Stale Pre-tender

Supply of Plasmids and Synthetic DNA for Viral Vector Manufacture

Details

Value
£7,200,000
Topic
Clinical products
Published
13 August 2025
Submission
12 September 2025

Tender description

As part of a preliminary market engagement exercise, NHS Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) are seeking to engage with suppliers of nucleic acids including plasmid DNA; synthetically produced DNA and/or enzymatically produced DNA. The intended use of the nucleic acids by NHSBT includes: a) the GMP grade production of gene therapy vectors such as lentiviral, adeno-associated viral vectors and novel gene therapy vectors, for clinical trials and commercial production where applicable; b) gene therapy vectors suitable for pre-clinical studies, such as toxicology and biodistribution studies and gene therapy vectors suitable for R&D purposes.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published13 August 2025
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About the buyer

NHS Blood and Transplant runs the UK's blood and organ donation services, and buys as a national healthcare organisation with its own procurement team. Much of its buying flows through framework agreements with the Crown Commercial Service, NHS Supply Chain and NHS Shared Business Services. Four internal teams commission separately, covering Operations, Information Technology, Strategic Goods and Estates and Services.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Blood and Transplant's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, IT services and business services.

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