HLA TISSUE TYPING FOR BONE MARROW VOLUNTEER DONORS PERFORMED BY 3RD PARTY SUPPLIER

Concepts

• cardiff
• blood testing reagents
• hla tissue typing
• hla tissue
• hla
• bone marrow
• the hla tissue typing
• the unrelated bone marrow volunteer donors
• donors
• a 3rd party supplier

Location

Welsh Blood Service Talbot Green Pontyclun CF72 9WB

Description

The unrelated bone marrow volunteer donors are recruited at blood session and added to the donor panel, the HLA tissue typing is outsourced to a 3rd party supplier. The Tissue typing is critical to the matching of a donor with a patient and hence the provision of a life-saving stem cell transplant. The service provided is HLA tissue typing for all relevant genetic markers to facilitate a stem cell transplant. The supplier provides CCR5 testing CCR5 testing (mutation called delta 32 that is protective against the common HIV virus strains)

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 33696200 - Blood-testing reagents

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

As an international stem cell registry the WBMDR has been working hard to maintain the provision of stem cell products to facilitate transplants locally and globally during this COVID-19 pandemic. We have experienced many challenges such as reducing donor exposure, international flight quarantine, grounding of commercial flights, using freight and cargo flight to transport stem cells (HTA full knowledge), transportation of cryopreserved stem cells to name but a few. Unfortunately, reacting to these changes and implementing safe and viable alternative processes has taken up a great deal of time and the fact that we are working with European registries on this tender process, who have themselves experienced the same COVID related issues, has meant that progress has been limited. This is therefore an interim arrangement whilst a re-tendering process is undertaken.

Other Information

(WA Ref:142665)