Patient Mobility Products and Services - 2024

Contract summary

Industry

• Functional support - 33180000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£250,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_421533/1417398

Published date

7 November 2024

Closing date

24 July 2024

Closing time

9am

Contract start date

1 November 2024

Contract end date

1 November 2027

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

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Description

A framework agreement for the supply of Patient Mobility Products and Services.

Orthotics Products, include modular/bespoke/stock items.

Orthotic Managed Services, include the provision of care and support that expands beyond acute settings to community and home care including initial assessment, prescription, fitting and through life monitoring.

Prosthetics Products, include upper and lower limb prosthesis.

Prosthetic Managed Services, include the provision of care and support that expands beyond acute settings to community and home care including initial assessment, prescription, fitting and through life monitoring.

Wheelchair Products and Associated Accessories, products include manual, powered, sport, lightweight, attendant propelled and custom wheelchairs.

Specialised Seating Products, products include standard seating, rise, and recline and custom made seating and customisable cushions.

Wheelchair Repair and Maintenance Managed Services including delivery, collection and storage, repair and maintenance, modification, and reconditioning services, planned preventative maintenance, cleaning and decontamination and emergency call out services.

Wheelchair Managed Services includes, assess, prescribe, and provide wheeled mobility equipment for those with long term mobility needs and wheelchair repair and maintenance service, and prescribe, supply and fit specialised seating products.

Aggregated Lot, facilities the provision to permit Participating Authorities to tailor bespoke products and service specification to accommodate their requirements and contractually commit in advance to purchasing a specified value and/or volume of their requirements.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS / ACTIVITY BASED INCOME (ABI) -The terms and conditions of this agreement and any resulting call-off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this Agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE.

SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND PROCUREMENT INFORMATION -This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk. Login to the portal with username/password. Click the SQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the SQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant SQ/ ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the SQ/ITT into your My SQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the SQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the SQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page.

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More information

Links

• https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk
• Link to eSourcing Portal

Additional text

HTE is undertaking central purchasing body activities in carrying out this tender exercise by virtue of its partnership with MSE. Notwithstanding HTE's relationship with MSE, it is HTE conducting this tender exercise and all enquiries should be directed to HTE as confirmed in Section 1 above. MSE and not HTE will execute the resultant framework agreement with successful bidders.

The bodies to whom the use of this Agreement will be open include all contracting authorities in the UK as defined in Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as may be updated from time to time. In particular, the following entities in the UK (particularly those of a health and/or social care nature) are envisaged as Agreement users: Public sector classification guide and forward work plan - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

To view the list, use the downloadable spreadsheet. This list includes each organisation's successors and assigns, any equivalent organisations and associated organisation created due to any organisational changes.

This Agreement will be open to any bodies or organisations operating in the UK of a health, and/or social care nature or which have a similar procurement need, and/or any UK based central government authority listed at Annex I of Directive 2014/24/EU, in respect of any goods or services to any of the above listed organisation.

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Award information

Awarded date

26 September 2024

Contract start date

1 November 2024

Contract end date

1 November 2027

Total value of contract

£10,000,000

This contract was awarded to 26 suppliers.

AJ Mobility

AM Healthcare (Ability Matters/Opcare)

BEAGLE ORTHOPAEDIC LTD

Chas A Blatchford & Sons Ltd

Chaneco Ltd

Consolor Ltd

Dacey Ltd

DGT Services Ltd

Elitac Systems B.V.

Eureka Physiocare Ltd

Gait and Motion Technology Ltd

Hugh Steeper Ltd (trading as 'RSLSteeper')

Medfac UK Ltd.

Medi UK Ltd

Open Bionics

Ossur UK

Otto Bock Healthcare PLC

Peacocks Medical Group Ltd

Performance Health International Limited

Ross Care

Seating Matters

Specialised Orthotics Services Ltd

SUNRISE MEDICAL

TayCare Medical Ltd

The Helping Hand Company (Ledbury) Limited

William Davies Care

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About the buyer

Contact name

Natasha Randhawa

Address

19 George Road
Edgbaston, Birmingham
B15 1NU
England

Telephone

+44 8458875000

Email

natasha.randhawa@htepg.com

Website

www.healthtrusteurope.com