Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Supply Chain
Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road
London
SE1 8UG
Contact
Gavin Staniforth
Gavin.staniforth2@supplychain.nhs.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKI4 - Inner London – East
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health
Buyer's address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health/about/procurement
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com//
Additional information can be obtained from another address:
NHS Supply Chain
Foxbridge Way
Normanton
WF6 1TL
Contact
Lindsay Baker
Lindsay.Baker@supplychain.nhs.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKE4 - West Yorkshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care
Buyer's address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care/about/procurement
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at
https://nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com//
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal Agency/Office
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Endoscopy, Endourology & Oncology Ablation Consumables & Associated Products
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 33000000 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
The framework agreement will cover Endoscopy, Endourology & Oncology Ablation Consumables and Associated Products.
It is anticipated that initial expenditure for this Framework will be circa £100,000,00 GBP in the first year of this Framework Agreement. If the Framework Agreement is extended to the maximum duration, the anticipated expenditure will be circa £426,000,000 GBP. These are approximates only and the values may vary depending on the requirements of those bodies purchasing under the Framework Agreement.
This framework agreement will have an initial term of 24 months with an option to extend incrementally for up to a total period of 48 months
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £426,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 3
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Endoscopy
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 33141200 - Catheters
- 33141210 - Balloon catheters
- 33141240 - Catheter accessories
- 33153000 - Lithotripter
- 33612000 - Medicinal products for functional gastrointestinal disorders
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
Various locations in the UK
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 1 consists of the following Sub-Lots:
1.1 Endoscopy Capsules
1.2 Patient/Clinical Disposables
1.3 Catheters
1.4 Lithotripsy Consumables
1.5 Cleaning Brushes
1.6 Haemostasis
1.7 Cytology Brushes
1.8 Polyp Traps
1.9 Needles
1.10 Sphincterotome
1.11 Dilation - Including Balloons
1.12 Stents
1.13 Snares
1.14 Retrieval Products – Including Biopsy
1.15 Needle Knife
1.16 Cannulas
1.17 Tattoo Markers
1.18 Lifting Agents
1.19 Bite Blocks & Mouth Guards
1.20 Guidewires
1.21 Scope Accessories
1.22 Biopsy Valves/Caps
1.23 Endoscopy Cuff
1.24 Tubing
1.25 Single Use Visual Scope
1.26 Endoscopy Multi Tool
1.27 Equipment
1.28 Shavers
1.29 Feeding Tube
1.30 Endoscopic Suturing system
1.31 Endoscopic Fundoplication Device
1.32 Gastric Balloons
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Supply Chain Assessment / Weighting: 25
Quality criterion - Name: Training and Education Value Add Programmes / Weighting: 20
Quality criterion - Name: Contract Management / Weighting: 25
Quality criterion - Name: Sales, Service and Quality / Weighting: 15
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value Fighting Climate Change / Weighting: 10
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value Equal Opportunity / Weighting: 5
Cost criterion - Name: Cost criterion / Weighting: 0
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £286,000,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
1 September 2025
End date
31 August 2027
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
This Framework Agreement will have the option to extend incrementally for 24 months.
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Endourology
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 33141200 - Catheters
- 33141210 - Balloon catheters
- 33141240 - Catheter accessories
- 33141323 - Biopsy needles
- 33153000 - Lithotripter
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
Various Locations in the UK
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 2 consists of the following Sub-Lots:
2.1 Single Use Ridged Scopes (Ridged & Flexible)
2.2 Accessories For Scopes
2.3 Ureteral Catheters
2.4 Lithotripter
2.5 Accessories And Consumables For Lithotripter
2.6 Urethral Dilators
2.7 Guidewires
2.8 Urethral Access Products
2.9 Prostate Biopsy Needles, Forceps And Accessories
2.10 Stones Retrieval Products
2.11 Ureteral Stents, Urethral And Nephrostomy Guidewires
2.12 Prostatic Ablation Devices
2.13 Laser Fibres
2.14 Supplementary Instruments Set
2.15 Bladder Evacuator And Syringe
2.16 Irrigation Fluid Managements Systems Continues Pressure Pump-Mono Chamber And Dual Chamber
2.17 Electrodes, Curette, Probe And Blades
2.18 Cleaning Accessories
2.19 Prostatic Urethral Lift
2.20 Prostatic Urethral Temporary Implant
2.21 Percutaneous Nephrostomy Kit
2.22 Transport And Storage
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Supply Chain Assessment / Weighting: 25
Quality criterion - Name: Training and Education Value Add Programmes / Weighting: 20
Quality criterion - Name: Contract Management / Weighting: 25
Quality criterion - Name: Sales, Service and Quality / Weighting: 15
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value Fighting Climate Change / Weighting: 10
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value Equal Opportunity / Weighting: 5
Cost criterion - Name: Cost criterion / Weighting: 0
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £129,000,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
1 September 2025
End date
31 August 2027
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
This Framework Agreement will have the option to extend incrementally for 24 months.
