Published date: 8 May 2017

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: 9 June 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Inventory management software package - 48430000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_142260/583536

Published date

8 May 2017

Closing date

9 June 2017

Contract start date

1 August 2017

Contract end date

31 July 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The NHS Collaborative Procurement Partnership (NHS CPP) comprises NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative, NHS London Procurement Partnership, NHS Commercial Solutions and East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub. NHS CPP has successfully delivered a number of projects, including the Total Orthopaedic Solutions (TOS) and Total Cardiology Solutions (TCS) framework agreements. NHS Commercial Solutions (NHS CS) is leading this procurement project on behalf of NHS CPP.
The intricacies of managing activity in contracts let under these frameworks, in particular, have identified the need for a means of managing the flow of equipment and consumable stocks throughout the organisation. To meet this need NHS Commercial Solutions, on behalf of NHS CPP, is procuring a framework agreement for the provision of commercial, "off-the-shelf", vendor-neutral inventory management systems to which a number of suppliers will be appointed.
The systems will, inter alia, require the capability to
 interface securely with existing and future trust systems, including Purchase-to-Pay (P2P), e-Sourcing, catalogue and materials management systems and patient administration systems;
 manage the inventory of multiple suppliers, including consignment stock, and the management of items that may be returned to stock after use/sterilisation;
 offer approved suppliers access to appropriate parts of the system to allow inventory to be managed in real time;
 track assets/products by location, linked to a specific patient, in ward or theatre; and
 support patient-level costing and business analytics.
Whilst the initial driver for this project is the implementation, into acute trusts, of TOS and TCS, benefits of inventory management are recognised across the wider NHS, including mental and community health. The IMS will therefore need to be scalable to enable delivery to organisations of different sizes and across a number of locations.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Derek Howe

Address

The Atrium. Curtis Road.
Dorking
RH4 1XA
England

Email

derek.howe@nhs.net