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The current contract for Blood bags in Bristol is projected to end on 30/4/2017 and may be available for re-tender.The current contract for Blood bags in Bristol included The following Eurobloodpack Purchasing Group (EPG) members are collaborating in a joint procurement exercise:— Irish blood transfusion service,— NHS blood and transplant,— Northern Ireland blood transfusion service,— Scottish national blood transfusion service,— Sanquin blood supply foundation,— Welsh blood service.This procurement is for the supply of:1. Standardised whole blood collection systems with integrated features (i.e. Eurobloodpack), of 3 specific configurations:— Standard Top and Top Collection System for whole blood filtration,— Standard Bottom and Top System for red cell concentrates (RCC) filtration,— Bottom and Top System for red cell concentrates (RCC) filtration with Integral Plasma Filter.2. Ancillary blood processing systems as follows:— Whole blood collection systems dry pack format,— Quadruple transfer set,— Sextuplet transfer set,— Single transfer pack,— Cryoprecipitate pooling pack,— Plasma filter set – single transfer pack,— Plasma filter set – double transfer pack,— Platelet pooling filter pack,— Platelet pooling filter pack with integral sample pouch,— Platelet storage pack,— Eurobloodpack extra items (automatic canule, speed needle and labels).Economic operators shall note:A) that by way of guidance but without warranty, that the combined annual purchase volumes of the EPG members equates to approximately 3 000 000 standardised whole blood collection systems;B) that other blood operators/ services (named below) have expressed an interest in procuring the Eurobloodpack Blood Collection Systems and ancillary blood processing systems through this procurement:— Australian Red Cross Blood Service (www.donateblood.com.au),— Austrian Red Cross Blood Donation Centre for Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland (www.roteskreuz.at),— Belgian Red Cross Flanders Blood Service (www.rodekruis.be),— Belgian Red Cross French Speaking Blood Service (www.transfusion.be),— Blood Transfusion Centre of Slovenia (www.ztm.si),— Blood Transfusion Service of the Swiss Red Cross (www.blutspende.ch),— Blood Transfusion Service of the Luxembourg Red Cross (www.croix-rouge.lu),— Canadian Blood Services (www.bloodservices.ca),— Comité Científico para la Seguridad Transfusional (www.msps.es),— Czech Society for Transfusion Medicine (www.transfuznispolecnost.cz),— Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhämatologie (www.dgti.de),— Etablissement Français du Sang (www.dondusang.net),— Estonian Blood Transfusion Service (www.verekeskus.ee),— Finnish Red Cross Blood Service (www.veripalvelu.fi),— German Red Cross Blood Transfusion Services (www.drk.de),— Greek National Blood Centre,— Hungarian National Blood Transfusion Service (www.ovsz.hu),— Icelander Blódbankinn (www.blodbankinn.is),— Instituto Português do Sangue (www.ipsanque.org),— Istituto Superiore di Sanità (www.iss.it),— Latvian Blood Centre (www.vadc.gov.lv),— Lithuania National Blood Centre (www.kraujodonoryste.lt),— Maltese National Blood Transfusion Service (www.health.gov.mt),— New Zealand Blood Service (www.nzblood.co.nz),— Norway National Transfusion Council (www.hinas.no),— Organisation of Transfusion Centres in Denmark (www.bloddonor.dk),— Romania National Institute of Transfusion Haematology,— Spanish Society of Blood Transfusion,— Swedish Blood Alliance (www.sweba.se).