Contract

Framework Agreement for the Supply of Medical Gases in Cylinders and Liquid Medical Gases

  • HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting on behalf of Mid and South Essex NSH Foundation Trust

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-034020

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04ddf2 (view related notices)

Published 20 June 2025, 11:47am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting on behalf of Mid and South Essex NSH Foundation Trust

19 George Road

Edgbaston, Birmingham

B15 1NU

Email

loren.cope@htepg.com

Telephone

+44 8458875000

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

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

Framework Agreement for the Supply of Medical Gases in Cylinders and Liquid Medical Gases

Reference number

PR-1798

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 24100000 - Gases

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

The Tender is to establish a Framework Agreement for the supply of Medical Gases in Cylinders and Liquid Medical Gases ("Agreement").

The agreement will include the supply and rental of medical gases, cylinders, liquid medical gases, liquid bulk medical gases and associated consumables and devices. The agreement will be split into three (3) lots:

- Lot 1: Medical Gases in Cylinders

- Lot 2: Nitric Oxide, Cylinders, Monitoring and Delivery Devices

- Lot 3: Liquid Medical Gases

The duration of the Agreement will be 4 years maximum; 4 years initial period with no option to extend.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £300,000,000

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Medical Gases In Cylinders

Lot No

Lot 1

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 24100000 - Gases
  • 24111500 - Medical gases

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

• Description of the procurement

• (nature and quantity of works, supplies or services or indication of needs and requirements):

Under this Lot the supplier will provide the supply and rental of medical gases, cylinders, associated consumables and services.

Tenderers will be required to supply cylinders containing a variety of medical gases and have the capability to offer participating authorities collection and refill services. Gases include but are not limited to:

— medical oxygen

— medical nitrous oxide

— medical nitrogen

— medical air

— medical carbon dioxide

— medical helium

— medical argon

— other specialty gases

TERMS AND CONDITIONS / ACTIVITY BASED INCOME (ABI) The terms and conditions of this Agreement and any resulting call-off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this Agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND PROCUREMENT INFORMATION This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk. Login to the portal with username/password. Click the SQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the SQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant SQ/ ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the SQ/ITT into your My SQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the SQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the SQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e- Tendering Help Desk at help@bravosolution.co.uk.

HealthTrust Europe utilises the Supplier Registration Service information database, formally known as sid4gov. Candidates are requested to register on the Supplier Registration service at Supplier Registration Service (cabinetoffice.gov.uk) and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on Supplier Registration Service must ensure that information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the helpdesk at sid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk.

Please note that, at present, sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the SQ on the Portal, and therefore Potential Providers must complete the Qualification and Selection Envelopes of the SQ in Bravo in full.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 50

Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10

Price - Weighting: 40

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

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

Nitric Oxide in Cylinders and Monitoring and Delivery Devices

Lot No

2

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 24100000 - Gases
  • 24111500 - Medical gases

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

nature and quantity of works, supplies or services or indication of needs and requirements):

Under this Lot the supplier will provide the complete system to deliver nitric oxide therapy that includes nitric oxide in cylinders, monitoring devices, associated equipment, consumables and any delivery devices used in the transfer and/or transportation of patients.

This lot will be for provision of supply and rental of nitric oxide cylinders. Suppliers will have the capability to offer participating authorities collection and gas refill services. This includes but is not limited to:

— nitric oxide

— cylinders in various sizes

— flow meters/regulators/monitoring devices

— devices for use in transfer of patients;

— associated consumables and equipment.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS / ACTIVITY BASED INCOME (ABI) The terms and conditions of this Agreement and any resulting call-off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this Agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND PROCUREMENT INFORMATION This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk. Login to the portal with username/password. Click the SQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the SQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant SQ/ ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the SQ/ITT into your My SQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the SQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the SQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e- Tendering Help Desk at help@bravosolution.co.uk.

HealthTrust Europe utilises the Supplier Registration Service information database, formally known as sid4gov. Candidates are requested to register on the Supplier Registration service at Supplier Registration Service (cabinetoffice.gov.uk) and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on Supplier Registration Service must ensure that information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the helpdesk at sid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk.

Please note that, at present, sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the SQ on the Portal, and therefore Potential Providers must complete the Qualification and Selection Envelopes of the SQ in Bravo in full.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 50

Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10

Price - Weighting: 40

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

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

Liquid Medical Gases

Lot No

3

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 24100000 - Gases
  • 24111500 - Medical gases

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

• Description of the procurement

(nature and quantity of works, supplies or services or indication of needs and requirements):

Under this Lot the supplier will provide a full solution from the purchase and delivery of liquid medical gases to the safe installation and maintenance of liquid medical gases storage tanks/VIE and ancillary equipment.

The supply of liquid medical gases will include, but not limited to:

- liquid oxygen

- liquid nitrogen

- liquid carbon dioxide

- liquid carbon monoxide

- liquid helium

-liquid argon

-liquid hydrogen

- liquid natural gas

TERMS AND CONDITIONS / ACTIVITY BASED INCOME (ABI) The terms and conditions of this Agreement and any resulting call-off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this Agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND PROCUREMENT INFORMATION This exercise will be cond

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 50

Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10

Price - Weighting: 40

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

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 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

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: 2025/S 000-004646


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

HTE-1798.001.L1

Lot No

Lot 1

Title

Medical Gases in Cylinders

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

9 June 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

BOC Ltd

The Priestley Centre, The Surrey Research Park

Guilford

GU2 7XY

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £100,000,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £100,000,000


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

HTE-1798.002.L1

Lot No

Lot 1

Title

Medical Gases in Cylinders

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

9 June 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Air Liquide Limited

Station Road, Coleshill

Birmingham

B46 1JY

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £100,000,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £100,000,000


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

HTE-1798.001.L2

Lot No

Lot 2

Title

Nitric Oxide in Cylinders and Monitoring and Delivery Devices

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

9 June 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

BOC Ltd

The Priestley Centre, The Surrey Research Park

Guilford

GU2 7XY

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £100,000,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £100,000,000


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

HTE-1798.004.L2

Lot No

2

Title

Nitric Oxide in Cylinders and Monitoring and Delivery Devices

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

9 June 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

BTG Gases

2 Trinity Trading Estate, Tribune Drive

Sittingbourne

ME10 2PG

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £100,000,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £100,000,000


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

HTE-1798.003.L3

Lot No

3

Title

Liquid Medical Gases

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

9 June 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Air Products PLC

1000 Hillswood Drive, Chertsey

Surrey

KT16 0PS

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £100,000,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £100,000,000


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

HTE-1798.001.L3

Lot No

3

Title

Liquid Medical Gases

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

9 June 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

BOC Ltd

The Priestley Centre, The Surrey Research Park

Guilford

GU2 7XY

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £100,000,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £100,000,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

HealthTrust Europe

19 George Road

Edgbaston, Birmingham

B15 1NU

Telephone

+44 1216871350

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

Legal Department, HealthTrust Europe

19 George Road

Edgbaston, Birmingham

B15 1NU

Telephone

+44 1216871350

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

HTE will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.