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THE COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

UK- Chester - Orthopaedic Soft Tissue Repair Products

Medical Equipment & PharmaCPV 33183000
Value£106k
Awarded27 Oct 2016
Published13 Feb 2018
RegionNorth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£106ktotal contract value
median £123k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 9,456 valued Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) is seeking to establish a contract for the provision of orthopaedic soft tissue repair products which includes the supply of delivery of consumables supported by the consignment to the Trust of a complimentary range of devices and instrumentation for the term of the contract.

Further information of the requirements is outlined in the description of the Lots for which tenders are invited.

The procurement seeks continuity of supply and a consistent standard of quality and reliability through the rationalisation of the product range to a single supplier in each lot.

Aiming to achieve best value for money by reducing the overall cost through the removal of delivery charges and any costs related to the provision of devices and instrumentation.

Lot 1 Arthroscopic resection products.

Cutters and burrs for arthroscopic soft tissue resection.

Consoles and handpieces will be consigned to the Trust for the duration of any contract.

Radio-frequency ablation products.

Devices (wands) for arthroscopic radio-frequency ablation of soft tissue.

Consoles / controllers will be consigned to the Trust for the duration of any contract.

Arthroscopic fluid management products Tubing for arthroscopic irrigation and aspiration.

Pumps / controllers will be consigned to the Trust for the duration of any contract.

Precise quantities are unknown but the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s average annual requirement for the products outlined above in Lot 1 in recent years has been in excess of £72,000 estimated annual value excluding VAT.

Lot 2 Suture anchors (absorbable, non-absorbable and metallic.

Instrument sets will be consigned to the Trust for the duration of any contract.

Precise quantities are unknown but the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s average annual requirement for the products outlined above in Lot 2 in recent years has been in excess of £85,000 estimated annual value excluding VAT.

Key requirements

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The procurement seeks continuity of supply

The procurement seeks continuity of supply and a consistent standard of quality and reliability through the rationalisation of the product range to a single supplier in each lot.

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Stage
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Orthopaedic Soft Tissue Repair (G/252)
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