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OpenStage · planning

NHS Blood and Transplant

Clean Room Requalification

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71631000
Value£80k
Deadline
Published29 Jun 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
Carley Butcher
carley.butcher@nhsbt.nhs.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£80ktotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£2.0m

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The brief

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) have a requirement for Clean Room Requalification.

The Clinical Biotechnology Centre (CBC) at NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a specialist facility that manufactures plasmids and viral vectors for early-stage clinical trials targeting incurable diseases like cancer and genetic disorders.

Operating as part of NHSBT's Cellular and Molecular Therapies function, the CBC supports the UK life sciences sector by translating laboratory research into clinical-grade therapies.

The manufacture of sterile products or tissues should be carried out in clean areas, entry to which is through change rooms/air locks/transfer hatches for personnel/equipment and materials.

These classified environments MUST be monitored and achieve the appropriate current GMP regulatory specifications for that environment as detailed in EudraLex volume 4 “The rules governing medicinal products in the European Union” Annex 1 Manufacture of sterile medicinal products.

Classification and Re-qualification is performed at a minimum annually At Rest, except for particle counts which are performed At Rest and In Operation.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The manufacture of sterile products or tissues

The manufacture of sterile products or tissues should be carried out in clean areas, entry to which is through change rooms/air locks/transfer hatches for personnel/equipment and materials.

02

These classified environments MUST be monitored

These classified environments MUST be monitored and achieve the appropriate current GMP regulatory specifications for that environment as detailed in EudraLex volume 4 “The rules governing medicinal products in the European Union” Annex 1 Manufacture of sterile medicinal products.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bf4b
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
060844-2026
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