Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-10-12
Buyer: Ashford and St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Country: UK
Region: Surrey
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 15880000 | 33140000: Medical consumables | 33692300 | 42122411 | 85112200
Estimated value: 2000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-11-10
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Provision of Enteral Feeds and Associated Nutrition Supply Services Including Feeds, Pumps, Ancillaries and a Home Delivery Service.
The Trusts wish to appoint a Supplier(s) of enteral feeds, associated equipment and product related nursing services for patients. This contract is for a product delivery service to patients at hospital, home or at their usual place of residence. The contract will cover the supply of enteral feeds and oral nutrition supplements, feeding pumps and their associated maintenance and support,the plastics and consumables for the enteral feeding products. In addition, the successful Supplier will be required to offer on-going nursing advice and assistance to professional staff, patients, their family and other carers where necessary, the details of which are explained in the ITT document.
Enteral feeding pumps, sets, enteral feeds and specified ancillaries for adult patients at Royal Surrey County NHS Foundation Trust (RSCH), Ashford and St Peter's NHS Foundation Trust (ASPH), Walton Community Hospital, Woking Community Hospital, Haslemere Hospital and Milford Hospital. Home delivery of pumps, sets, enteral feeds and specified ancillaries (including those that may come from other companies) for adult community patients registered with a GP in the NHS North West Surrey and Guildford and Waverley CCG areas.
Enteral feeding pumps, sets, enteral feeds and specified ancillaries for paediatric patients at Royal Surrey County NHS Foundation Trust, Ashford and St Peter's NHS Foundation Trust, Walton Community Hospital, Woking Community Hospital and The Jarvis Centre. Home delivery of pumps, sets, enteral feeds and specified ancillaries for community paediatric patients registered with a GP in the NHS North West Surrey and Guildford and Waverley CCG areas.
The provision of nursing support related to tube feeding and tube care throughout the contract area as defined above.
Oral nutritional supplements (ONS) for all above hospitals (adults and paediatrics) and for patients on home enteral tube feeding as specified by the managing dietitians.
This contract will not be divided into lots. The Trusts wish to provide a seamless service between acute and community settings, as patients transition from paediatric to adult care and hospital to home. This will avoid changes to products and suppliers and will also reduce potential confusion between products in different settings.
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
The authority will incorporate a minimum of 10 day standstill period from the day after information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge or seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into, the contract award proceedings will be immediately suspended.


Award value: 2000000