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NHS Blood and Transplant

Supply of Human Bone Grinder including Maintenance and spare parts

Industrial MachineryCPV 42642200
Value£145k
Deadline19 Aug 2026
Published17 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 17 Jul 2026ClosedCloses 19 Aug 2026
Who to contact
Carley Butcher
carley.butcher@nhsbt.nhs.uk

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Via Atamis - https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/

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Contract value in context
£145ktotal contract value
median £100k
this tender£0£1.3m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Industrial Machinery band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 5,734 valued Industrial Machinery tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) have a requirement for a Bone Grinder for use in the Tissue and Eye Services (TES).

Tissue and Eye Services currently use a bone grinder to manufacture demineralised bone matrix (DBM), it is used to grind human bone struts into a fine powder prior to demineralisation.

The grinder must be suitable for use in a cleanroom and leave no metal residue on the bone.

A new grinder must be able to grind bone to a particle size between 250µm and 710µm.

All parts that come into contact with bone during use, must be removable and autoclavable at different temperatures.

This consists of a wash cycle where the temperature must be sustained >55oC, a Reverse Osmosis water stage heated to >90oC and a dry air stage at a temperature of >100oC.

DBM from TES treat more than 700 patients per year.

NHSBT's current bone grinder runs off a separate compressor but are looking for a new bone grinder that will run off mains electricity, with no requirement for a separate compressor.

NHSBT is seeking bids from suppliers who can provide a bone grinder to meet our requirements.

More details can be found at https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/ (Project Reference: C413595)

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The grinder must be suitable for use

The grinder must be suitable for use in a cleanroom and leave no metal residue on the bone.

02

A new grinder must be able

A new grinder must be able to grind bone to a particle size between 250µm and 710µm.

03

All parts that come into contact

All parts that come into contact with bone during use, must be removable and autoclavable at different temperatures.

04

This consists of a wash cycle where

This consists of a wash cycle where the temperature must be sustained >55oC, a Reverse Osmosis water stage heated to >90oC and a dry air stage at a temperature of >100oC.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0602e7
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
067873-2026
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