Market Engagement for Emergency Medical Consumables and Equipment (EMC&E) Framework Agreement

Tender description

The East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub (EOECPH) on behalf of the Ambulance sector and wider emergency services (e.g. Police, Coast Guard, etc.) across England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland are inviting interested suppliers to a market engagement session for our intended Emergency Medical Consumables and Equipment (EMC&E) Framework agreement. Lot 1: This PIN is to alert the market to the future tender opportunity and to advertise our intention to hold a market engagement session. <br/>Our market engagement purpose is to:<br/>a) Advise of change of framework agreement name (Why and what)<br/>b) Advise of our lotting strategy and test for alignment with the market. <br/>c) Understand Market Capability & Capacity to meet the requirements of the intended Framework agreement. <br/>d) Advise of scope of new framework agreement. (What’s in & out of scope)<br/>e) Advise and discuss our Commercial application intentions. <br/>f) Advise and discuss our approach toward a Database application. <br/>g) Discuss our Activity Based Income (ABI) application. <br/>Market Engagement session(s) will be held at:<br/>Thursday 4th July, Victoria House, Capital Park, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5XB. <br/><br/>By expressing your interest, you will be permitted to bring no more than x2 individuals from each organisation. <br/><br/>There will be two sessions held on the day.<br/><br/>Session 1 – Designed for Suppliers of:<br/>Lot 1 – Emergency Medical Consumables - Direct from manufacturers and Lot 3 – Emergency Medical Equipment - Direct from Manufacturer<br/><br/>Session 1 will start at 10.00am – collection from reception at 9.45am. Anticipated length of time for this session is approx. 90 minutes.<br/><br/>There may be a potential separate session at the end of the main presentation, for suppliers who are not registered with GS1, to talk through the process of onboarding. <br/><br/>Refreshments will be available on arrival. <br/><br/>Session 2 – Designed for Suppliers of:<br/>Lot 2 – Emergency Medical Consumables Wholesaler - Wholesaler Logistics service<br/>Session 2 will start at 1.00pm – collection from reception at 12.45pm. Anticipated length of time for this session is approx. 2 hours.<br/><br/>Refreshments will be available on arrival. <br/><br/>If you are interested in attending the sessions, then please send an email to ambulance@eoecph.nhs.uk with the following details for each delegate: <br/>• Name<br/>• organisation name <br/>• position <br/>• email address<br/>• Session attendance (e.g. Session 2)<br/>• Please confirm if you are GS1 registered<br/><br/>Deadline for expressing an interest in attending the session is Monday 1st July 2024.<br/><br/>If you have any queries, please send an email to Ambulance@eoecph.nhs.uk<br/><br/>Disclaimers <br/>It is important to note that this PIN is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published in Find a Tender and Contracts Finder sites.<br/>This notice is for information only and EoECPH reserves the right to not proceed to tender or at its absolute discretion to amend it at the time of issue of any further notice or notices or at any other time. Additional information: Delegates will need to report to reception at Victoria House, where you will be collected from the reception area and taken to the presentation room as per the times for each session outline above. Onsite parking is available, no charges apply, however there may be a barrier in place, which will need activation from reception. <br/><br/>Please see a map of (link below) where you can park, we strongly suggest that you park in the car park marked West Wing car park and additional parking to the side of Victoria House. <br/><br/>map-directions-to-victoria-house.pdf (england.nhs.uk)