Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-01-16
Buyer: West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33140000: Medical consumables | 33192160
Submission deadline: 2018-02-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Framework Agreement for the Supply and Delivery of Stretchers and Associated Manual Handling Lifting Aids and Associated Consumables
EOECPH is acting on behalf of the NHS Ambulance Trusts to establish a national multi-provider framework agreement for the supply Stretchers and Associated Manual Handling Lifting Aids and Associated Consumables.
Anybody obtaining new a membership will also be included and benefit from the framework. Any organization listed as eligible may utilize the framework agreement with authorization from the EOECPH. This will include any statutory and other successor organizations. (More details of the specific organizations involved in this opportunity will be published within the ITT).
The supply and delivery of Stretchers and Associated Manual Handling Lifting Aids and Associated Consumables, as detailed in the ITT.
EOECPH (East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub) is acting on behalf of the NHS Ambulance Trusts to establish a multi-provider framework agreement for the supply Stretchers and Associated Manual Handling Lifting Aids and Associated Consumables.
Anybody obtaining new membership to the four Hubs will also be included and benefit from the framework.
Any organization listed as eligible may utilize the framework agreement with authorization from the EOECPH. This will include any statutory and other successor organizations. (More details of the specific organizations involved in this opportunity will be published within the ITT).
This Framework Agreement will include, and be for the benefit of publicly funded (both wholly and partially funded) entities in the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. This will include, but is not limited to Acute Trusts, Foundation Trusts, Ambulance Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Community Trusts, Community Care, Primary Care, Mental Health Trusts, Strategic and Special Health Authorities, Local Government, Fire and Rescue Service, Police, Local Authorities, Health and Social Care which will include but is not limited to the emerging landscape of combined health and social care commissioners and providers, including any successor or emerging organisations.
— Foundation Trusts: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-foundation-trust-directory/nhs-foundation-trust-directory#a-list-of-all-nhs-foundation-trusts.
— Special health authorities: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx.
— Local Government Scotland: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/local-government/localg/usefullinks.
The Framework Agreement will be for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for 1 further period of 12 months.
The East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub is working in partnership with NHS Ambulance Trusts to aggregate spend for the maintenance of Stretchers and Associated Manual Handling Lifting Aids.
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— click the 'PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier),