Target Operating Model for Category Tower Service Provider contracts for NHS Supply Chain

Tender description

The NHS spends approximately 5 700 000 000 GBP on goods each year. The procurement and supply of this large range of products is vital to the delivery of an effective, efficient, and resilient healthcare service. There are currently 11 specialist buying functions known as category towers, delivering clinical consumables, capital medical equipment and non-medical products such as food, hotel, and office solutions. In 2018, and as part of the Future Operating Model for NHS procurement, SCCL (the management function of the NHS Supply Chain) entered contracts with 11 Category Tower Service Providers (CTSPs) to provide procurement services to any or all of the following: any NHS Trust, any NHS entity; and any government department agency or other statutory body and./or any private sector health care provider of NHS funded care. This PIN is to help inform the strategy to best meet the future procurement and supply chain needs of the NHS in England, and to inform the market that SCCL is reviewing their approach to the market for the delivery of its Category Towers. Please note that the final structure and approach to the Target Operating Model for Category Towers and the Category Tower Service Providers (including in respect of any lotting strategy) will be determined as a result of the market engagement and will be set out in the Contract Notice for any related future procurement. SCCL reserves the right to use lotting strategies as part of any future tender process. Any final contract(s) may feature multiple procurements/lots. Given the range of requirements across the 11 Category Tower Service Provider contracts and based on the current contract term of 3 + 1 + 1 years, the average Contract Year Target Open Book Cost for a Category Tower is £3.9 million (excluding VAT). Any values stated within this PIN are indicative only of the current contracts. Anticipated contract values will be included in the Contract Notice for any related future procurement. To assist with pre-tender market engagement and scoping of the procurement, interested parties are advised to express their interest in accordance with the information provided, within this PIN. Potential Providers are advised to refer to 'ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SECTION V1.3' below for further important information about Market Engagement Sessions including webinars and the pre-market engagement questionnaire. Lot 1: This PIN Notice relates to the Target Operating Model for Category Tower Service Provider contracts for NHS Supply Chain. There are currently 11 Category Tower Service Provider contracts as follows: Ward Based Consumables Sterile Intervention Equipment and Associated Consumables Infection Control and Wound Care Orthopaedics, Trauma and Spine, and Ophthalmology Rehabilitation, Disabled Services, Women’s Health and Associated Consumables Cardio-vascular, Radiology, Endoscopy, Audiology and Pain Management Large Diagnostic Equipment including Mobile and Services Diagnostic, Pathology and Therapy Technologies, and Services Office Solutions Food Hotel Services SCCL will use the Market Engagement Sessions to outline the future strategic objectives for the NHS and share the key requirements of the Category Tower Service Provider contracts. Feedback from Potential Providers will be requested to inform the procurement strategy to identify an optimum solution. The final approach and structure of the Category Towers will be confirmed within the Contract Notice. SCCL intends to enter into contractual arrangements under which it will be entitled to appoint Category Tower Service Providers (CTSPs) as Assigned Agents to operate on behalf of NHS Supply Chain. Under this contractual agreement the CTSPs will procure frameworks for the provision of supplies and/or services which it will make available for purchase by 1) NHS Supply Chain, 2) any NHS Trust; 3) any other NHS entity or healthcare provider (including private organisations, primary care, community settings and social care); 4) any government department, agency, or other statutory body (including Devolved Authorities, Crown Dependencies and/or Pandemic Planning Programmes), and/or 5) any private sector entity active in the UK healthcare sector on behalf of a public-sector organisation listed in 1) to 4) above. Full details of those contracting authorities who may be able to use the goods and services procured by the Authority will be set out in the contract notice. This procurement is at the pre-tender stage. The purpose of this notice is to engage Potential Providers to understand market capability and capacity to deliver the requirements, understand Providers’ views, and to promote contract opportunities that SCCL (NHS Supply Chain) may procure over the next 12 – 18 months. The commencement of the formal procurement process will be the subject of a separate notice (Contract Notice). Potential Providers should note that they will need to respond to the Contract Notice at the appropriate time. Please note that the date of the Find a Tender Service Contract Notice is subject to change. UK Procurement opportunities are now published on the new UK Find a Tender Service (FTS) and Contracts Finder, therefore please monitor those sites for the notification of the release of the documents for this procurement