab) ↗
Tender documents: The tender documents for this notice are on the buyer's own portal, usually behind a free supplier registration. We link to them and do not fetch them, so the report is based on the notice only.

This opportunity is closed and its deadline has passed. Reports are not available for it.

Deadline[E4]: 24 Mar 2025, 15:00 UTC
Value[E12]: GBP 9,500,000
Published[E9]: 21 Feb 2025
Procedure[E8]: Open procedure (above threshold)
Source: UK Contracts Finder (OCDS) (opens in a new tab)
Last checked: 4 hours ago

About the requirement

From the notice

Objective The National Health Service Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) provides a serum eyedrop service for patients affected by severe ocular surface disease. Serum is processed from whole blood donations collected from patients or volunteer donors into collection packs containing no anticoagulant. The serum is separated from the red cells and diluted with saline within the closed collection bag system. It must then be dispensed into individual containers before being issued to patients. This document details the requirements for a closed multi-dose dispensing system for serum eyedrops that is compatible with sterile connection to the collection bag system, for the purpose of informing a formal tender. Changes in this version Amendments to annual usage, label dimensions and number of containers per chain. Tamper evident now a requirement and external packaging requirement removed. Changes not highlighted purple due to the number of changes made within the document. Additional information: To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at: Phone: 0800 9956035 E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk[E5]

Eligibility and requirements

ConditionDelivery location: United Kingdom.[E6]
The notice data states no restriction on who may bid. Exclusion grounds and selection criteria in the tender documents still apply.

Risks and unknowns

UnknownWe read the published notice, not the full tender documents.

Updates

First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 13:39 UTC
The deadline (2025-03-24T15:00:00.000Z) has passed.
Source document b158e105-fe1c-420b-8619-779af88737eb-829446

Evidence

12 facts

Every fact on this page comes from the published notice. Each entry shows the document and the field it was read from.

E1
The buyer is NHS Blood and Transplant.
Document b158e105-fe1c-420b-8619-779af88737eb-829446, field /buyer/name, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:39 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E2
The notice is classified under CPV 33140000 (Medical consumables).
Document b158e105-fe1c-420b-8619-779af88737eb-829446, field /tender/classification/id, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:39 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E3
Contracts Finder publishes United Kingdom procurement.
Document b158e105-fe1c-420b-8619-779af88737eb-829446, field /tender, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:39 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E4
Tenders must be submitted by 24 Mar 2025, 15:00 UTC.
“2025-03-24T15:00:00Z”
Document b158e105-fe1c-420b-8619-779af88737eb-829446, field /tender/tenderPeriod/endDate, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:39 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E5
The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.
“Objective The National Health Service Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) provides a serum eyedrop service for patients affected by severe ocular surface disease. Serum is processed from whole blood donations collected from patients or volunteer donors into collection packs containing no…”
Document b158e105-fe1c-420b-8619-779af88737eb-829446, field /tender/description, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:39 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E6
Delivery location: United Kingdom.
Document b158e105-fe1c-420b-8619-779af88737eb-829446, field /tender/items/0/deliveryAddresses/1, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:39 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E7
This is a call for competition. Suppliers can respond.
“tender”
Document b158e105-fe1c-420b-8619-779af88737eb-829446, field /tag, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:39 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E8
The procedure is: Open procedure (above threshold).
Document b158e105-fe1c-420b-8619-779af88737eb-829446, field /tender/procurementMethodDetails, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:39 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E9
The notice was published on 21 Feb 2025.
“2025-02-21T14:54:42Z”
Document b158e105-fe1c-420b-8619-779af88737eb-829446, field /tender/documents/0/datePublished, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:39 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E10
Contracts Finder gives the tender status as active.
Document b158e105-fe1c-420b-8619-779af88737eb-829446, field /tender/status, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:39 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E11
The notice is titled "Supply of Pouches for Serum Eye Drops".
Document b158e105-fe1c-420b-8619-779af88737eb-829446, field /tender/title, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:39 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E12
The stated value is GBP 9,500,000.
“9500000 GBP”
Document b158e105-fe1c-420b-8619-779af88737eb-829446, field /tender/value/amount, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:39 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

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