Published date: 3 September 2018

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: 17 September 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Special footwear - 18832000

  • Orthopaedic footwear - 33141740

  • Orthopaedic support devices - 33183000

    • Orthotic services - 85111600

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£66,963

Procurement reference

N/A

Published date

3 September 2018

Closing date

17 September 2018

Contract start date

10 October 2018

Contract end date

9 October 2020

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) will be running a series of e-Auctions for Orthotic products. The products that are due to be part of this process are:
- Heel Suspension Boots
- Pressure Relief Shoe
- Post-Operative Wound Shoe
- Post-Operative Shoe

The Trust are inviting suppliers to provide sample products that match the Trusts specification by 17th September 2018. These products will then be evaluated and all suppliers who pass the minimum quality criteria will be asked to submit their maximum starting bid for the e-Auction by 1st October. The Reverse Transformational e-Auction will take place on Wednesday 10th October.

If you are interested in participating in any of the e-Auctions listed above and would like a copy of the Trusts key requirements, please email iain.copeland@tst.nhs.uk with your company name, contact details and confirmation to whether you have an account on the Trust's e-tendering portal ProContract (https://procontract.due-north.com/Login).

Please note, the contract start/end date, as well as the lowest/actual value, supplied in this notice is only the potential contract length and value of the products.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

e-Auctions for Orthotic Products

  • Future opportunity
  • Published 10 August 2018

About the buyer

Contact name

Iain Copeland

Address

Musgrove Park
TAUNTON
TA1 5DA
England

Email

iain.copeland@tst.nhs.uk