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Tender: Supply and Maintenance of Parallel Small-Scale Bioreactor System with Consumables – NHS Blood and Transplant

Released 12 months ago

Closed12 Dec 2025

Est. valueEstimate£100K to £550K

LocationSouth West

AgencyNHS Blood and Transplant

SourceFind a Tender

CategoryResearch & Development

Submissions closedClosed Fri, 12 Dec 2025

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NHS Blood and Transplant is seeking a supplier for the provision, maintenance and consumables for a parallel small-scale bioreactor system to support the Clinical Biotechnology Centre's manufacturing capability for viral vector products used in cell and gene therapies. One supplier will be appointed to provide a system that enables intensive small-scale process definition during onboarding of multiple viral vector projects per year as part of the Medical Research Council funded network for innovation in gene therapies. The parallel bioreactor is required to characterise the operational (experimental) space and critical process parameters at reduced scale to reduce the risk of failed batches before proceeding to GMP manufacturing contracts.

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