Published date: 19 September 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 October 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Parenteral nutrition products - 33692200

Location of contract

London, South East, South West

Value of contract

£1,500,000

Procurement reference

tender_218926/798829

Published date

19 September 2019

Closing date

22 October 2019

Contract start date

1 February 2020

Contract end date

31 January 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The use of nutrition products is split between:-

Unmixed licensed multi-chamber PN bags
Licensed multi-chamber PN bags that have been supplemented with standard vitamins and trace elements in suitable aseptic facilities (to make unlicensed bags)
Components used for compounding and additions to bags (e.g. infusion fluids, vitamins)
Consumables (e.g. empty bags)
Standardised unlicensed neonatal bags and syringes (suitable for supply to hospital after aseptic manufacture as part of a batch)

This contract does not include PN supplied for homecare.

The Contracting Authority for this ranked framework contract is Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation
Trust on behalf of the Thames Valley and Wessex Pharmacy Procurement Service. The Purchasing
Authorities expected to access this contract are:

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Milton Keynes University Hospital
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (see note below**)
Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust (including the Regional Manufacturing Unit)
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

This framework will also be available for use by Trusts in Kent, Surrey and Sussex (South East Coast)
covering:
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust .
Medway NHS Foundation Trust .
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust .
Brighton and Sussex University Hospital NHS Trust .
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust .
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust .
Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust .
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust .
Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust .
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
*Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust has a local contract for PN and would only use this contract in the
unlikely event that the local contract was terminated.

The contract is divided into four lots.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Guy Wells

Address

Fitzwilliam House
Bracknell
RG12 1BQ
England

Telephone

01344 415 762

Email

Guy.Wells@berkshire.nhs.uk

Website

https://www.nhssourcing.co.uk/bhft/web/login.shtml