Waste and Used Linen Chutes for new hospital - request for information

The Contractor for the new Monklands Hospital (under separate procurement) will be required to provide and install a waste and used linen chute system as part of the project. The chute system will be used to dispose of bagged designated waste and bagged used linen via separate chutes from within designated areas across the hospital to the lowest point of the site.

In order for NHS Lanarkshire to provide a specification to the contractor for the chute system, NHS Lanarkshire would like to have dialogue with the market to understand what is available. In particular, the following would like to be understood:

• The ability to control or provide a direct vertical chute system for the disposal of non-clean linen/waste and accommodate bags with variable weights dropping into any form receptacle which can range from a 340L Waste bin to a standard delivery metal or similar type cages.
• Speed control function in which the bags would fall to ensure safety at the end point. Additional information: NHS Lanarkshire will not be procuring these items or the service. The purpose of this PIN is to dialogue with providers of chute systems in order to understand what is available in the market.

Although a date for the publication of a contract notice is required for this PIN, the date reflects the possible date of the contractor’s need to approach the market for this procurement.