Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-02-04
Buyer: County Durham Procurement Consortium on behalf of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Country: UK
Region: Tees Valley and Durham
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 33120000: Physiological monitoring systems | 33180000 | 33182200 | 33182210
Submission deadline: 2016-03-07
Award criteria: Cost, Clinical evidence of outcomes and effectiveness, Range of devices, Training and clinical support, Delivery

Technical requirements: Cost
Clinical evidence of outcomes and effectiveness
Range of devices
Training and clinical support
Delivery
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust are seeking providers of implantable cardiac devices, leads and accessories, this will include pacemakers, implantable diagnostic devices, implantable cardiac leads, associated accessories and other related products. This opportunity is for 12 months with the option to extend for 12 months plus a further 12 months.
To express an interest in this opportunity please use the following link https://www.cardea.nhs.uk/Cardea/DisplayModules/TradeModules/Negotiations/Opportunities/ViewOpportunityEvent.aspx?EventID=3208&Culture=en-GB and follow the on line instructions. The closing date for expressions of interest is 12:00 noon 7.3.2016.
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has a requirement to establish a framework agreement for use by or on behalf of all NHS Bodies (i.e. Acute Trusts, Ambulance Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Health and Care Trusts, Strategic Health Authorities, Mental Health Trusts, Special Health Authorities, NHS Trusts, NHS Scotland and its organisations and Special NHS Boards in Scotland). Lists of these bodies can be found at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/ organisations/index.aspx http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=trusts http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure.
No special legal form is required, but each supplier will be required to become jointly and severally responsible for the contract before acceptance.
In accordance with Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the relevant contract documents and other documentation including pre-qualification.
Full details of the criteria are detailed in the pre-qualification questionnaire which must be sought and returned by the closing deadline.
To receive more information about this opportunity, including any amendments and/or clarifications and to request any clarifications and/or to respond to this opportunity please follow the link within the description section of this advert, to register your interest to this opportunity you must follow the link within the description section of this advert. Following an expression of interest, the PQQ will be available to complete on the Sourcing system. The PQQ must be returned in accordance with the instructions set out in the PQQ by the time and date indicated. The contracting authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any offer and reserves the right to accept an offer in either whole or in part. The contracting authority is not responsible for any costs incurred by bidders in relation to the participation in this process. All figures provided in this notice are approximate.
This contract opportunity has not been advertised in lots to reduce clinical risk and ensure safety of patients.

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In accordance with Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.