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Published 17 Feb 2026

Maintenance of Existing Controlled Rate Freezers

NHS Blood and Transplant · United Kingdom

Key facts

Contract value
£425,156
Contract starts
02 Mar 2026
Contract ends
29 Feb 2028
Procedure
Direct award
Buyer type
Health

Awarded to

SupplierValue
Planer Plc£425,156

Description

NHSBT have requirements to cryopreserve haemopoietic stem cells for transplantation and Tissue Services cryopreserve processed tissue allografts (such as skin, arteries and heart valves). To ensure cell viability, the cells / tissues have to be frozen at a controlled rate prior to storing in vapour phase nitrogen at a temperature below-150°C. Rapid freezing would cause cell/tissue damage and result in the loss of cell/tissue viability; as such the products must be slowed at a rate no quicker than -2°C /minute until they are below -40°C. A controlled rate freezer is the best way of achieving the slow rate of freeze required. NHSBT currently have 28 controlled rate freezers across 6 sites that require a maintenance contract.

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