Medical Ward Equipment

National Services Scotland(NSS)acting through its division, National Procurement, is undertaking this procurement on behalf of itself and on behalf of all entities within NHS Scotland(“Boards”)to procure a service which will provide Medical Ward Equipment to all Boards(“Purchasing Entities”)at each of their sites.

The NHS in Scotland requires a contractor(s) to provide Medical Ward Equipment including but not limited to the following:

i) Ward Equipment including various trolleys

ii) Examination Couches

The contractor must be able to supply the full range of products within each lot to all NHS Scotland Health Boards throughout Scotland.

The estimated 1,700,000 GBP value referred to in this notice is based on Supplier uptakes of Lot 1 - 300k GBP and Lot 2 - 125k per annum over the planned 4 year framework duration and no guarantees can be provided that the anticipated value will be met.

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 29919. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343

Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/

A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:

The Statement of Requirements will detail the Community Benefit background and objectives. The contract will mandate that suppliers

respond in its tender outlining current Community Benefits and proposals if successful and mandating that they support the overall Community Benefit concept and process including a contract and supplier management process post award.