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Managed Equipment Service with associated Medical Consumables & Contrast Media for University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

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BuyerUniversity Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
Value£600,000,000
Published18 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Responses are invited to a Pre-market Engagement Questionnaire from suppliers interested in this future opportunity. University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust requires the Provision of Managed Equipment Service with associated Medical Consumables & Contrast Media for University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. A decision on whether consumables are included is subject to confirmation. The contract term is intended to be for 10 years with potential option to extend at the Authority’s discretion for an additional term of up to 5 years. Over the 15 years, the potential total contract value would be £600 million (£40 million per annum, exclusive of VAT). Consumables represent the majority of this contract value: £24 million of the £40 million annual estimate. Contract start date is subject to change. The initial aim of the pre-market engagement is to make suppliers aware of the upcoming procurement needs. We also seek to understand the capability and capacity of suppliers to meet our contract and specification requirements and to gather facts and information from potential providers to help inform our business case and procurement process. The responses or information received during this market engagement exercise will not be taken into account in any future evaluation process as part of the formal procurement process. This pre-market engagement is a completely independent and voluntary phase. Organisations that would like to respond to this questionnaire should do so before 17:00 on 15th October 2025 through the Atamis (Health Family) portal. Any questions must be directed to the portal. Following registration, participants will be able to access the instructions, draft documents, and questionnaire. If suppliers experience issues with registration, please reach out to Atamis directly. Please note that the Trust will not be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties as part of this pre-market engagement exercise. This notice is not a call for competition and does not obligate the Trust to initiate a procurement process. A formal procurement process will be announced through the publication of a formal tender notice. Scope summary Managed equipment service: • Purchasing/financing, installation and maintenance of equipment and materials in scope of the contract; • Purchase and installation of diagnostic/radiotherapeutic equipment and clinical robots; • Procurement of contrast media to meet clinical demand; to include all ancillary equipment and software required to maximise and make systems operational and fit for intended purpose; • Purchase, supply, maintain and replace specified consumables and medical devices for the operation of the equipment and responsible for monitoring and maintaining stock levels (including stock rotation, usage analysis/reporting and proactive prevention of wastage/expiry); • Employ and train sufficient inventory control staff; and • Manage any third-party involvement. • Equipment included is imaging, catheter labs, hybrid theatre, mammography, radiotherapy and pharmacy robots. • Regular software upgrades are expected and should be accommodated within the solution where appropriate. Consumables: • The supplier will be responsible for the provision and maintenance of specified consumables required, included but not limited to, implantable cardiac valves and devices (e.g. TAVI valves, TEER clips, pacemakers & defibrillators), guide wires, stents, mapping and ablation catheters. This includes ensuring that there are appropriate stock levels at all times to maintain ability to conduct emergency and routine activity, taking into account market conditions that could affect stock levels and lead times. • The supplier will be responsible for the procurement of consumables to meet clinical demand in scope of the contract; • Liaising with the Trust to purchase, supply, maintain and replace specified consumables for the operation of the equipment; • Monitoring and maintaining stock levels (including stock rotation, usage analysis/reporting and proactive prevention of wastage/expiry); and • Employ and train sufficient inventory control staff; and manage any third-party involvement. • The supplier must ensure that all consumables and devices meet appropriate legal and clinical requirements and any relevant best practice guidelines, including product traceability legislation pertinent to implantable medical devices. • The Trust requires transparent pricing with competitive market analysis and stock management/usage analysis to provide robust assurance of value for money when procuring stock on behalf of the Trust. • The supplier should detail how it will secure best value for the Trust and how the Supplier will leverage its position in the market to maximise economies of scale on behalf of the Trust. • The supplier is required to source tariff excluded devices via NHSSC under the NHS England Specialised Services Devices Programme (SSDP) (formerly HCTED). This requirement applies to any SSDP devices produced by the Supplier, and/or any associated companies, as well as devices produced by 3rd parties. General • The Trust requires a vendor independent solution based on clinical choice by the Trust within the parameters of any agreed contract. • The supplier is responsible for the lifecycle management, ensuring the Trust has access to the latest medical technologies without the burden of capital investment. • Estates enabling works for the replacement of equipment are not included as set out in point 4.5.3. below. • The Trust reserves the right to introduce new technology/equipment/consumables where they have been involved in their development; this will be in collaboration with the supplier. • The Trust believes that a Managed Equipment Service is a cost-effective way of providing the latest technology which ultimately will improve patient care and efficiency, with on-going maintenance support and financial cost improvement. However, the inclusion of both Equipment and Consumables in the scope is yet to be confirmed. The Trust reserves the right to make changes to its intentions following the pre-market engagement. • The Trust invites feedback from the suppliers on the service specification and KPIs that will drive benefits for both Trust and Suppliers. The draft documents can be accessed on the Atamis portal during market engagement.

Delivery location

UK, GB · UKF2, GB · UKF21, GB · UKF22, GB

Categories

Medical equipments 33100000Imaging equipment for medical, dental and veterinary use 33110000X-ray devices 33111000Medical consumables 33140000Radiotherapy devices and supplies 33151000Reagents and contrast media 33696000Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment 50421000Installation services of medical equipment 51410000Installation services of radiotherapy equipment 51413000Medical imaging services 85150000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 1 Jun 2027 to 31 May 2037
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Medical equipments, Installation services of radiotherapy equipment, Imaging equipment for medical, dental and veterinary use, Repair and maintenance services of medical equipment, X-ray devices, Medical imaging services, Radiotherapy devices and supplies, Reagents and contrast media, Medical consumables, Installation services of medical equipmentNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 33. The category anchor is Medical equipments (33100000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 332,1442 median · 92.4 average (783 of 2,144 with a bid count)6 average (908 of 2,144 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer4Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK53814 median · 286.8 average (167 of 538 with a bid count)13 average (198 of 538 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)40Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
The Trust invites feedback from the suppliers on the service specification and KPIs, approach, and commercial model that will drive benefits for both Trust and Suppliers. Documentation must be accessed via the Atamis system and all correspondence must be done through the Atamis portal. You can search for the opportunity by entering the following project reference: C376938 or by searching the project title: "Managed Equipment Service with associated Medical Consumables & Contrast Media" Organisations that would like to respond to this questionnaire should do so before 17:00 on 15th October 2025 through the Atamis (Health Family) portal: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome During the market engagement period, suppliers may issue clarification questions to UHL via the Atamis portal messaging system prior to the clarification question deadline on 12:00 noon on 1st October 2025.engagement15 Oct 2025scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05817b
Latest release ID057781-2025
Latest release timestampThu Sep 18 2025 14:11:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£600,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
18 Sept 2025planning057781-2025
5 Aug 2025planning046115-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
18 Sept 2025 · 057781-2025 · planning
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        "description": "The Trust invites feedback from the suppliers on the service specification and KPIs, approach, and commercial model that will drive benefits for both Trust and Suppliers. \nDocumentation must be accessed via the Atamis system and all correspondence must be done through the Atamis portal.\nYou can search for the opportunity by entering the following project reference: C376938 or by searching the project title: \"Managed Equipment Service with associated Medical Consumables & Contrast Media\"\nOrganisations that would like to respond to this questionnaire should do so before 17:00 on 15th October 2025 through the Atamis (Health Family) portal: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome\nDuring the market engagement period, suppliers may issue clarification questions to UHL via the Atamis portal messaging system prior to the clarification question deadline on 12:00 noon on 1st October 2025."
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5 Aug 2025 · 046115-2025 · planning
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