Official UK procurement notice
Chemotherapy Cold Caps · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Hywel Dda University Local Health Board (HDUHB) is awarding single contract with Paxman Scalp Cooling, following the successful completion of this VEAT notice. service to improve the patient experience of cancer treatment related hair loss.
CPV: Miscellaneous medical devices and products
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) is awarding a single contract with…Awarded
The Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) is awarding a single contract with Paxman Scalp Cooling service to improve the patient experience of cancer treatment related hair loss by replacing six (6) scalp cooling units (plus the associated five-year annual maintenance and training contracts).. Each unit will require one training package per hospital site and one maintenance contract per purchased unit. Scalp cooling is an additional service which is above and beyond what is offered by the NHS. However, they offer patients an enhanced service and experience for those patients on certain chemotherapy regimens, where hair loss / alopecia is a side effect.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Dec 2024, 16:18 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Dec 2024, 08:46 GMT
- Authority reference
HDD-VEAT-24-03- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-041550- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c61fFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The current units are now obsolete and need to be replaced as they can no longer be serviced or repaired, the current maintenance contracts that were in place recently ended in September 2024. By replacing these units like for like this decreases expenditure by eliminating staff training of new devices and would also contribute to the continued high standard of care provided to patients.
Publisher note: (WA Ref:146985)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 039802-2024-P0284-1
- Signed
- 9 Dec 2024
- Value
- £133,208
- Status
- active
Contract 041550-2024-P0284-1
- Signed
- 9 Dec 2024
- Value
- £113,208
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Paxman Coolers LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.