Hi Geoff
Just thought you might want to know about this current Tender, through the NHS Supply chain. Is there anyone that is NOT affected by this? What are your thoughts about it? Privatisation through the front door?
The Tender is divided up into lots. This is a framework agreement lasting 2 to 4 years.
1 £ 6400000
Maintenance and repair of Beds and Pressure Area Care equipment, against the following equipment areas:
2, 3, 4 section profiling beds and associated equipment
Birthing beds and associated equipment
Critical care beds and associated equipment
Bariatric beds and associated equipment
Cots and associated equipment
Treatment couches and associated equipment
(Beds that can go through a bed washer) and associated equipment
Dynamic mattresses and associated equipment
Pressure managing chairs and associated equipment
2 £ 2000000
Maintenance packages for Patient Handling equipment, against the following equipment areas:
Patient hoists and associated equipment
Specialist hoists and associated equipment
Portable bath lifts and associated equipment
High low baths and associated equipment
Calibration of hoists and hoist scales and associated equipment
Stretchers and associated equipment
3 £ 12000000
Maintenance packages for Patient Transport equipment, against the following equipment areas:
Powered trolleys, including mortuary trolleys and associated equipment
Manual trolleys, including mortuary trolleys and associated equipment
Patient transfer chair and associated equipment
Powered wheelchairs and associated equipment
Non powered wheelchairs and associated equipment
4 £ 23400000
Maintenance packages for Patient Assessment and Monitoring equipment, against the following equipment areas:
Foetal monitoring and associated equipment
Theatre & anaesthetic monitoring and associated equipment
Vital signs and Ward based/bedside monitoring and associated equipment
Cardiac output monitoring and associated equipment
Telemetry monitoring and associated equipment
ECG analysis recording equipment and associated equipment
Cardiac stress testers and associated equipment
Holters and analysers and associated equipment
AMB monitors, including Sphygmometers and associated equipment
Audiometry and associated equipment
Pulse oximetry equipment and associated equipment
CPAP devices and associated equipment
Spirometers and associated equipment
Temporary pacing units and associated equipment
Oxygen regulators and associated equipment
5 £ 1480000
Maintenance packages for Urology equipment, against the following equipment areas:
Mobile lithotripters and associated equipment
Fixed lithotripter, (electro conductive) and associated equipment
Fixed lithotripter, (extra corporeal shock wave) and associated equipment
Bladder scanners and associated equipment
6 £ 2400000
Maintenance packages for Neonatal equipment, against the following equipment areas:
Open neonatal incubator/warmer and associated equipment
Closed neonatal incubator/warmer and associated equipment
Phototherapy units and associated equipment
7 £ 84000000
Maintenance packages for Endoscopy equipment, against the following equipment areas:
Rigid endoscopes and associated equipment
Flexible endoscopes and associated equipment
Electromed equipment and associated equipment
8 £ 10880000
Maintenance packages for Ophthalmology equipment, against the following equipment areas:
Aberrometry equipment and associated equipment
Auto refractors equipment and associated equipment
Biometry and Ultrasound equipment and associated equipment
Computerised sight charts and associated equipment
Ophthalmic Diagnostic cameras, inc retinal cameras and associated equipment
Perimeter equipment and field analyser equipment and associated equipment
Lens Meters and associated equipment
Multifunctional Equipment and associated equipment
Pachymetry equipment and associated equipment
Retinal Angiograph Equipment and associated equipment
Retinal tomography and OCT machines and associated modules and equipment
Slit lamps and associated equipment
Specular Microscopy equipment and associated equipment
Topography & Keratometry equipment and associated equipment
Phacoemulsification and Vitrectomy equipment and associated equipment
Perimeter equipment and associated equipment
Phoropter equipment and associated equipment
Pupilometer equipment, inc/ PD Meters and associated equipment
Gloucometry equipment and associated equipment
Retinal imaging equipment and associated equipment
Corneal cross linking equipment and associated equipment
9 £ 3400000
Maintenance packages for Laser equipment, against the following equipment areas:
Dermatological lasers and associated equipment
