Department of Health and Social Care (London)
Improving Resilience - Stem Cell Registry
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The Department of Health and Social Care is looking to appoint a provider for the delivery of two main outcomes a) Increase the number of UK donors providing stem cell transplants for UK patients to improve resilience and sustainability of the UK stem cell supply b) Increase the diversity of the donor pool to reduce health inequalities facing ethnic minority patients.
Appointed provider would therefor need to provide services that include the recruitment of donors, take buccal swabs, conduct laboratory analysis and genotyping and add the genotyped donors to the aligned UK Stem Cell Registry Intended contract term: 2 years and 3 months (1st January 2023 to 31 March 2025) with the option to extend for a further period or periods of 6 months.
Estimated contract value (including extensions): £750,000 exclusive of VAT, £900,000 inclusive of VAT The DHSC is issuing this early engagement to seek information and feedback from the market to gain better understanding of the intelligence, costing model and appetite for this project.
For avoidance of doubt this is not a call for competition, the purpose is to advise the market on the forthcoming DHSC procurement and seek feedback from the market that may inform the final specification and/or procurement approach to the services.
A Market Engagement Questionnaire, a presentation and draft Specifications are attached to this notice.
The completed questionnaire can be returned via email ccsinbox@dhsc.gov.uk quoting 'Stem Cell'.
The deadline to submit the questionnaire: no later than 24th August 2022, 12:00:00 GMT.
NOTE: this market engagement process do not form part of the formal procurement process.
When the formal procurement process commences any supplier may join the competition and all supplier Tenders will be evaluated on the same basis.
The contractual opportunity will be available in the future via DHSC Atamis eTendering System.
You can select this link to access and register your organisation to the Atamis system https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome, if you have not already done so.
What the supplier must deliver
A) Increase the number of UK donors
a) Increase the number of UK donors providing stem cell transplants for UK patients to improve resilience and sustainability of the UK stem cell supply.
Appointed provider would therefor need to provide
Appointed provider would therefor need to provide services that include the recruitment of donors, take buccal swabs, conduct laboratory analysis and genotyping and add the genotyped donors to the aligned UK Stem Cell Registry.
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