Framework Agreement for the Supply and Rental of Medical Gases, Cylinders, Associated Consumables and Services

This lot is for the supply and rental of medical gases, cylinders, associated consumables and services. Medical gases are medicinal products under the Medicines Act 1968.

Tenderers will be required to supply cylinders containing a variety of medical gases and have the capability to offer participating authorities collection and refill services. Gases include but are not limited to:

— medical oxygen,

— medical nitrous oxide,

— medical nitrogen,

— medical air,

— medical carbon dioxide,

— medical helium,

— medical argon,

— other specialty gases.

For further information please refer to the specification ‘Lot 1 — Medical Gases, Cylinders, Associated Consumables and Devices’.

Terms and conditions/activity based income (ABI)

The terms and conditions of this framework 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 framework 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 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. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo eTendering Help Desk at [email protected] Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register ↗ and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at [email protected] Please note that sid4gov does not pre-populate any fields of the SQ on HTE's Bravo Portal. Candidates must complete the qualification and technical envelopes of the SQ on Bravo in full.

This lot 2 will consider the complete system to deliver nitric oxide therapy that includes nitric oxide in cylinders, monitoring devices, associated equipment, consumables and any delivery devices used in the transfer and/or transportation of patients.

This lot will be for provision of supply and rental of nitric oxide cylinders, suppliers should have the capability to offer participating authorities collection and gas refill services. This includes but is not limited to:

— nitric oxide

— cylinders in various sizes

— flow meters/regulators/monitoring devices

— devices for use in transfer of patients;

— associated consumables and equipment.

For further information please refer to the specification ‘Lot 2 - Nitric Oxide, Cylinders, Monitoring and Delivery Devices’.

Terms and conditions/activity based income (ABI)

The terms and conditions of this framework 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 framework 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 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. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo eTendering Help Desk at [email protected] Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register ↗ and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at [email protected] Please note that sid4gov does not pre-populate any fields of the SQ on HTE's Bravo Portal. Candidates must complete the qualification and technical envelopes of the SQ on Bravo in full.

Lot 3 of the agreement will be where one or more participating authorities will aggregate their spend to commit in advance to purchase from lots 1 and 2. Banding within lot 3 will request successful tenderer(s) from lot 1 and/or 2 to submit discounted pricing against the respective spend thresholds. All tenderers awarded on to lots 1 and/or 2 will be automatically awarded on to lot 3 if they confirm interest during their submission.

Terms and conditions/activity based income (ABI)

The terms and conditions of this framework 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 framework 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 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. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo eTendering Help Desk at [email protected] Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register ↗ and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at [email protected] Please note that sid4gov does not pre-populate any fields of the SQ on HTE's Bravo Portal. Candidates must complete the qualification and technical envelopes of the SQ on Bravo in full.