Surgical lasers, (Urology and General and ENT) and associated equipment
Ophthalmic lasers and associated equipment
10 £ 17600000
Maintenance packages for Renal equipment, against the following equipment areas:
Haemodialysis and associated equipment
Heamofiltration and associated equipment
Peritoneal dialysis and associated equipment
11 £ 11600000
Maintenance packages for Orthopedic equipment, against the following equipment areas:
Orthopaedic power tools and associated equipment
Arthroscopy equipment and associated equipment
Trauma equipment and associated equipment
12 £ 38400000
Maintenance packages for General theatre equipment, against the following equipment areas:
General operating tables and associated equipment
Specialist operating tables, including transfer systems and associated equipment
Mortuary tables and associated equipment
Mortuary tables, including down draft and associated equipment
Invasive ventilators and associated equipment
Non invasive ventilators and associated equipment
Mobile theatre lights and associated equipment
Anaesthesia equipment including vaporizers and associated equipment
Fixed operating lights and associated equipment
Pendants and associated equipment
Theatre control panels and associated equipment
AED inc/ with manual override and associated equipment
Manual defibs and associated equipment
Electro surgical generators and associated equipment
Smoke evacuators and associated equipment
Suction Units and associated equipment
Intra Aortic Balloon Pumps and associated equipment
Rotablation equipment and associated equipment
Heart and lung perfusion equipment and associated equipment
Cardiac lung function and associated equipment
Oxygen regulators and associated equipment
Cardiac electrophysiology and associated equipment
Cardiac transducers and associated equipment
Volumetric infusion pumps and associated equipment
Syringe infusion pumps and associated equipment
Patient warming equipment, including blanket warmers and associated equipment
13 £ 25600000
Maintenance packages for Small Laboratory equipment, against the following equipment areas:
Amplification equipment and and associated equipment
Analytical equipment and associated equipment
Blending equipment and associated equipment
Drying equipment and associated equipment
Heating equipment and associated equipment
Histology/Histopathology equipment and associated equipment
Liquid Handling equipment and associated equipment
Measurement equipment and associated equipment
Mixing equipment and associated equipment
Pumping equipment and associated equipment
Sample Preparation and associated equipment
Separation equipment and associated equipment
Shaking equipment and associated equipment
Storage and safety equipment and associated equipment
Pipettes and associated equipment
14 £ 15600000
Maintenance packages for General Pathology equipment, against the following equipment areas:
Blood gas analysers and associated equipment
Gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy and associated equipment
Mass spectroscopy and associated equipment
Point of care urinalysis analyser and associated equipment
Point of care drugs of abuse analyser and associated equipment
Point of care HBA1C analyser and associated equipment
Point of care blood glucose analyser and associated equipment
Point of care coagulation analyser and associated equipment
Point of care cardiac marker equipment and associated equipment
15 £ 18000000
Maintenance packages for Microbiology and Serology equipment, against the following equipment areas:
Automated blood culture systems and associated equipment
Random access immunoassay system and associated equipment
Automated identification and susceptibility analyser and associated equipment
Automated ID of TB system and associated equipment
Open immunoassay elisa processer and associated equipment
Urinanalysis system and associated equipment
Malditoff system and associated equipment
Plate streakers and associated equipment
NAATS molecular testing analyser and associated equipment
16 £ 3200000
Maintenance packages for Hematology equipment, against the following equipment areas:
Full blood count analyser and associated equipment
Slide maker/slide stainer and associated equipment
Digital morphology and associated equipment
Automation and associated equipment
Coagulation and associated equipment
17 £ 15000000
Maintenance packages for Biochemistry equipment, against the following equipment areas:
HPLC analyser and associated equipment
Immunoassay analyser and associated equipment
Electrophoresis Analyser and associated equipment
18 £ 10400000
Maintenance packages for Cytology equipment, against the following equipment areas:
