Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-09-29
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: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33100000
Estimated value: 322000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-10-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Tender is to establish a Framework Agreement for the supply of Single Use Pulse Lavage devices, consumables and related services. The Framework will provide a range of consumable products to include disposable pulse lavage devices, tubing, tips, nozzles and other products properly described as Pulse Lavage.
The Framework Agreement will also include training and clinical support for implementation and through the lifetime of the contract. This will be a committed volume exercise for defined Trusts, and is an exercise to award a call-off contract for a number of stated NHS 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.
The Tender is to establish a Framework Agreement for the supply of Single Use Pulse Lavage devices, consumables and related services. The Framework will provide a range of consumable products to include disposable pulse lavage devices, tubing, tips, nozzles and other products properly described as Pulse Lavage.
The Framework Agreement will also include training and clinical support for implementation and through the lifetime of the contract.
Terms And Conditions / Activity Based Income (ABI) The terms and conditions of this framework agreement and any resulting call-off 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 framework agreement, 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.
Submission Of Expressions Of Interest And Procurement Information 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 Suppliers 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. 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.
Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the Qualification & Technical Envelopes in Bravo in full.
HTE may request such information as may be requested pursuant to Regulation 56 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
HTE is a central purchasing body who is able to carry out this tender exercise by virtue of its appointment as an
agent of UHCW. Notwithstanding HTE's relationship with UHCW, it is HTE conducting this tender exercise and
will execute the resultant framework agreement with successful bidders. The bodies to whom the use of this
framework agreement will be open include all contracting authorities in the UK as defined in Regulation 2 of the


Award value: 322000