Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-07-01
Buyer: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 33140000: Medical consumables
Estimated value: 750000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-07-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Medical surgical wholesaler to purchase medical consumables for use by the Trust, supply to the Trust on a same-day delivery cycle, and interface into the Trust automated inventory management systems and performance center.
Medical surgical wholesaler to purchase up to 10 000 medical surgical consumable product lines for use by the Trust. Responsible for the procurement of medical surgical product lines through a combination of accessing existing Trust price agreements, national contract agreements and direct sourcing. Supply to the Trust on a same-day delivery cycle. Provide pre-packed Loadhog Totes including break bulk (singles) for some product lines for each of the 500+ automated inventory management systems located inside clinical departments. Daily delivery to the Trust Supply Chain Hub at Dartford for onward shipment and put-away by the Trust. Interface into the Trust automated inventory system through GHX EDI interfaces for purchase orders and invoices. Interface into the Trusts new performance center to provide visibility over available inventory and electronic advance shipping notes.
The same day service model has been in operation with the Trust for over 10 years following deployment of automated inventory systems across all main clinical areas in 2009/10. The new contract will expand the scope to include additional product lines, include the option for the supplier to source on behalf of the Trust and include new data interfaces into the Trust performance center.
The contract will include a 98 % On Time In Full (OTiF) performance standard for defined fast moving ‘A’ items.
A. The Trust is seeking a long term strategic supplier. The annual spend through the new contract is expected to increase from a current baseline of GBP 15 million to GBP 50 million per annum due to a switch away from suppliers unable to meet required OTIF performance standards, year-on-year growth in activity and the proposed merger with the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust (first Q 2021) and a new requirement to establish an ongoing reserve of key pandemic product lines.
(B) The Trust has an off-site Supply Chain Hub at Dartford to receipt and cross-dock inbound deliveries to the Trust. The appointed supplier will deliver to the Trust Supply Chain Hub within an agreed delivery window. The Supply Chain Hub will also be the base for a new performance centre to optimise the Trusts automated inventory systems. The appointed supplier will be required to allow system interfaces to provide end-to-end visibility and support system optimisation.
(C) The appointed supplier would be expected to embed resource at the Supply Chain Hub to work in close partnership with the Trust supply chain and sourcing functions to ensure service delivery, drive growth and implement joint process improvement initiatives.
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Award value: 750000000