Supply of Human Bone Grinder including Maintenance and spare parts
- NHS Blood and Transplant
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0602e7
Description
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) have a requirement for a Bone Grinder for use in the Tissue and Eye Services (TES).
Tissue and Eye Services currently use a bone grinder to manufacture demineralised bone matrix (DBM), it is used to grind human bone struts into a fine powder prior to demineralisation. The grinder must be suitable for use in a cleanroom and leave no metal residue on the bone. A new grinder must be able to grind bone to a particle size between 250µm and 710µm. All parts that come into contact with bone during use, must be removable and autoclavable at different temperatures. This consists of a wash cycle where the temperature must be sustained >55oC, a Reverse Osmosis water stage heated to >90oC and a dry air stage at a temperature of >100oC.
DBM from TES treat more than 700 patients per year.
NHSBT's current bone grinder runs off a separate compressor but are looking for a new bone grinder that will run off mains electricity, with no requirement for a separate compressor.
NHSBT is seeking bids from suppliers who can provide a bone grinder to meet our requirements.
More details can be found at https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/ (Project Reference: C413595)
Notices
UK4: Tender notice
- Notice identifier
- 2026/S 000-067873
- Published
- 17 July 2026, 2:32pm
UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice
- Notice identifier
- 2026/S 000-001891
- Published
- 9 January 2026, 2:03pm