Official UK procurement notice
In-Centre Dialysis and Home Haemodialysis Equipment, Consumables, Associated Products and Services
Authority: HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting on behalf of Mid South Essex NHS (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought7 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Tender is to establish a Framework Agreement] for the supply of In-Centre Dialysis and Home Haemodialysis Equipment, Consumables, Associated Products and Services (“Agreement”). The duration of the Agreement will be 4 years maximum; 4 years initial period with no option of extending the agreement.
The agreement will cover the provision of consumables and equipment for treatment of patients that dialyse at hospitals, renal satellite units or dialyse at home:
Dialysers and other consumables
Dialysis Fluids
In-centre Dialysis machines and equipment
Home Haemodialysis machines and consumables
Water Treatment
Therapy Costs
- Recurrence: 4 years
CPV: Renal consumables · Renal dialysis consumables · Renal fluid · Renal support devices
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 5 bids on the busiest of 6 lots · 4 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (7)Procurement structure
7 lots · 6 with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 6 lots carries the same published figure, £100,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Dialysers and Other Consumablesceiling above
Under this Lot the supplier will provide: Dialysers and Other Consumables
Goods included within the scope of Lot 1a are dialysers and other consumables for the renal treatment of patients that dialyse in-centre or in a satellite renal unit.
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 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 e- Tendering Help Desk at [email protected].
HealthTrust Europe utilises the Supplier Registration Service information database, formally known as sid4gov. Candidates are requested to register on the Supplier Registration service at Supplier Registration Service (cabinetoffice.gov.uk) and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on Supplier Registration Service must ensure that information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the helpdesk at [email protected].
Please note that, at present, sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the SQ on the Portal, and therefore Potential Providers must complete the Qualification and Selection Envelopes of the SQ in Bravo in full. Additional information: You may access further information on the HealthTrust Europe GPO Model at this link;
Lot #2Dialysers and Other ConsumablesAwardedLot estimate not published
Under this Lot the supplier will provide: Dialysers and Other Consumables
Goods included within the scope of Lot 1a are dialysers and other consumables for the renal treatment of patients that dialyse in-centre or in a satellite renal unit.
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 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 e- Tendering Help Desk at [email protected].
HealthTrust Europe utilises the Supplier Registration Service information database, formally known as sid4gov. Candidates are requested to register on the Supplier Registration service at Supplier Registration Service (cabinetoffice.gov.uk) and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on Supplier Registration Service must ensure that information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the helpdesk at [email protected].
Please note that, at present, sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the SQ on the Portal, and therefore Potential Providers must complete the Qualification and Selection Envelopes of the SQ in Bravo in full.
Lot #3Dialysis FluidsAwardedceiling above
Under this Lot the supplier will provide: Dialysis Fluids
Goods included within the scope of Lot 1b are dialysis fluids in cannisters or in bulk for the renal treatment of patients that dialyse in-centre or in a satellite renal unit.
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 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 e- Tendering Help Desk at [email protected].
HealthTrust Europe utilises the Supplier Registration Service information database, formally known as sid4gov. Candidates are requested to register on the Supplier Registration service at Supplier Registration Service (cabinetoffice.gov.uk) and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on Supplier Registration Service must ensure that information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the helpdesk at [email protected].
Please note that, at present, sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the SQ on the Portal, and therefore Potential Providers must complete the Qualification and Selection Envelopes of the SQ in Bravo in full.
Lot #4Haemodialysis EquipmentAwardedceiling above
Under this Lot the supplier will provide: In-centre Haemodialysis Equipment.
Goods included within the scope of Lot 2 are in-centre dialysis machines, beds and chairs, including service and maintenance of the equipment.
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
healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk ↗.
Login to the portal with username/password. Click the
Lot #5Dialysis Water TreatmentAwardedceiling above
Under this Lot the supplier will provide: Dialysis Water Treatment for hospitals and satellite renal units.
Goods included within the scope of Lot 3 are:
Central water plant system
Portable reverse osmosis machines
Water purification systems
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
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 e- Tendering Help Desk at [email protected].
