Find a TenderPast planning notice
Published 6 Nov 2024, 10:53 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

​Community and Acute Equipment and Services, including Continence Products and Delivery (SBS10525)

Official notice

Authority: NHS Shared Business Services Limited (NHS & healthcare)

2 lotsGoods
Planned pipeline value£475,000,000total for 2 lots · pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 29 Apr 2025from the planned procurement notice
Lots 2see the lot list below

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

​​NHS Shared Business Services Limited (NHS SBS) act in an Agency capacity for and on behalf of its customers (Approved Organisations) - existing and new. These comprise of NHS and Social Care organisations (whether acting individually, or on behalf of, or together as members of any consortia) along with any other public or private sector bodies which NHS SBS authorises to use the resulting Framework.

​NHS SBS intends to put in place a Framework Agreement for the provision of Community and Acute Equipment and Services, including Continence Products and Delivery to be used by NHS SBS Approved Organisations.

​Our Approved Organisation list can be found on:

​www.sbs.nhs.uk/services/framework-a… ↗

​We are committed to working with suppliers who are dedicated to Sustainability and Social Value and there will be a significant weighting on these elements in the tender.​

CPV: Beds for medical use · Chassis for invalid carriages · Control devices for invalid carriages · Devices for the disabled · Devices for the elderly · Home delivery of incontinence products · Hospital beds · Incontinence kit · Invalid carriages · Invalid carriages and wheelchairs · Lifting and handling equipment and parts · Lifting equipment for health care sector · +19 more

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · no lot values published
Lot #1Community and Acute EquipmentPlanned

​​"One Stop Shop" for Community and Acute Equipment and Services. Including:

​A range of aids to daily living, and moving equipment such as trollies, chairs, handling equipment, lifts, hoists, adjustable couches, plinths and clinical furniture.

​Wheelchairs and associated products, including managed services for maintenance and decontamination.

​A range of Community and Acute Beds and Mattresses, including managed services for maintenance and decontamination. ​ Additional information: ​​Please see description in the main contract objective on the Request for Information (RFI). Lots will be further defined as an outcome of this initial market engagement PIN. The new Framework, subject to review and change, is expected to go live shortly after the expiry of the existing Framework Agreement SBS10015 on 31/12/2025.

​Please see the link at section 1.3 above for instructions on how to participate and submit responses via the SAPAriba RFI.​

Delivery: UK
Lot #2Continence Products and DeliveryPlanned

​​A range of Continence Products, including home delivery services​ Additional information: ​​Please see description in the main contract objective on the Request for Information (RFI). Lots will be further defined as an outcome of this initial market engagement PIN. The new Framework, subject to review and change, is expected to go live shortly after the expiry of the existing Framework Agreement SBS10015 on 31/12/2025.

​Please see the link at section 1.3 above for instructions on how to participate and submit responses via the SAPAriba RFI.

Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
6 Nov 2024, 10:53 GMT
Last source update
6 Nov 2024, 10:53 GMT
Authority reference
SBS10525
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-035884
Classification (CPV)
Beds for medical useChassis for invalid carriagesControl devices for invalid carriagesDevices for the disabledDevices for the elderlyHome delivery of incontinence productsHospital bedsIncontinence kitInvalid carriagesInvalid carriages and wheelchairs
+21 moreLifting and handling equipment and partsLifting equipment for health care sector
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b43c Find a Tender

Publisher note: ​​This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with those suppliers within the Community and Acute Equipment, Continence and Delivery market. ​Please complete the RFI via the SAP Ariba portal. ​The lotting structure may be amended following responses to the RFI which has two options listed. Option 1 is as indicated within the PIN and RFI. Option 2 is detailed within the PIN but would involve an expanded lotting structure as follows: - ​Lot 1 - Community Equipment - A range of aids to daily living, and moving equipment such as trollies, chairs, handling equipment, lifts, hoists, adjustable couches, plinths and clinical furniture. ​Lot 2 - Wheelchairs and associated products, including managed services for maintenance and decontamination. ​Lot 3 - Beds and Mattresses - A range of Community and Acute Beds and Mattresses, including managed services for maintenance and decontamination. ​Lot 4 - Continence Products and Delivery - A range of Continence Products, including home delivery services. ​Further NHS Shared Business Services Limited (NHS SBS) reserves the right to withdraw this notice at any time. NHS SBS is not bound to accept any proposals submitted by Bidders and is not liable for any costs incurred as a result of Bidders engaging with this process. This early market engagement exercise does not guarantee that a Procurement will take place and NHS SBS reserves the right to defer from any Procurement entirely. ​NHS SBS intends to hold market engagement sessions during the November / December 2024 with industry experts and suppliers interested in potentially bidding for the resulting Framework Agreement ​NHS SBS will use an eSourcing system for any procurement activity taken subsequent to this PIN. The eSourcing system we will use is SAP Ariba. ​Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a Framework Agreement if invited to do so. ​The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over 4 years from 01/01/2026 ​The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please monitor Find a Tender Service https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Search for the publication of the relevant high value contract notice.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

6 Nov 2024 → 29 Apr 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    6 Nov 2024, 10:53 GMT
  2. Tender notice expected
    29 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

N H S Shared Business Services

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcare​​Public Sector Framework Provider https://www.sbs.nhs.uk/nhs-sbs-about-us ​Health GB-COH: 05280446 Three Cherry Trees Lane, Hemel Hempsted, UK, HP2 7AHContact email Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.