Fresh Blood Supply Contracts

The Australian Red Cross Blood Service (ARCBS) is a division of the Australian Red Cross Society and as such governments contract with the Society for the provision of blood services. The ARCBS is almost 100% funded by governments to collect and distribute blood and blood products in Australia, including the provision of starting plasma to CSL for the production of plasma products. The ARCBS supplies 28 products under its supply contract with the NBA.

The NBA assumed direct administrative responsibility for funding national supply arrangements for the provision of fresh blood and blood products with the ARCBS through an Interim Arrangement put in place by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing prior to 1 July 2003.

In June 2004, the JBC decided that the NBA should negotiate a new Agreement with the ARCBS to replace the Interim Arrangement. The JBC required that the new arrangement should fully meet governments' accountability and transparency requirements, while making provision for a robust and enforceable 'best practice' governance and performance regime and protection of the interests of governments and the community.

Fresh Blood Supply Contracts

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