Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-01-06
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: 33161000: Electrosurgical equipment
Estimated value: 1050000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-02-08
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The tender is to establish a framework agreement contract for the supply of electrosurgery generators and consumables and related services. The framework agreement contract will provide a range of disposable and reusable electrosurgery items. The framework agreement contract will also include training and clinical support for implementation and through the lifetime of the contract. This is a committed spend framework agreement contract exercise for defined Trusts who have agreed to participate by entering a call-off contract under the framework agreement 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 duration of the framework agreement contract will be for 3 years, with the option of extending for up to 12 months.
The tender is to establish a framework agreement for the supply of electrosurgery generators and related services. The framework agreement will provide a range of electrosurgery generators. The framework agreement will also include training and clinical support for implementation and through the lifetime of the framework agreement.
The tender is to establish a framework agreement for the supply of reusable instruments and related services. The framework agreement will provide a range of reusable instruments and consumables. The framework agreement will also include training and clinical support for implementation and through the lifetime of the framework agreement.
The tender is to establish a framework agreement for the supply of single use consumables and related services. The framework agreement will provide a range of single use consumables. The framework agreement will also include training and clinical support for implementation and through the lifetime of the framework agreement.
The tender is to establish a framework agreement for the supply of patient grounding plates and related services. The framework agreement will provide a range of patient grounding plates. The framework agreement will also include training and clinical support for implementation and through the lifetime of the framework agreement.
The tender is to establish a framework agreement for the supply of smoke evacuation systems, instruments and related services. The framework agreement will provide a range of smoke evacuation systems and instruments. The framework agreement will also include training and clinical support for implementation and through the lifetime of the framework agreement.
The tender is to establish a framework agreement for the supply of electrosurgery generators and consumables and related services. The framework agreement will provide a range of electrosurgery generators and consumables. The framework agreement will also include training and clinical support for implementation and through the lifetime of the framework agreement.
Tenderers attention is drawn to the fact that the proposed framework agreement to be entered into with HTE contains the following obligations on tenderers, which are non-negotiable:
— payment of an activity based income management charge (ABI) of [3] % of the value of invoices issued by the successful tenderer to the beneficiaries pursuant to the framework agreement,
— provision of monthly management information detailing the goods/services supplied to beneficiaries pursuant to the framework agreement, and
— allowing HTE to carry out audits of invoices issued to beneficiaries no more than once per quarter.
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
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Award value: 1050000