HealthTrust Europe utilises the Supplier Registration Service information database, formally known as sid4gov. Candidates are requested to register on the Supplier Registration service at Supplier Registration Service (cabinetoffice.gov.uk) and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on Supplier Registration Service must ensure that information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the helpdesk at [email protected].
Please note that, at present, sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the SQ on the Portal, and therefore Potential Providers must complete the Qualification and Selection Envelopes of the SQ in Bravo in full.
Lot #6Haemodialysis Therapy CostsAwardedceiling above
Under this Lot the supplier will provide: In-Centre Dialysis Therapy Costs
Goods included within the scope of Lot 4 are set therapy costs covering all consumables required for the renal treatment of patients that dialyse in-centre or in a satellite renal unit.
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
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 e- Tendering Help Desk at [email protected].
HealthTrust Europe utilises the Supplier Registration Service information database, formally known as sid4gov. Candidates are requested to register on the Supplier Registration service at Supplier Registration Service (cabinetoffice.gov.uk) and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on Supplier Registration Service must ensure that information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the helpdesk at [email protected].
Please note that, at present, sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the SQ on the Portal, and therefore Potential Providers must complete the Qualification and Selection Envelopes of the SQ in Bravo in full.
Lot #7Home HaemodialysisAwardedceiling above
Under this Lot the supplier will provide: Home Haemodialysis Equipment and Consumables.
Goods included within the scope of Lot 5 are haemodialysis equipment and consumables and home therapy programmes covering the requirements for adult and paediatric patients that dialyse at home.
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 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 e- Tendering Help Desk at [email protected].
HealthTrust Europe utilises the Supplier Registration Service information database, formally known as sid4gov. Candidates are requested to register on the Supplier Registration service at Supplier Registration Service (cabinetoffice.gov.uk) and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on Supplier Registration Service must ensure that information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the helpdesk at [email protected].
Please note that, at present, sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the SQ on the Portal, and therefore Potential Providers must complete the Qualification and Selection Envelopes of the SQ in Bravo in full.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: 50
- Social Value: 10
- Price: 40
- Economic & financial standing
HTE may request such information as may be requested pursuant to Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Details are provided in the Pre-Qualification Questionnair
- Technical & professional ability
HTE may request such information as may be requested pursuant to Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Details are provided in the Pre-Qualification Questionnair
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “In-Centre Dialysis and Home Haemodialysis Equipment, Consumables,…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · 4 years
- First published
- 26 Nov 2024, 10:36 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Apr 2025, 13:35 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 17 Jan 2025 – …
- Authority reference
PR-0864- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012250- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04beafFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed
- Review procedure
HTE will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
Publisher note: 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 organization(s).
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 17 Jan 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 17 Jan 2025, 16:00 GMT
Timeline
17 Jan 2025 → 1 Apr 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown17 Jan 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened17 Jan 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Notice published1 Apr 2025, 13:35 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete1 Apr 2025, 13:35 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast14 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 14 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £100,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Home Haemodialysis
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Haemodialysis Equipment
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Dialysers and Other Consumables
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Dialysis Fluids
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Dialysers and Other Consumables
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Home Haemodialysis
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Haemodialysis Equipment
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Dialysers and Other Consumables
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Dialysis Water Treatment
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Dialysis Fluids
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Haemodialysis Equipment
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Dialysis Water Treatment
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Haemodialysis Therapy Costs
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Dialysis Fluids
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 · Dialysers and Other Consumables | 5bids · 5 electronic | 1 | — | — |
| 3 · Dialysis Fluids | 3bids · 3 electronic | — | — | — |
| 4 · Haemodialysis Equipment | 5bids · 5 electronic | 1 | — | — |
| 5 · Dialysis Water Treatment | 2bids · 2 electronic | — | — | — |
| 6 · Haemodialysis Therapy Costs | 1bids · 1 electronic | — | — | — |
| 7 · Home Haemodialysis | 2bids · 2 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- HealthTrust EuropeReview body
- Legal Department, HealthTrust EuropeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
4 commercial parties on the notice- B Braun Medical LTDFramework contractor
- Fresenius Medical Care LTDFramework contractor
- Kimal PLCFramework contractor
- Nikkiso Medical Europe GmbHFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.