Assessment and Recovery Centres (ARCs) - Pilot Locations

Overview

Lots (3)

• LOT 1 - LUNG

  An ARC is an Assessment and Recovery Centre facility that will bring together and implement ex situ machine perfusion techniques at the centre of a national network. Marginal organs will be retrieved and assessed for transplantation, extending their viability between donation and transplantation. In the future, organ function could be transformed and organs repaired.<br/><br/>An ARC is proposed as a dedicated facility for organ perfusion techniques, utilising ex situ Machine Perfusion to undertake expert assessment, to de-risk transplantation and to better understand organ viability.<br/><br/>NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) are looking to establish contracts with suitably experienced NHS Transplant Centres who meet the mandatory requirements to become an ARC location during this pilot phase. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight, 25th November 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.<br/><br/>The award decision-makers are the NHSBT ARC Project Board. <br/><br/>The providers have been selected as the most suitable to obtain an effective range of locations during the pilot phase. Assessments have been made against mandatory criteria and the key criteria.

  Won by THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTWon by Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation TrustWon by Guys and StThomas Foundation Trust

• LOT 2 - LIVER

  Won by THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTWon by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWon by King's College Hospital NHS TrustWon by Lothian NHS BoardWon by Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

• LOT 3 - KIDNEY

  Won by THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTWon by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWon by Lothian NHS BoardWon by Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustWon by OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Award outcome

Awarded value

£1,575,000

Award date

31 October 2025

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