Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting as agent for the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (“UHCW”)
19 George Road
Edgbaston, Birmingham
B15 1NU
Telephone
+44 08458875000
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Clinical Waste Services for Cheshire and Merseyside Cluster
Reference number
SF053231
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 90524400 - Collection, transport and disposal of hospital waste
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Clinical Waste Services for Cheshire and Merseyside Cluster
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Clinical Waste Services for Cheshire and Merseyside Cluster
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 34928480 - Waste and rubbish containers and bins
- 42320000 - Waste incinerators
- 90524000 - Medical waste services
- 90524100 - Clinical-waste collection services
- 90524200 - Clinical-waste disposal services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
HealthTrust Europe (HTE) is seeking to establish a contract for the provision of Clinical Waste Services including the collection, transportation and disposal of clinical waste, including but not limited to: healthcare waste, infectious waste, pathological waste, pharmaceutical waste, offensive/hygiene waste, hazardous and non-hazardous healthcare waste for NHS Trusts within the Cheshire and Merseyside region, namely:
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
East Cheshire NHS Trust
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Liverpool Heart and Chest NHS Foundation Trust
Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Warrington & Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
(“the Cluster”)
Clinical Waste will be described within the following categories: Hazardous Waste, Pharmaceutical Waste and Sharps Waste.
Clinical Waste is defined as: “…any waste which consists wholly or partly of human or animal tissue, blood or other body fluids, excretions, drugs or other pharmaceutical products, swabs or dressings, syringes, needles or other sharp instruments, being waste which unless rendered safe, may prove hazardous to any person coming into contact with it; and any other waste arising from medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, pharmaceutical or similar practice, investigation, treatment, care, teaching or research, or the collection of blood for transfusion, being waste which may cause infection to any person coming into contact with it.”
Clauses 4.7 and 4.8, Environment and Sustainability Health Technical Memorandum 07-01: Safe management of healthcare waste.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 September 2021
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This notice is for prior information only, publication for a further call for competition will be made as required. To assist in the strategic direction of the procurement and overall solution, HealthTrust Europe (HTE) and the Cluster is seeking supplier engagement. Please send your expression of interest along with no more than 2 representatives names to attend the event to armand.wembakungu@htepg.com. The deadline for expressions of interest for the supplier engagement will be 15th July 2021. The supplier engagement will take the form of one supplier and customer joint meeting via Teams , 10.30am-12.30pm on Monday 19th July. Engagement will be carried out in accordance with Regulation 40 & 41 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.