Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-03-14
Buyer: Lothian Health Board (hereafter referred to as the ‘Authority’)
Country: UK
Region: Edinburgh, City of
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33100000
Estimated value: 132000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-04-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This tender is for the replacement of stand alone pulse oximetry equipment located at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (RHSC) in Edinburgh.
This specification is to cover a replacement programme for the provision of approximately 145 stand alone pulse oximeters for use within the hospital environment primarily for paediatric use but may also be required for adult patients from the Department of Clinical Neurosurgery, the pulse oximeters will also be used for community paediatric patients.
Due to the nature of the new RHSC in which many patient rooms are single cubicles there is an additional requirement for the pulse oximeter to alert and inform clinical staff of alarm triggers and deteriorating patient condition.
This tender is for the replacement of stand alone pulse oximetry equipment located at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (RHSC) in Edinburgh.
This specification is to cover a replacement programme for the provision of approximately 145 stand alone pulse oximeters for use within the hospital environment primarily for paediatric use but may also be required for adult patients from the Department of Clinical Neurosurgery, the pulse oximeters will also be used for community paediatric patients.
Due to the nature of the new RHSC in which many patient rooms are single cubicles there is an additional requirement for the pulse oximeter to alert and inform clinical staff of alarm triggers and deteriorating patient condition.
The equipment will be from one supplier to aid standardisation, training and purchase of consumables and spare parts.
4B.1.1 Bidders will be required to have a minimum ‘general’ yearly turnover of 264 000 GBP for the last 3 years.
4B.5 It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Bidders must confirm that they will provide samples, descriptions and/or photographs of the products to be supplied which do not require a certificate of authenticity
1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent),
a. A documented policy regarding quality management. The policy must set out responsibilities for quality management demonstrating that the bidder has and continues to implement a quality management policy that is authorised by their Chief Executive, or equivalent, and is periodically reviewed at a senior management level. The policy must be relevant to the nature and scale of the work to be undertaken and set out responsibilities for quality management throughout the organisation.
b. Documented procedures for periodically reviewing, correcting and improving quality performance including processes for ensuring that the bidder's quality management is effective in reducing/preventing incidents of sub-standard delivery, this must include the quality of output and general performance.
c. A documented process for ensuring that quality management is effective in reducing/preventing incidents of sub-standard delivery, this must include the quality of output and general performance. The bidder must be able to provide copies of their organisation's documentation procedures, that meet current agreed good practice. These must include the arrangements for quality management throughout the bidder's organisation. They must set out how the bidder's organisation will carry out its policy, with a clear indication of how the arrangements are communicated to the workforce.
d. Documented arrangements for providing the bidder's workforce with quality related training and information appropriate to the type of work for which this organisation is likely to bid. This will demonstrate that the organisation has in place and implements training arrangements to ensure that its workforce has sufficient skills and understanding to discharge their various responsibilities. These must include a programme of training that will keep the workforce up to date with required knowledge about quality related issues, including copies of job profiles; training manuals and records.


Award value: 132000