Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-03-11
Buyer: NHS Shared Business Services Ltd (NHS SBS)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 33100000 | 33168000 | 33181000 | 66114000 | 66140000
Estimated value: 10000000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Clinical Managed Services including Managed Equipment Maintenance and Consultancy Services to support the Managed Service Provision
Managed services – provision of equipment, consumables, staff, IT reporting (if required) building works (if required) and consultancy (if required). This type of managed services transfers the risk to the provider.
The new Framework Agreement will encompass managed services provision for health related areas. It will include neutral vendor and OEM under one framework to provide a choice. Key areas to be covered include medical imaging, cardiology, endoscopy including decontamination, this is not an exhaustive list, all health areas will be covered. Included in the provision of managed services for NHS trusts (as identified by Schedule 1 to the Public Contracts regulations 2015 Irish Blood Transfusion Service IBTS and Gibraltar Health Authority.
It is anticipated that the clinical managed services required will cover multiple types of healthcare settings, specialties and areas of expertise. Within the tender documentation a full list of areas to be covered in the lot is included. Details will be included in the procurement documentation available to download from EU Supply eTendering portal: https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com
The value provided in Section II 2.6) is an estimate. We cannot guarantee to successful suppliers business through this Framework Agreement. Spend and volumes may vary throughout the life of the agreement.
Framework is for the benefit of Public sector bodies and NHS trusts (identified by Schedule 1 Public Contracts Regulations 2015). Irish Blood Transfusion Service IBTS and Gibraltar Health Authority
It is anticipated that the managed maintenance service required will cover multiple types of healthcare settings, specialties and areas of expertise. Within the tender documentation a full list of areas to be covered in the lot is included. Details will be included in the procurement documentation available to download from EU Supply eTendering portal: https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com
The value provided in Section II 2.6) is an estimate. We cannot guarantee to successful suppliers business through this Framework Agreement. Spend and volumes may vary throughout the life of the agreement.
Framework is for the benefit of Public sector bodies and NHS trusts (identified by Schedule 1 Public Contracts Regulations 2015). Irish Blood Transfusion Service IBTS and Gibraltar.
It is anticipated that the equipment asset management and advisory services required will cover multiple types of healthcare settings, specialties and areas of expertise. Within the tender documentation a full list of areas to be covered in the lot is included. Details will be included in the procurement documentation available to download from EU Supply eTendering portal: https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com
The value provided in Section II 2.6) is an estimate. We cannot guarantee to successful suppliers business through this Framework Agreement. Spend and volumes may vary throughout the life of the agreement.
Framework is for the benefit of Public sector bodies and NHS trusts (identified by Schedule 1 Public Contracts Regulations 2015). Irish Blood Transfusion Service IBTS and Gibraltar.
NHS SBS reserves the right to conduct an electronic auction at the Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage of this procurement. In such instances information will be provided to the Bidders as part of the ITT documentation.
NHS SBS reserves the right for an electronic auction to be held by public sector bodies during further competition among the parties to the framework.
OJEU procedures include a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to bidders. This period allows unsuccessful bidders to seek further debriefing from the Contracting Authority before the contract is entered into. Such information should be requested from NHS SBS. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly.


Winner: Abbott Diagnostics, a division of Abbott Laboratories Ltd
Award value: 10000000000
Number of bids: 36