Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-08-20
Buyer: NHS Supply Chain acting as agent for NHS Business Services Authority
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33140000: Medical consumables | 33161000: Electrosurgical equipment | 33162000: Operating theatre instruments | 42521000
Estimated value: 8000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-09-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Supply Chain seeks to establish a non-exclusive Framework Agreement for the supply to the NHS Supply Chain customer base via the direct route of supply of Electrosurgical Equipment Smoke Evacuators Related Products and Accessories including but not limited to;
The scope of this tender and any resulting Framework Agreement does not include the supply of consumable products. ‘Consumable products’ means products that are typically supplied after the initial capital (machine) purchase. They are the single use or reusable products that are typically used for each patient procedure for example Diathermy Pencils Hand-pieces or Plates.
Suppliers must be able to supply the basic Electrosurgical (Diathermy) Machine referred to as the evaluated product line in order to respond to this Invitation to Tender.
This Framework Agreement is for 12 months with the option to extend in incremental stages for up to a total period of 36 months.
Please note that whilst there are no lots in this framework agreement a ‘Lot’ reference is still being used within the ISS System.
‘This is an estimate only as precise quantities of likely purchases are unknown. It is anticipated that in the first 12 months of the framework agreement the value of purchases will be in the region of 2 000 000 GBP to 4 000 000 GBP however this is approximate only.
This Framework Agreement will have the option to extend incrementally for a further period of up to 36 months in addition to the initial 12 month period as set out in the Framework Agreement.
‘Parent company or other guarantees may be required in certain circumstances. Further details will be in the tender documents’.
‘The contracting authority reserves the right to require groupings of entities to take a particular form or to require one party to undertake primary legal liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability’.
This procurement exercise will be conducted on the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal at http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/
Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement-specific information (if required) through the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal as follows:
1. Use URL http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/ to access the NHS Supply Chain Procurement portal.
— View Contract Notice content by clicking on the “View notice” button for the procurement event. This opens a PDF document.
— To start the response process after the expression of interest has been done select the “My Active Opportunities” option and click on the “Apply” button.
— In the detail view click on the orange coloured “Framework Agreement” button to start responding to the tender.

Eligibility requirements: Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information: This procurement exercise will be conducted on the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal at http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/ Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement-specific information (if required) through the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal as follows: Registration 1. Use URL http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/ to access the NHS Supply Chain Procurement portal. 2. If not yet registered: — Click on the “Not Registered Yet” link to access the registration page. — Complete the registration pages as guided by the mini guide found on the landing page. Portal access: If registration has been completed: — Login with URL http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/ — Click on the “Supplier Dashboard” icon to open the list of new procurement events. Expression of interest: — View Contract Notice content by clicking on the “View notice” button for the procurement event. This opens a PDF document. — Express an interest by clicking on the “Express interest” button. — To start the response process after the expression of interest has been done select the “My Active Opportunities” option and click on the “Apply” button. — Select the procurement event from the list by clicking on the description. — In the detail view click on the orange coloured “Framework Agreement” button to start responding to the tender. Tender response: Header level requirements: — Applicants are required to read all Framework Header Documents which can be accessed using the “NHS SC Header documents” button which is located in the “Select framework” tab. Please see section 6 of the Invitation to Tender document for further information about how to submit your tender response.