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Oncology Ablation
Lot No
3
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 33160000 - Operating techniques
- 33165000 - Cryosurgical and cryotherapy devices
- 33169000 - Surgical instruments
- 38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
Various Locations in the UK
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 3 consists of the following Sub-Lots:
3.1 Microwave Ablation Therapy
3.2 Cryoablation Therapy
3.3 Irreversible Electroporation Ablation
3.4 Radiofrequency Ablation Therapy
3.5 Electrochemotherapy
3.6 Oesophageal Ablation
3.7 Histotripsy Ablation
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Supply Chain Assessment / Weighting: 25
Quality criterion - Name: Training and Education Value Add Programmes / Weighting: 20
Quality criterion - Name: Contract Management / Weighting: 25
Quality criterion - Name: Sales, Service and Quality / Weighting: 15
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value Fighting Climate Change / Weighting: 10
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value Equal Opportunity / Weighting: 5
Cost criterion - Name: Cost criterion / Weighting: 0
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £11,000,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
1 September 2025
End date
31 August 2027
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
This Framework Agreement will have the option to extend incrementally for 24 months.
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions
Applicants should refer to II.2 of this Contract Notice for further details in respect of appointment to the individual Lots across the Framework Agreement.
Applicants may bid for one, more than one or all of the Lots and Applicants should refer to the Invitation to Tender for more information in respect of this.
The term of contracts formed under the Framework Agreement may continue beyond the end of the term of the Framework Agreement itself.
NHS Supply Chain expects to provide successful Suppliers with the opportunity to offer additional savings to customers through the provision of discounted pricing, value added offerings and commitment initiatives.
NHS Supply Chain will share savings information in order to assist its customers with making informed procurement decisions.
The Framework Agreement will be between NHS Supply Chain and individual suppliers. Under it there will be two different methods of supply - one for Non-Direct Contract Goods and one for Direct Contract Goods.
NHS Supply Chain will be entitled to purchase the Goods identified as Non-Direct Contract Goods which we will then make available for purchase by 1) any NHS Trust; 2) any other NHS entity; 3) any government department, agency or other statutory body (for the avoidance of doubt including local authorities) and/or 4) any private sector entity active in the UK healthcare sector. We will be entitled to enter into call-off contracts for Non-Direct Contract Goods, and also facilitate Participating Authorities in the award of a call-off contract, which include orders for Non-Direct Contract Goods.
Over the term of the Framework Agreement we may identify Goods as Direct Contract Goods, meaning 1) NHS Supply Chain; 2) any NHS Trust; 3) any other NHS entity; 4) any government department, agency or other statutory body (for the avoidance of doubt including local authorities) and/or 5) any private sector entity active in the UK healthcare sector will be able to directly order under the Framework Agreement and will be able to enter into a direct contract with you for any of the Goods under the Framework. Direct contracts placed under the Framework Agreement by parties other than us are between the party and you, we are not a party to those contracts.
Electronic ordering will be used and electronic invoicing will be accepted and electronic payment will be used. For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding the estimate indicated at II.2.1, NHS Supply Chain does not guarantee any level of purchase through the framework and advises Applicants that the framework shall be established on a non-exclusive basis. Tenders and all supporting documentation for the contract must be priced in sterling and written in English. Any agreement entered into will be considered a contract made in England according to English law and will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. NHS Supply Chain is not liable for any costs (including any third party costs fees or expenses incurred by those expressing an interest, participating or tendering for this contract opportunity. NHS Supply Chain reserves the right to terminate the procurement process (or part of it), to change the basis of and the procedures for the procurement process at any time, or to procure the subject matter of the contract by alternative means if it appears that it can be more advantageously procured by alternative means. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted. All communications must be made through NHS Supply Chain's eTendering portal at https://nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com// using the Message Centre facility linked to this particular contract notice.
Please note that the maximum number of suppliers as set out in IV.1.3 is an estimate only.
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required
Parent company or other guarantees may be required in certain circumstances. Further details will be in the tender documents.
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to require groupings of entities to take a particular form, or to require one party to undertake primary legal liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.
three.2) Conditions related to the contract
three.2.2) Contract performance conditions
The Framework Agreement includes obligations with respect to environmental issues and a requirement for successful suppliers to comply with the NHS Supply Chain Code of Conduct.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-001090
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
21 October 2024
Local time
3:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 9 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
22 October 2024
Local time
9:00am
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: Yes
six.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
six.3) Additional information
Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information:
This procurement exercise will be conducted on the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal at https://nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com//
Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement-specific information (if required) through the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal as follows:
Registration.
1. Use URL https://nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com// to access the NHS Supply Chain Procurement portal.
2. If not yet registered:
— Click on the ‘Not Registered Yet’ link to access the registration page.
— Complete the registration pages as guided by the mini guide found on the landing page.
Portal access.
If registration has been completed:
— Login with URL https://nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com// .
— Click on ITTs Open to All Suppliers.
— Select from the following ITTs:
ITT_1465 Endoscopy, Endourology & Oncology Ablation Consumables & Associated Products 2025
— Click on Express Interest.
— If you intend to respond select Intend to Respond.
Applicants are encouraged to download the supplier handbook located within the eProcurement portal by following the 'Supplier Helpcentre' link within the Useful Links section of the Dashboard.
For any technical help with the portal please contact:
Tel: 0800 069 8630 or email: help_uk@jaggaer.com
Please refer to Section III.1.1 for additional information.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Appeals to be logged in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended)