Medical equipments

Tender description

NHSX, through NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) as the legal entity are establishing a Dynamic Purchasing System for the purchase of automated blood pressure monitors (to enhance their Remote Monitoring for Hypertension programme for which they have currently up to GBP 3.75 million available) and to enable this DPS to be a vehicle for other primary care, health and social care organisations, secondary care providers, community pharmacies, urgent care providers, ambulance trusts, optometry and dentistry providers (full list provided in section V1.3) to purchase via this DPS. The National Commercial and Procurement Hub is conducting this procurement on behalf of NHSX and is divided into two lots. For a supplier to be admitted onto the DPS, the product they are intending to supply must be listed on the British and Irish Hypertension Society (BIHS) website (https://bihsoc.org/bp-monitors/for-home-use/) and meet the requirements as detailed in the procurement documents. The National Commercial and Procurement Hub is conducting this procurement on behalf of NHSX and is seeking suitably experienced and qualified suppliers to deliver appropriate certified Automated Blood Pressure Monitors (including accessories) at a local (including delivery to a Patient Home) or national level. We encourage interested suppliers to apply in good time to enable assessment of their applications to support the tendering work once the initial 30 days has elapsed. NHSX has been working closely with the NHS@Home team on a range of projects one of which is to roll out automated blood pressure monitors and a digital platform over winter 20/21 to those at highest risk currently GBP 3.75 million (for all Lots) is available to NHSX for this roll out of Blood Pressure Monitors across both lots. This first wave would prioritise applications from health systems in areas of deprivation and with high BAME populations to help improve the marked health inequalities within these groups as well as Covid-19 hotspots. Lot 1 – Standard Automated Blood Pressure Monitors The requirement is for simple, fully automatic upper arm blood pressure monitors to provide patients with comfortable, quick and accurate blood pressure results. The results can be either manually or automatically inputted into local Apps/digital platforms for primary care to review. A list of validated automated blood pressure monitors is maintained on the British and Irish Hypertension Society (BIHS) website (https://bihsoc.org/bp-monitors/for-home-use/). The automated blood pressure monitors must be on this list and meet the requirements as detailed in the procurement documents. Each device must come supplied with either a standard adult or universal cuff. A small proportion of larger cuffs will also be required. The contract period for the DPS will remain open (valid) for a period of 3 years (to January 2024) with a possible extension up to 12 months. Suppliers may join the DPS at any time during its life. Application to the DPS will be via a selection questionnaire. Bidders who are unsuccessful will be able to re-apply to join at any point during the life of the DPS. Successful bidders will be required to sign a Participation Agreement to become an approved Supplier on this DPS arrangement. NHSx (NHSE/I) and all other primary care, health and social care organisations, secondary care providers, community pharmacies, urgent care providers, ambulance trusts, optometry and dentistry providers (full list provided in section V1.3) will be able to use the DPS to award specific contracts, by inviting suppliers listed to compete via an Invitation to tender. Competitions will commence immediately following the initial 30 day period for applications. The estimated total value is cGBP 3.75 million split across the 2 lots. Contract values for each lot will vary accordingly and is estimated for Lot 1 to be GBP 2.81 million. The awarding of specific contracts will be via invitation to tender to Suppliers listed on the established DPS. The overarching technical specification upon which the Dynamic Purchasing System is established will be subject to change throughout the lifetime of the Dynamic Purchasing System in order to achieve alignment with national standards as they evolve. The scope of the Dynamic Purchasing System may be subject to variation throughout its lifetime in order to incorporate new products to enhance remote monitoring. Any such change will be subject to full approval and economic operators will be notified of any such planned changes. The National Commercial and Procurement Hub is conducting this procurement on behalf of NHSX and is seeking suitably experienced and qualified suppliers to deliver appropriate certified Automated blood pressure monitors (including accessories) at a local (including delivery to a Patient Home) or national level. We encourage interested suppliers to apply in good time to enable assessment of their applications to support the tendering work once the initial 30 days has elapsed. NHSX has been working closely with the NHS@Home team on a range of projects one of which is to roll out blood pressure monitors and a digital platform over winter 20/21 to those at highest risk currently GBP 3.75 million (for all Lots) is available for this roll out across both lots. This first wave would prioritise applications from health systems in areas of deprivation and with high BAME populations to help improve the marked health inequalities within these groups as well as Covid-19 hotspots. Lot 2 – Automated Blood Pressure Monitors that enable atrial fibrillation (AF) detection The requirement is for simple, fully automatic upper arm blood pressure monitors to provide patients with comfortable, quick and accurate blood pressure results that also detects possible Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) with a high specificity and sensitivity. The results can be automatically inputted into local Apps/digital platforms via Bluetooth or other automatic functionality for primary care to review. A list of validated blood pressure monitors is maintained on the British and Irish Hypertension Society (BIHS) website (https://bihsoc.org/bp-monitors/for-home-use/). The blood pressure monitors must be on this list and meet the requirements as detailed in the procurement documents. Each device must come supplied with either a standard adult or universal cuff. A small proportion of larger cuffs will also be required. The contract period for the DPS will remain open (valid) for a period of 3 years (to January 2024) with a possible extension up to 12 months. Suppliers may join the DPS at any time during its life. Application to the DPS will be via a Selection Questionnaire. Bidders who are unsuccessful will be able to re-apply to join at any point during the life of the DPS. Successful bidders will be required to sign a Participation Agreement to become an approved Supplier on this DPS arrangement. NHSx (NHSE/I) and all other primary care, health and social care organisations, secondary care providers, community pharmacies, urgent care providers, ambulance trusts, optometry and dentistry providers (full list provided in section V1.3) will be able to use the DPS to award specific contracts, by inviting suppliers listed to compete via an Invitation to tender. Competitions will commence immediately following the initial 30 day period for applications. The estimated total value is cGBP 3.75 million split across the 2 lots. Contract values for each lot will vary accordingly and is estimated for Lot 2 to be GBP 940 000. The awarding of specific contracts will be via invitation to tender to Suppliers listed on the established DPS. The overarching technical specification upon which the Dynamic Purchasing System is established will be subject to change throughout the lifetime of the Dynamic Purchasing System in order to achieve alignment with national standards as they evolve. The scope of the Dynamic Purchasing System may be subject to variation throughout its lifetime in order to incorporate new products to enhance remote monitoring. Any such change will be subject to full approval and economic operators will be notified of any such planned changes.