Surgical hospital services

Tender description

The collection of used surgical instruments from Kingston Hospital, sterilisation, preparation of instrument packs, including the supply of consumables, and delivery back to Kingston Hospital. Suppliers are expected to have a track and trace system for the tracking of instruments. Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust intend to establish a comprehensive sterile services contract with off site provision, for the ongoing decontamination of reusable surgical instruments. The overall objective is to secure the provision of a modern and efficient sterile services which achieve the national policy for compliance with all of the latest and future quality and legislative standards, at a competitive and cost effective price, enabling the Trust (s) to service their current and planned or unplanned growth requirements in a timely manner. The service should also include a GS1 standards track and trace system to allow the tracking of instruments to each point within the process of decontamination and use on site. Currently, the Trust undertakes around 45 000 surgical procedures per annum with additional procedures carried out in outpatients and maternity, which all require a sterilised instrument pack with associated consumables. The supplier is expected to maintain a reliable decontamination service to the Trust's main site and other local outreach sites where required.