Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-05-18
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: 33140000: Medical consumables
Estimated value: 12000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-06-13
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Tender is to establish a Framework for the Supply of Cardiology and Radiology Medical Consumables and related services. The contract will provide a range of disposable products used for Cardiology and Radiology procedures. The products included are as follows; Wound Closure Devices, Artery Compression Devices, Access Products, Biopsy Products, Balloon Catheters, Inflation Devices, Diagnostic and Interventional Catheters, Guidewires, Coronary Stents, Embolisation particles/agents, Other complimentary devices if required to fulfil Cardiology and Radiology Procedures.
The contract will also include training and clinical support for implementation and through the lifetime of the contract. Once the framework is awarded beneficiaries will be added on a direct award basis provided that they can meet the required terms and conditions in the Framework. The duration of the contract will be for a maximum of 4 years.
Lot 1 of the Tender is to establish a Framework for the Supply of Cardiology Medical Consumables and related services. The contract will provide a range of disposable products used for Cardiology procedures. The products included are as follows; Wound Closure Devices, Artery Compression Devices, Access Products, Biopsy Products, Balloon Catheters, Inflation Devices, Diagnostic and Interventional Catheters, Guidewires, Coronary Stents, and Other complimentary devices if required to fulfill Cardiology Procedures. The contract will also include training and clinical support for implementation and through the lifetime of the contract. Once the framework is awarded beneficiaries will be added on a direct award basis provided that they can meet the required terms and conditions in the Framework. The duration of the contract will be for 4 years.
The terms and conditions of this contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this contract, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE.
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. Login to the portal with username / password. Click the PQQs/ITTs Open to all suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content. Click the express interest button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your My PQQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the PQQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e-Tendering Help Desk at help@bravosolution.co.uk. Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at sid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk. Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the PQQ on HTE's Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the Qualification and Technical Envelopes of the PQQ in Bravo in full.
Lot 2 of the Tender is to establish a Framework for the Supply of Radiology Medical Consumables and related services. The contract will provide a range of disposable products used for Radiology procedures. The products included are as follows; Wound Closure Devices, Artery Compression Devices, Access Products, Biopsy Products, Balloon Catheters, Inflation Devices, Diagnostic and Interventional Catheters, Guidewires, and Other complimentary devices if required to fulfill Radiology Procedures.The contract will also include training and clinical support for implementation and through the lifetime of the contract. Once the framework is awarded beneficiaries will be added on a direct award basis provided that they can meet the required terms and conditions in the Framework. The duration of the contract will be for 4 years.
The terms and conditions of this contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this contract, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE.
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. Login to the portal with username / password. Click the PQQs/ITTs Open to all suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content. Click the express interest button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your My PQQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the PQQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e- Tendering Help Desk at help@bravosolution.co.uk. Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at sid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk. Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the PQQ on HTE's Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the Qualification and Technical Envelopes of the PQQ in Bravo in full.
HTE is a central purchasing body who is able to carry out this tender exercise by virtue of its appointment as an agent of UHCW. Notwithstanding HTE's relationship with UHCW, it is HTE conducting this tender exercise and will execute the resultant framework agreement with successful bidders. The bodies to whom the use of this framework agreement will be open include all contracting authorities in the UK as defined in Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as may be updated from time to time. In particular, the following entities in the UK (particularly those of a health and/or social care nature) are envisaged as framework agreement users:
(ii) health and care trusts (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx);
(iii) mental health trusts (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/MentalHealthTrustListing.aspx);
(iv) clinical commissioning groups (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CCGListing.aspx);
(v) ambulance trusts (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx;
vi) area teams (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AreaTeamListing.aspx); (vii) special health authorities (http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx);
3) All NHS bodies in Northern Ireland (known as Health and Social Care), including but not limited to:(i) health and social care trusts (as listed at: http://online.hscni.net/?s=Trust;


Award value: 12000000