Published date: 14 September 2023
Closed early engagement
Contract summary
Industry
Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products - 33000000
Health services - 85100000
Location of contract
United Kingdom
Procurement reference
CF-1866100D0O000000rwimUAA
Published date
14 September 2023
Closing date
28 September 2023
Contract type
Service contract
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board (Frimley ICB) and NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire,
and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB) are both seeking to engage with
potential providers to understand the position of the market and help develop an approach
for commissioning Nutrition Supply Services.
Frimley ICB and BOB ICB ("The Commissioners") are intending to carry out one joint
procurement process to commission Nutrition Supply Services within these geographical
areas. It is their intention to split the procurement into 2 lots, as detailed in the description
section of this Notice, but this is not yet confirmed. The responses to the questionnaire may
influence this approach. The Contracting Authority for Lot 1 would be Frimley ICB, and the
Contracting Authority for Lot 2 would be BOB ICB.
The Commissioners' intention is for this contract to be for a period of 3 years,
with the option to extend for a further 2 years.
Lot 1 - Provide oral nutrition supplements (ONS) to acute & community hospital providers
and enteral nutrition supply services across Frimley ICB and Berkshire West area of BOB ICB
(Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust).
The enteral nutrition supply services across Frimley ICB and Berkshire West area of BOB ICB
would include:
- Supply of enteral feeds, ONS for administration via enteral tube, pumps and consumable for
hospitals with delivery to sites
- Supply of enteral feeds, ONS for administration via enteral tube, pumps and consumable for
community patients with a home delivery service.
- Hospital and community clinical nursing support service
(Organisations included: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Berkshire NHS
Foundation Trust, NHS Frimley Health Foundation Trust, Frimley ICB, Berkshire West area of
BOB ICB).
Lot 2 - Provide oral nutrition supplements (ONS) to acute & community hospital providers
and enteral nutrition supply services across Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire area of BOB
ICB (Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust and Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust)
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The enteral nutrition supply services across Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire area of BOB
ICB would include:
- Supply of enteral feeds, ONS for administration via enteral tube, pumps and consumable for
hospitals with delivery to sites
- Supply of enteral feeds, ONS for administration via enteral tube, pumps and consumable for
community patients with a home delivery service.
- Hospital and community clinical nursing support service
(Organisations included: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Oxford University
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Buckinghamshire
and Oxfordshire area of BOB ICB).
This process is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support
Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners
More information
Additional text
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The Commissioners invite interested providers to complete a pre-procurement market engagement questionnaire. Please submit your completed questionnaire by 12 noon on Thursday 28th September 2023 via our e-procurement system, Atamis, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
This process is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.
About the buyer
Contact name
Gill Prior SCW
Address
Three Six Zero
Bristol
BS1 3NX
GB
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