Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2017-08-26
Buyer: NHS Supply Chain acting as agent for NHS Business Services Authority
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 33100000 | 33124120 | 34223330 | 44211100 | 75100000
Estimated value: 1590000 EUR

Technical requirements: The scope of the proposed Framework Agreement is intended to cover the following categories of services (listed as Lots) and shall supplement the end user's existing medical service provision including mobile, modular and / or permanent facilities that the end users may wish to rent on a temporary basis. The length of service will be determined by the customer's local clinical requirement. Typically the end user is an NHS Trust customer.
The service(s) may include the provision of all large clinical equipment that is required to deliver the service, where it is required. This means that the suppliers must be able to supply bespoke configurations (or solutions) to meet the end user's clinical needs.
Please note the Lots of this tender are provided as a guide to the types of services and facilities that have, historically, been required and are not a definitive list of the potential scope of the proposed Framework Agreement, as the demand for such services and facilities vary.
The service within this Lot 1 is to facilitate the capture of diagnostic images, and for the provision of patient care, within a mobile or modular unit (This may include, the supply of vehicular, modular, demountable or relocatable facilities) at a location, as chosen by the customer organisation. This may or may not be on the customer's site.
Provider(s) on this Lot will be required to provide the relevant type of imaging equipment as requested by the customer.
Services, as ultimately defined by the customer, that may be provided by successful Applicants in respect of this Lot may include (but shall not be limited to) the provision of:
— at least one member of staff (including Radiographers and any other clinical support staff) who must be skilled/fully qualified in the operation of the (imaging) equipment;
Precise quantities are unknown. It is anticipated that initial expenditure will be in the region of 60 000 000 GBP in the first year of this Framework Agreement, however this is approximate only and the values may vary depending on the requirements of those bodies purchasing under the Framework Agreement.
The estimated value over the framework term of 6 years (NHS Supply Chain reserve the right to vary this in any future Contract Notice) is 360 000 000 GBP.
Please note: ‘Mobile’ means a temporary moveable facility (This may include, where required the supply of vehicular, modular, demountable or relocatable facilities) at a location as chosen by the end user which may or may not be on the customer's site).
The service within this Lot 2 is to facilitate the capture of diagnostic images within a mobile or modular unit (This may include, the supply of vehicular, modular, demountable or relocatable facilities) at a location as chosen by the customer organisation. This may or may not be on the customer's site.
Provider(s) on this Lot will be required to provide the relevant type of imaging equipment as requested by the customer.
Services, as ultimately defined by the customer, that may be provided by successful Applicants in respect of this Lot may include (but shall not be limited to) the provision of:
Precise quantities are unknown. It is anticipated that initial expenditure will be in the region of 10 000 000 GBP in the first year of this Framework Agreement, however this is approximate only and the values may vary depending on the requirements of those bodies purchasing under the Framework Agreement.
The estimated value over the framework term of 6 years (NHS Supply Chain reserve the right to vary this in any future Contract Notice) is 60 000 000 GBP.


Award value: 1590000