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The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")

Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) Managed Service

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Historical: no longer open for bids.

01/ The notice

Key facts

Value
Not statedValue not stated in source
Deadline (UK time)
Fri 29 Nov 2024, 14:00 GMTClosed.
Published
23 Oct 2024
Region
Not stated

02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service and Welsh Blood Service all require a fully integrated microbiology managed service system for NAT (Nucleic Acid Testing). This includes equipment, maintenance, consumables, spare parts, upgrades, training, clinical education material, remote diagnostics, reporting and supports all to deliver a final result to the Authority’s information management system. Mandatory assays include the ability to detect HCV RNA, HBV DNA, HIV RNA, HEV RNA, B19V DNA and HAV RNA in plasma/serum samples from blood donors and HCV RNA, HIV RNA, HBV DNA, HEV RNA, B19V DNA and HAV RNA in plasma/ serum samples from tissue and stem cell donors.

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

  • 50421000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

2 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

  1. 23 Oct 2024
    Tender notice

    Tender notice published 23 October 2024.

    Deadline in this release: Fri 29 Nov 2024, 14:00 GMT.

    Release 034339-2024

    View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
  2. 20 Oct 2025
    Award notice

    Award notice published 20 October 2025. The source does not state what changed.

    Release 066855-2025

    View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)

05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

  • The source does not state a usable value.

06/ Questions

About this notice

The notice gave a deadline of Friday 29 November 2024, 14:00 GMT. It is no longer open for bids.

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") published this notice.

Value not stated in source.

08/ Related

Where to go next

These links follow a fixed rule applied to this notice’s buyer, text and CPV codes. They are not advice on whether to bid.

Reference
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Source
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Stage
tender · Open
Last verified
Mon 6 Apr 2026, 16:10 BST
Read at
Fri 23 Oct 2026, 04:09 BST

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