This User Requirement Specification (URS) details the requirements, purchase, installation, commissioning and validation of blood donor sample tube centrifuges for the National Donor Screening Laboratory (NDSL) at the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS). The NDSL is responsible for the testing of approx. 140,000 donations per year. Each donation has 4 samples taken for testing, 1 Virology Serum red top sample tube (6 ml serum clot activator), 1 ADG Plasma purple top sample tube (6 ml K3 EDTA K3) and 2 NAT Plasma white top sample tube (6ml K2 EDTA PPT). As part of the sample pre analytical processing approximately 3000 blood donor sample tubes may require centrifugation on a daily basis.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-10-06.
The procurement was published on 2023-08-31.
Contract notice (2023-08-31) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Name: Irish Blood Transfusion Service
Postal address: National Blood Centre , James’s Street
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D08 NH5R
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Contact person: Brian Boland
E-mail: brian.boland@ibts.ie📧
Region: Éire/Ireland🏙️
URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie🌏
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.etenders.gov.ie🌏 Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted
Documents URL: https://www.giveblood.ie/🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie🌏
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Blood donor sample tube centrifuges
Products/services: Centrifuges📦
Short description:
“This User Requirement Specification (URS) details the requirements, purchase, installation, commissioning and validation of blood donor sample tube...”
Short description
This User Requirement Specification (URS) details the requirements, purchase, installation, commissioning and validation of blood donor sample tube centrifuges for the National Donor Screening Laboratory (NDSL) at the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS). The NDSL is responsible for the testing of approx. 140,000 donations per year. Each donation has 4 samples taken for testing, 1 Virology Serum red top sample tube (6 ml serum clot activator), 1 ADG Plasma purple top sample tube (6 ml K3 EDTA K3) and 2 NAT Plasma white top sample tube (6ml K2 EDTA PPT). As part of the sample pre analytical processing approximately 3000 blood donor sample tubes may require centrifugation on a daily basis.
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Additional products/services: Laboratory centrifuges and accessories📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“This User Requirement Specification (URS) details the requirements, purchase, installation, commissioning and validation of blood donor sample tube...”
Description of the procurement
This User Requirement Specification (URS) details the requirements, purchase, installation, commissioning and validation of blood donor sample tube centrifuges for the National Donor Screening Laboratory (NDSL) at the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS). The NDSL is responsible for the testing of approx. 140,000 donations per year. Each donation has 4 samples taken for testing, 1 Virology Serum red top sample tube (6 ml serum clot activator), 1 ADG Plasma purple top sample tube (6 ml K3 EDTA K3) and 2 NAT Plasma white top sample tube (6ml K2 EDTA PPT). As part of the sample pre analytical processing approximately 3000 blood donor sample tubes may require centrifugation on a daily basis.
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Quality criterion (name): As per tender documents
Quality criterion (weighting): N/a
Cost criterion (name): Asper tender Documents
Cost criterion (weighting): N/a
Duration
Start date: 2023-09-15 📅
End date: 2028-08-14 📅
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2023-10-06
12:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2023-10-06
12:30 📅
Complementary information Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Review body
Name: Irish Blood transfusion Services
Postal address: National Blood Centre , James’s Street
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D08 NH5R
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: brian.boland@ibts.ie📧
Source: OJS 2023/S 170-533489 (2023-08-31)