Inventory management software package

Tender description

The NHS Collaborative Procurement Partnership (NHS CPP) comprises NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative, NHS London Procurement Partnership, NHS Commercial Solutions and East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub. NHS CPP has successfully delivered a number of projects, including the National Agency Nursing Agreement, the Total Orthopaedic Solutions (TOS) and Total Cardiology Solutions (TCS) Framework Agreements. The intricacies of managing activity in contracts let under the TOS Framework Agreement, in particular, have identified the need, in a number of organisations, for a means of managing the flow of equipment and consumable stocks through the surgical process. To meet this need NHS Commercial Solutions, as lead organisation for NHS CPP, is procuring a Framework Agreement for the provision of commercial, ‘off-the-shelf’, vendor-neutral inventory management systems to which a number of suppliers will be appointed. The Framework Agreement will be available to all organisations detailed in Section VI.3) of this Contract Notice (each, a ‘Participating Authority’).