Find a TenderPast planning notice

Published 18 May 2022, 10:42 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Towards circular, net zero carbon walking aids: NHS Supply Chain consultation regarding the supply and management of environmentally sustainable walking aids

Authority: NHS Supply Chain (NHS & healthcare)

Services

Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33)Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products (39)Industrial machinery (42)

+3 more

Repair & Maintenance (50)Postal and telecommunications services (64)Cleaning & Environmental Services (90)

Delivery: UK

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 1 Nov 2022from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The NHS is committed in its drive to zero net carbon and decarbonisation of its supply chain, and walking aids have been identified as a carbon intensive product where change is needed to move towards circular and lower carbon solutions. This market dialogue is being launched to inform the supply-chain of this changing demand and begin a conversation and exchange on the steps that could be taken on the part of suppliers and the NHS to:

Reduce the carbon intensity of walking aids across their life cycle, and Facilitate a circular model of supply and reuse. We believe that the supply chain has the information, insights and creativity to address the challenges outlined. We are open to all ideas that contribute to reducing the carbon footprint of walking aids. For example, in design, manufacture, nature of supply, new or alternative products and services, and distribution.

As part of this two-way dialogue, we would also like to raise for discussion resilience of supply in the light of global market conditions and the scope for added value in product supply and life cycle management.

The results of this consultation will be used to inform the specification for walking aids in the new NHS Supply Chain framework.

Questions and comments can be submitted in advance to: [email protected]

We welcome input and participation from existing suppliers and more widely across the supply chain.

CPV: Cleaning and sanitation services · Cleaning services · Courier services · Crutches · Environmental decontamination services · Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services · Multi-modal courier services · Post and courier services · Recycling equipment · Refuse recycling services · Repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services of medical and surgical equipment · +4 more

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The NHS purchases a large number of walking aids every year, i.e. crutches, walking…Planned

The NHS purchases a large number of walking aids every year, i.e. crutches, walking sticks, Zimmer frames, rollators. The majority (65%) of these are purchased by individual trusts and other healthcare providers via the NHS Supply Chain Aids for Daily Living procurement framework. This procurement framework concludes at the end of October 2023 and will be retendered in the autumn of this year. NHS Supply Chain is taking the end of this framework as an opportunity to review our approach to the supply and management of walking aids in the light of the NHS commitment to achieve a net-zero emissions by 2040 and net-zero emissions from the supply chain by 2045.

Delivery: UK

33141710 Crutches 33141720 Walking aids 33169500 Surgical tracking and tracing systems 33191000 Sterilisation, disinfection and hygiene devices 39295400 Walking sticks 42914000 Recycling equipment

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: Services
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: 18 May 2022, 10:42 BST
Last source update: 18 May 2022, 10:42 BST
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-013307
Classification (CPV): Cleaning and sanitation servicesCleaning servicesCourier servicesCrutchesEnvironmental decontamination servicesMiscellaneous repair and maintenance servicesMulti-modal courier servicesPost and courier servicesRecycling equipmentRefuse recycling services
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Repair and maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance services of medical and surgical equipment
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-033a99 Find a Tender

Publisher note: Please register for this event at: https://www.supplychain.nhs.uk/walking-aids

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

18 May 2022 → 1 Nov 2022 · 2 dates

Notice published
18 May 2022, 10:42 BST
Tender notice expected
1 Nov 2022

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

NHS Supply Chain

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareNational or federal agency/officeHealth Skipton House, 80 London Road, London, UK, SE1 6LHContact name, email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.