Published date: 14 December 2022

Last edited date: 14 December 2022

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: 23 January 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products - 33000000

  • Medical consumables - 33140000

Location of contract

SR1 3SD

Value of contract

£0.01 to £900,000

Procurement reference

IT-158-288-UOS/Healthcare Consumables/1122

Published date

14 December 2022

Closing date

23 January 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

13 March 2023

Contract end date

12 March 2026

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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University of Sunderland is looking to engage with a one stop shop supplier for its healthcare consumable requirements. It is anticipated the single supplier contract will run from March 2023 to March 2026 with a possible 2 x yearly extensions taking it to March 2028.

Our courses include midwifery, paramedics, nursing, pharmaceutical and medical students who all require training in the use of healthcare consumables, and teaching assessments. We expect to order large volumes of consumables 3 times per year, however can make call off orders for 'just in time' deliveries for both new products and stock held for us by the successful supplier.

The contract is estimated at £180k per annum = £900k excluding VAT over the full 5 years' (note there is no guarantee of spend). We reserve the right to spend a further 100% of the anticipated budget, subject to changes to further requirements and future legislation over the lifetime of the contract.

Suppliers are required to provide quality products and knowledge, suitable stock, pricing consistency and reliability of the full end to end online ordering process.

Please register to express your interest in the contract through InTend, where you can access the tender document package, which must then be completed and a tender response returned by the deadline of 12 noon Monday 23rd January 2023.

More information

Links

Additional text

Please download the Selection Questionnaire and ITT documents which need completing and returning along with your tender response via the InTend eprocurement portal by 12 noon on Monday 23rd January 2023

https:in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsunderland/aspx/Home

Funding Type (WEFO or EU) : EU

Funding Description

Any commissions under this contract may be subject to external funding from bodies such as Arts Council, ERDF, Heritage Lottery Fund, LEP, etc and the successful supplier will be required to work with the University on any funding applications where appropriate. This list of funding bodies is not exhaustive.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Andrea Brook

Address

City Campus
Chester Road
Sunderland
SR1 3SD
United Kingdom

Telephone

0191 515 2851

Email

andrea.brook@sunderland.ac.uk

Website

http://services.sunderland.ac.uk/finance/sections/procurement/