Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs) - Pilot Locations
A Contract Award Notice
by NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- not specified
- Value
- £2M
- Sector
- HEALTH
- Published
- 13 Nov 2025
- Delivery
- not specified
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
Bristol
2 buyers
- NHS Blood & Transplant Bristol
9 suppliers
- Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust Newcastle
- Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Trust Cambridge
- Guys & Stthomas Trust London
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Cambridge
- Kings College Hospital NHS Trust London
- Lothian NHS Board Lothian
- Royal Free London NHS Trust London
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust Oxford
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Lothian
Description
An ARC is an Assessment and Recovery Centre facility that will bring together and implement ex situ machine perfusion techniques at the centre of a national network. Marginal organs will be retrieved and assessed for transplantation, extending their viability between donation and transplantation. In the future, organ function could be transformed and organs repaired.An ARC is proposed as a dedicated facility for organ perfusion techniques, utilising ex situ Machine Perfusion to undertake expert assessment, to de-risk transplantation and to better understand organ viability.NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) are looking to establish contracts with suitably experienced NHS Transplant Centres who meet the mandatory requirements to become an ARC location during this pilot phase. Further locations may be added during the pilot phase.
Lot Division
| 1 | LUNG |
| 2 | LIVER |
| 3 | KIDNEY |
Award Detail
| 1 | Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust (Newcastle)
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| 2 | Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Trust (Cambridge)
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| 3 | Guys & Stthomas Trust (London)
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| 4 | Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust (Newcastle)
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| 5 | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (Cambridge)
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| 6 | Kings College Hospital NHS Trust (London)
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| 7 | Lothian NHS Board (Lothian)
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| 8 | Royal Free London NHS Trust (London)
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| 9 | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (Oxford)
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| 10 | Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust (Newcastle)
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| 11 | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (Lothian)
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| 12 | Lothian NHS Board (Lothian)
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| 13 | Royal Free London NHS Trust (London)
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Award Criteria
| PRICE | _ |
CPV Codes
- 85121300 - Surgical specialist services
Indicators
- Options are available.
- Award on basis of price.
Legal Justification
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight, 25th November This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Other Information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight, 25th November 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.The award decision-makers are the NHSBT ARC Project Board.The providers have been selected as the most suitable to obtain an effective range of locations during the pilot phase. Assessments have been made against mandatory criteria and the key criteria.
Reference
- FTS 073550-2025