Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-09-25
Buyer: NHS Shared Business Services Ltd (NHS SBS)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33190000 | 33195000 | 33196000
Estimated value: 10000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Shared Business Services is seeking to put into place an encompassing framework which offers our customers a suite of products and service solutions to help reduce patient falls.
NHS Shared Business Services is seeking to put into place an encompassing framework which offers our customers a suite of products and service solutions to help reduce patient falls. Offers are therefore invited from bidders who are able to provide products and services across a broad spectrum of solutions.
Details will be included in the procurement documentation available for download from EU supply eTendering portal: https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com
NHS Shared Business Services is seeking to put into place an encompassing framework which offers our customers a suite of products and service solutions to help reduce patient falls. Offers are therefore invited from bidders who are able to provide products and services across a broad spectrum of solutions.
The value provided in Section II 1.4 is only an estimate. We cannot guarantee to successful suppliers any business through this framework agreement. Spend and volumes may vary throughout the life of the framework agreement from the anticipated levels given in this notice.
The framework will be for the benefit of Public sector bodies, including any statutory and other successor organisations to any of the foregoing and in addition any other commissioners (whether alone or jointly with any other organisation), providers and regulators of NHS funded (either in whole or in part) services including practice based commissioning consortia, general practice commissioning consortia, NHS England (and all sub national offices including anybody obtaining new membership to NHS Shared Business Services Ltd.
In addition the following public sector bodies will be able to use the Framework subject to the approval of NHS SBS:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/na-classification/national-accounts-sector-classification/classification-update--may-2014/public-sector-classification-guide---may-2014.xls
Special Health Authorities: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx
Arms Length Bodies: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/arms-length-bodies/our-arms-length-bodies
GP Practices: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/ServiceSearch.aspx, and: http://www.general-practitioners-uk.co.uk/
(b) Commissioned by the NHS Commissioning Board or other organisations involved in commissioning or overseeing General Practitioner services, as described above.
Social Enterprises: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130107105354/http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/digitalasset/dh_119228.pdf
NHS Wales (National Health Service for Wales) including but not limited to: Welsh Health Boards, Primary care services — GPs, pharmacies, dentists and optometrists, Hospital services, and community services, including those provided through community health centres and mental health services:
NHS Scotland (National Health Service for Scotland) including but not limited to: NHS Boards, Hospitals, Primary care Services GPs, pharmacies, dentists and optometrists, Hospital services, and community services, including those provided through community health centres and mental health services:


Winner: Approach Medical Limited
Award value: 10000000
Number of bids: 5