Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-12-26
Buyer: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 85110000: Hospital and related services
Submission deadline: 2019-01-24
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, hosted by Velindre NHS Trust are acting on behalf of all Health Boards in Wales who are seeking to appoint supplier/s to provide Stoma Services across Wales.
Health Boards across NHS Wales provide a Colorectal and Stoma Service to support patients who require a stoma (artificial opening in the abdomen allowing waste to exit the body). This is surgically performed most commonly for patients with Cancer, Colitis, Crohns Disease or inflammatory bowel disease.
The current service consists of a multidisciplinary team with the overall aim of providing an integrated care pathway for patients spanning Primary Care and Secondary Care. Following surgery and an assessment by Clinical Nurse Specialist: Stoma / Colorectal, the patient is discharged into primary care with an initial supply of products and advice on obtaining further supplies. The CNS provides ongoing patient care via clinics.
This competitive dialogue process is exploring a Value Based Health Care approach to this condition area, which will provide the opportunity to not only consider costs but also the outcomes associated across the whole cycle of care, which will ultimately result in the best outcomes for all patients requiring stoma care provision across NHS Wales.
The recommended bidder may be required (dependant on awarded option) to support the provision of the Stoma Care Service as follows:
— Consumables including free sample products for use within hospitals and free products for patient discharges
Please note that this list is not inclusive and could be subject to change whilst progressing through the competitive dialogue stages.
In addition, it should also be noted that whilst NHS Wales is looking for a whole system approach, it reserves the right to split the requirement (for instance, regionally but not limited to this example) depending on the needs of the service and the dialogue that occurs within this Procurement.
1. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the contract in whole, in part or annul the tendering process and not award any contract.
2. Bidders should note that they will be required to enter into terms and conditions of contract as set out in the PQQ and ITT and that save for matters of clarification or consistency the Contracting Authority will not negotiate the terms.
5. All tender costs and liabilities incurred by bidders shall be the sole responsibility of the bidders.
6. Prospective suppliers should note that NHS Shared Services Partnership - Procurement Services is acting on behalf of NHS Wales.
7. Bidders wishing to participate should visit the Bravo e-tenderwales portal and access pqq_40721 where they will be able to view the PQQ documentation.
Note: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=88217