Supply & Maintenance of Liquid Nitrogen Vessels

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    "description": "NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a Special Health Authority in England, with responsibilities across the United Kingdom for organ donation and transplantation. Our core purpose is to \u2018save and improve lives\u2019 through the provision of a safe and reliable supply of blood components, solid organs, stem cells, tissues and related services to the NHS, and to the other UK Health Services where directed.\u202f NHSBT is required to store human tissue and cells for human application, research and IVD products in vapour phase liquid nitrogen vessels. NHSBT is looking to award contract agreement for: I. provision of vapour phase liquid nitrogen storage vessels II. maintenance of existing and new liquid nitrogen storage vessels (including maintenance of super insulated vacuum lines (SIVL) High level specifications Vapour phase liquid nitrogen vessels \u2022 Interface with an automated liquid nitrogen supply \u2022 Maintain inventory below -160\uf0b0C \u2022 Minimise risk of transient warming events (\u003e-160OC) during storage and retrieval of products \u2022 Operate within a standard laboratory environment \u2022 Have temperature controls with visible and audible alarms \u2022 Comply with CE/UKCA mark regulations. \u2022 Range of sizes and options available for the following inventory: o bags ranging from 25 - 750ml o tissue allografts of various sizes o sample tubes ranging from 1ml - 10ml Maintenance of existing \u0026 new liquid nitrogen storage vessels \u2022 Provide arrangements for the technical support, planned preventative maintenance schedules and availability of spare parts for liquid nitrogen storage vessels and associated SIVL \u2022 Breakdown cover to include: o Guaranteed call out response times o Guaranteed maximum down times o Spares available for critical parts o Telephone help desk support available Further information can be found in the tender documents.",
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