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Planned procurement · Notice 084514-2026

Red Cell Reagents

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)

Value
Value not stated
Stage
Early notice
Where
Scotland
Lots
1
Suitable for SMEs
Not stated
Contract
Not stated

In plain English

The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (through PSD Scotland) wants to buy red cell reagents for antibody detection and identification, ABO/Rh typing and phenotyping of donor and patient samples. The reagents must work with their existing automated and manual systems, including Beckman PK7300 and Grifols Erytra/Eflexis analysers, at sites in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Inverness and Aberdeen. No value, deadline or contract period is stated.

Good fit for: Suppliers or distributors of blood-grouping and blood-testing reagents for clinical laboratories.

Watch out: Reagents must be compatible with named automated platforms (Beckman PK7300, Grifols Erytra and Eflexis); Supply needed across five Scottish sites

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What the buyer says

SNBTS requires to attain supplies of Red Cell Reagents compatible with automated technology and is for the anti body detection and identification only and not equipment or accessory devices. Antibody detection and ID, ABO/Rh typing and phenotyping is performed in SNBTS on samples taken from patients and donors. Initial testing on Donors for Anti body detection and ID and ABO/Rh typing is by large scale automated blood grouping systems; currently Beckman PK7300 and Phenotyping of Donors is performed manually and on automated systems. Testing of patient samples is performed at sites located at sites in Scotland (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Inverness, and Aberdeen). Samples referred from hospitals and internal laboratories are tested using both manual and automated systems. A selected number of donor and patient samples are also tested manually and on the Grifols Erytra and Eflexis blood group analysers.

Procedure: not stated. Published 7 Sep 2026.

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