Published date: 20 June 2019

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 22 July 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Medical gases - 24111500

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£4,300,000

Procurement reference

tender_176972/777392

Published date

20 June 2019

Closing date

22 July 2019

Contract start date

1 October 2019

Contract end date

30 September 2021

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub (the Authority) intends to procure a framework agreement for the provision of Medical Gas Cylinders including supply, rental and delivery of filled medical gas cylinders and associated products / consumables. The primary gases required include:
- Medical Air,
- Oxygen,
- Carbon Dioxide,
- Nitrous Oxide.

The tender is anticipated to be undertaken under the open procedure. The Authority intends to apply an appropriate technical threshold and award bidders meeting this threshold to the framework agreement on an un-ranked basis. Based on current intelligence, it is anticipated that 3 (three) suppliers will be awarded.

The resulting framework agreement will be for East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub (EoECPH) Members.

Associate members are publicly funded entities, not EoECPH members, who sign the framework customer access agreement and are subsequently granted access to the framework agreement.

Subject to successful application for associate membership this Framework Agreement will include, and be for the benefit of any publicly funded (both wholly and partially funded) entity in the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. This will include, but is not limited to: Acute, Ambulance, Mental Health, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Health and Care Trusts, Area Teams, Local Authorities and Special Health Authorities, HSC in Northern Ireland, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales, including any successor or emerging organisations, which will include but is not limited to the emerging landscape of combined health and social care commissioners and providers. Please follow the links below to identify specific organisations:

- NHS trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx,
- Clinical Commissioning Groups: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CCGListing.aspx,
- Area Teams: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AreaTeamListing.aspx,
- Local Authorities: https://www.lgbce.org.uk/records-and-resources/local-authorities-in-england,
- Special health authorities: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx,
- HSC in Northern Ireland: http://online.hscni.net/other-hsc-organisations,
- NHS Scotland:http://www.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/,
- NHS Wales:http://www.wales.nhs.uk/ourservices/directory.

Indicative framework value: 4 300 000 over two year initial fixed term. 8 600 000 GBP over potential 4 year term where extensions are utilised.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Medical Gas Cylinders

  • Early engagement
  • Published 10 August 2018

Links

About the buyer

Address

Victoria House, Capital Park, Fulbourn
Cambridge
CB21 5XB
England

Email

pharmacy@eoecph.nhs.uk