Stale Pre-tender

Supply of Cryopreservation-Grade Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) Products

Details

Buyer: NHS Blood and Transplant
Value: £1,000,000
Topic: Medical consumables
Published: 10 August 2026
Submission: 11 September 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is seeking to engage with suppliers and manufacturers of Dimethyl Sulphoxide (DMSO) used in the cryopreservation of stem cell and immunotherapy products. The purpose of this preliminary market engagement is to improve NHSBT's understanding of the current market, available products, supply chain capabilities, packaging options, quality standards, innovation opportunities, and market capacity ahead of a potential future procurement exercise. The requirement is expected to include sterile, pyrogen-free DMSO with a minimum purity of 99.9%, supplied in a range of formats including vials, bottles, bags and/or syringes suitable for use within NHSBT Cellular and Molecular Therapies laboratories. NHSBT is also interested in understanding supplier capabilities relating to quality assurance, business continuity arrangements, supply resilience, sustainability initiatives, and future product developments.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published10 August 2026
Current notice

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.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-blood-and-transplant.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-blood-and-transplant.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-blood-and-transplant.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-blood-and-transplant.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-blood-and-transplant.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-blood-and-transplant.gov