Provision of Decontamination Services

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a provider of decontamination services for the reusable medical devices on behalf of the NHS Organisations listed below commencing in 2024. 1. Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust. a. City Road Hospital (B18 7QH) - 3 collection and delivery points. b. Sandwell Hospital (B71 4HJ) – 1 collection and delivery point. c. Midland Metropolitan Hospital (B66 2RT) – 2 collection and delivery points. 2. Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. a. Children’s Hospital (B4 6NH) – 3 collection and delivery points. b. Birmingham Women’s Hospital (B15 2TG) – 2 collection and delivery points 3. Birmingham Dental Hospital – A specialist division of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (B5 7SA) – 1 collection and delivery point. 4. The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (B31 2AP) – 1 collection and delivery point 5. University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust a. Queen Elizabeth Hospital (B15 2TG) – 2 collection and delivery points. b. Heartlands Hospital (B9 5SS) – 2 collection and delivery points. c. Good Hope Hospital (B75 7RR) – 1 collection and delivery point. d. Solihull Hospital (B91 2LI) – 2 collection and delivery points. e. There are a further 8 “community locations” for community podiatry and dental services. (Grove Rd B91 2AQ; Smithswood B36 0JG; Land Lane B37 7DQ; Hurst Lane B36 0EY; Freshfields B93 0QA; Chelmsley Wood B37 5BU; Balsall Common CV7 7NG and Shirley, Solihull (post-code to be confirmed) The service is required, in full or part, at each of the Hospitals for 7 days a week, 24hrs a day 365 days per year. The service can function on a routine service of 24hrs with approximately 10% of work “prioritised” and a much smaller % of work “fast-tracked”. Community Services require a daily service from Monday-Friday. There are no “internal portering” responsibilities on the service provider other than delivering and collecting from the locations shown above. The scale of the service required is summarised as follows. 1. 380,000 Surgical Trays (and an additional 20,000 circa “power tool” trays). 2. 120,000 specialist handpieces (predominately “dental handpieces”). 3. 270,000 Ward/Clinic type trays. 4. 320,000 Supplementary Items (of which 100,000 are “theatre” supplementary items). The service covers all surgical disciplines including those conducted on high risk tissues and with robotic equipment. The service providers’ facilities should be located within Birmingham. The decontamination service should be supported by an internet enabled IT System allowing tracking and tracing throughout the process; external or remote access to the system and a system capable of delivering a suite of service reports. The service must meet national and international standards and will be subject to recognised external audits and inspections and have robust local contingency plans for possible disruptions to the main facilities. The service will be subject to a performance management process. This will cover the key components of the overall service such as staff training and maintenance of equipment and aspects of the production process such as the quality of the products delivered and the turnaround times achieved. The performance process will also monitor other aspects of the production function such as components of the “time from use to wash” and “residual protein detection”. The service, whilst predominantly based around steam sterilisation, should also feature alternative methods of sterilisation techniques. Innovation and the capacity to respond to changing environments or the use of 3rd party intermediaries will also be of interest. The service provider will be capable of providing a fully integrated instrument repair process as well as an instrument replacement offering. Additional information: Suppliers wishing to participate in this market engagement exercise and express an interest in this requirement should respond to the questionnaire via the Bravo portal by 13:00 on 30.6.2021. Bravo reference of online form: pqq__28636 "Decontamination Services-Pre Market Engagement"