Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c05-9d7d-7377-910f-0a400704a4d9/disinfectant-devices

awarded GB open procedure

# Disinfectant Devices

[NHS Blood & Transplant](https://tendernation.io/buyers/nhs-blood-transplant)

Estimated value

Not stated

Published

18 Nov 2016

Deadline

Closed

15 Aug 2016

## Who can bid

- Open procedure

    Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage.

## About this tender

It is a requirement of the ‘Guidelines for the Blood Transfusion Services in the UK’, that there is a standardised and validated procedure for the preparation of the venepuncture site in operation; this to ensure surgical cleanliness and provide maximum possible assurance of a sterile product in order to reduce the risk of a transfusion transmitted infection.

Best practice in skin disinfection was defined in Evidence Based Practice in Infection Control Guidelines Version 2 (EPIC2) commissioned by the United Kingdom (UK) Department of Health (DoH) which recommended that a solution of chlorhexidine and alcohol should be used. The only product range - in individual applicator form and containing the required 2% chlorhexidine gluconate in 70% isopropyl alcohol formulation - currently licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is ChloraPrep®, distributed by Insight Health Limited.

For this procurement process:

- the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a call for competition will be followed, on the basis that the disinfectant devices can only be supplied by Insight Health Limited, because competition is absent for technical reasons.
- NHS Blood and Transplant is acting in capacity of the central purchasing body (i.e. the contracting entity), where it will award a contract for the supply of disinfectant devices (of various sizes) intended for one or more Participating Authorities; although for the avoidance of doubt NHS Blood and Transplant will not place purchase orders on behalf of other Participating Authorities.

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## CPV classification

Sterilisation, disinfection and hygiene devices

Source

Contracts Finder (UK)

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