Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-07-30
Buyer: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 85111200: Medical services
Estimated value: 45000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-08-28
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Wales is seeking an industry partner to develop a countrywide robotic surgical network aiming to make available the most advanced surgical techniques to the entire population. As a result of the unique geography in Wales, NHS Wales would require a robotic partner that shares NHS Wales vision in utilising technological solutions to overcome environmental challenges.
NHS Wales is seeking an industry partner to develop a countrywide robotic surgical network aiming to make available the most advanced surgical techniques to the entire population. As a result of the unique geography in Wales, NHS Wales requires a robotic partner that shares NHS Wales vision in utilising technological solutions to overcome environmental challenges and to establishing a long term partnership to drive efficiencies through improved patient treatments and deliver enhanced patient experiences.
NHS Wales aims to implement an initial four site robot programme in Wales to ensure the offer of equitable surgery in appropriate patients with colorectal cancer (and other cancer sites) to all patients throughout Wales, including those being treated at non robot-hosting sites.
NHS Wales aims to have the opportunity for all patients to be offered robot assisted surgery as each host and therapeutic area is instigated.
Each University Health Board will have the opportunity to create a local robot utilisation plan to fully optimise the robot. Surgeons at both host and non-host health boards will have the opportunity to apply for training and preceptorship. This will allow NHS Wales to consolidate expertise and assure quality.
The collaborative network across NHS Wales will aid host and non-host hospitals with patient selection and identification, suitable for robot-assisted surgery.
Due to the above aims, NHS Wales is utilising a competitive dialogue procurement process which will allow solutions to be proposed and discussed as well as progress a number of NHS Wales options with bidders for example dialogue will be held on (but not limited to):
— testing of the potential strategies, highlighting of any risks implicated leading to solutions to decrease and/or eliminate risks;
— financial costs including highlighting of additional implications and discussions into proposals not previously considered.
The contract will have an option to extend for up 3 years at the sole discretion of the health board.
1) the contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract in whole, in part or annul the tendering process and not award any contract;
2) bidders should note that they will be required to enter into terms and conditions of contract as set out in the PQQ and ITT and that save for matters of clarification or consistency the contracting authority will not negotiate the terms;
3) the contracting authority will not accept completed PQQ's and ITT's after the stated closing date;
5) all tender costs and liabilities incurred by bidders shall be the sole responsibility of the bidders;
6) prospective suppliers should note that NHS shared services partnership — procurement services is acting on behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board;


Award value: 45000000