Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-07-07
Buyer: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33161000: Electrosurgical equipment | 33162000: Operating theatre instruments
Estimated value: 21000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-08-06
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This framework is for the supply of highly technical and complex medical Equipment (Simultaneous Cutting/Coagulation And Uterine Ablation Systems)that support specific clinical procedures in operating theatres.
Disposable Uterine Ablation Systems for use in theatres and supply of associated Generators and accessories and where required the maintenance of equipment.
Disposable Simultaneous Cutting/Coagulation Instrumentation to be used in theatre and the supply of associated Generators and accessories and where required the maintenance of equipment.
1) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice.
2) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business
A statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the supplier or the services provider in the past 3 years, detailing the dates on which the goods were sold or the services provided; the consideration received; the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the services were provided.
Bidders are required to provide evidence to show that all products are Manufactured to EN:ISO9001:2008 or equivalent Bidders are required to evidence that each product is fully traceable by lot / batch number to the manufacturer.
Bidders are required to provide the stated minimum range of products which fulfill the basket of goods for each applicable lot in the ITT document.
All proposed support staff must have theatre access training to BTEC Theatre Access level or equivalent. As an example, this should cover a variety of areas including infection control procedures, entering the operating department, entering and operating in a sterile filed, patient confidentiality, UK Medical Device Directives, risk assessment, theatre etiquette.
For each lot tendered, 2 (two) consultant clinical references from English speaking staff based on their usage over at least a six (6) month period is required. If the tendered product is new to market (last 6 months from tender return date).
Please provide test data and any clinical trial papers available. The list of references should be advised with name, title, location, e-mail address and phone number.
NOTE: It is expected that the listed references will have been contacted prior to tender submission advising them of their name being put forward.
The Framework term has been extended to a maximum of 5 years (3 years plus the option of 2 x 12 months extensions) to allow time in what is a clinically complex area, Heath Boards to review and agree best practice, for product change and reduction in variation, opportunity for Health Boards to consolidate supply, and for the market to stabilise.
To access the tender documents for this contract notice, please click on the attached link. This will take you to the tender module within Public Contracts Scotland. This will allow you to access and respond to this contract opportunity in a secure environment. Note: If you do not have a password for the tender module then you will be asked to apply for a login.
The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 11243. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343


Award value: 21000000