Liquid Based Cytology analysers and associated equipment
HPV screening analysers and associated equipment
19 £ 8000000
Maintenance packages for Microscope equipment, against the following equipment areas:
Upright Microscopes and associated equipment
Inverted Microscopes and associated equipment
Camera and Imaging Systems (both analogue and digital) suitable or Microscopy and associated equipment
Digital pathology microscopes and associated equipment
Laboratory microscopes and associated equipment
Virtual Slide scanners and associated equipment
Digital Slide scanners and associated equipment
Operating microscopes and associated equipment
Outpatient microscopes, including dental and associated equipment
Ophthalmic microscopes and associated equipment
20 £ 7954000
Maintenance packages for Refrigeration equipment, against the following equipment areas:
Blood Tracking and associated equipment
Ward Fridges and Freezers and associated equipment
Pharmacy Fridges and Freezers and associated equipment
Laboratory Fridges and Freezers and associated equipment
Temperature Monitoring and Mapping and associated equipment
Economy Refrigerators and Freezers and associated equipment
Fridge Freezer Combination Units and associated equipment
Sample Carriers and associated equipment
Temperature Loggers and associated equipment
Blood Bank Refrigerators and associated equipment
Plasma Storage Freezers and associated equipment
Ice Machines and associated equipment
Cryogenic and associated equipment
Ultra Low Temp Freezers and associated equipment
Body chambers and associated equipment
Mortuary freezers and associated equipment
21 £ 528,000,000
Maintenance packages for Imaging equipment, against the following equipment areas:
CT and associated equipment
MRI and associated equipment
Nuclear inc Gamma and PET and associated equipment
Mammography and associated equipment
Ultrasound and associated equipment
Fluoroscopy and Angiography and associated equipment
General and Mobile X-ray and associated equipment
CR Readers and associated equipment
Mobile Image Intensifiers and associated equipment
Contrast Injectors and associated equipment
Bone Densitometry and associated equipment
Probes and associated equipment
22 £ 128,000,000
Maintenance packages for Radiotherapy equipment, against the following equipment areas:
Treatment Systems and associated equipment
IT Systems Recording and Verification and associated equipment
Treatment Planning Systems and associated equipment
Simulation software and associated equipment
Quality Assurance Systems and associated equipment
23 £ 30720000
Maintenance packages for Washing and Sterilisation equipment, against the following equipment areas:
Washer disinfectors and associated equipment
Automated endoscope re-processers and associated equipment
Water treatment, (Softener and Reverse Osmosis) and associated equipment
Drying cabinet and associated equipment
Laboratory Water and associated equipment
Porous load steam sterilisers, including autoclaves and associated equipment
Hydrogen peroxide sterilisers and associated equipment
Ultrasonic cleaner and associated equipment
Trolley washer and associated equipment
HTM testing.
24 £ 1920000
Maintenance packages for Sluice equipment against the following equipment areas:
Pulp macerators and associated equipment
Bed pan washers and associated equipment
Incontinence macerators and associated equipment
HTM testing.
25 £ 2560000
Maintenance packages for Calibration and Repair of equipment, against the following equipment areas:
General purpose electrical test equipment and associated equipment
General purpose mechanical equipment and associated equipment
EME testing equipment and associated equipment
Pressure flow equipment and associated equipment
Weighing equipment and associated equipment
Temperature monitoring equipment and associated equipment
Radiation equipment, inc. microwave and gamma and associated equipment
High accuracy calibration and associated equipment
Luminance equipment and associated equipment
Optical equipment and associated equipment
Pathological equipment and associated equipment
Humidity and moisture equipment and associated equipment
26 £ 109148
Maintenance packages for Dental Washing equipment, against the following equipment areas:
Ultrasonic cleaners and associated equipment
Washer disinfectors and associated equipment
Sterilizers and associated equipment
Water treatment systems and associated equipment
27 £ 328000 to £ 3936000
Maintenance packages for Dental equipment, against the following equipment areas: Dental chairs and associated equipment Dental compressors and associated equipment Dental imaging and x-ray and associated equipment
