Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-05-15
Buyer: HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting as agent for the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (“UHCW”)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 31711140 | 33100000 | 33125000 | 33140000: Medical consumables | 33141200
Estimated value: 600000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-06-13
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This tender is to establish a multi-source GPO (Group Purchasing Organisation) Framework Agreement for the supply of medical devices used in Interventional Surgical Urology and Pelvic Health Procedures. The contract will also include training and clinical support for implementation and through the lifetime of the contract. This is a committed contract exercise with defined trusts with the ability thereafter to add, additional beneficiaries on a direct award basis provided that those beneficiaries can meet the commitment terms and conditions required. Lot 6 will not be for a committed spend as this involves new innovative products not yet established in the market. Lots 1-5 will be committed spend. The duration of the this contract will be for 2 years with the option of extending for 2 years.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to award contracts for individual lots or a combination of a selection, or all lots.
This tender is to establish a multi-source GPO Framework Agreement for the supply of medical devices used in Interventional Surgical Urology and Pelvic Health Procedures. The contract will also include training and clinical support for implementation and through the lifetime of the contract. This is a committed contract exercise with defined trusts with the ability thereafter to add, additional beneficiaries on a direct award basis provided that those beneficiaries can meet the commitment terms and conditions required. There are 6 Lots. Lot 1 is for products used in Ureteric surgery, includes Ureteric Catheters, Guide Wires, Ureteric Balloons, Ureteric Instruments for Stone Retrieval and Ureteral Stents. The duration of this contract will be for 2 years with the option of extending for 2 years.
The terms and conditions of this contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this contract, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE.
This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo Portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk
Click the PQQs / ITTs Open to all supplier’s link. These are the PQQs / ITTs open to any registered supplier.
Click the express interest button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ / ITT into your My PQQs / My ITTs page.
You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the PQQ / ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ / ITT.
If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e-Tendering Help Desk at help@bravosolution.co.uk
Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at sid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk
This tender is to establish a multi-source GPO Framework Agreement for the supply of medical devices used in Interventional Surgical Urology and Pelvic Health Procedures. The contract will also include training and clinical support for implementation and through the lifetime of the contract. This is a committed contract exercise with defined trusts with the ability thereafter to add, additional beneficiaries on a direct award basis provided that those beneficiaries can meet the commitment terms and conditions required. There are 6 Lots. Lot 2 is for Single Use Urological electrodes. This includes monopolar and bipolar resection electrodes only for use in Urology. The duration of this contract will be for 2 years with the option of extending for 2 years.
The terms and conditions of this contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this contract, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE.
This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo Portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk
Login to the portal with username / password. Click the PQQs / ITTs Open to all supplier’s link. These are the PQQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant PQQ / ITT to access the content. Click the express interest button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your My PQQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the PQQ / ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page.
If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e-Tendering Help Desk at help@bravosolution.co.uk

Eligibility requirements: HTE may request such information as maybe requested pursuant to Regulation 57 and Regulation 58 of the Public Contracting Regulations 2015. Details are provided in the Standard Selection Questionnaire.

Award value: 600000