In-Centre Dialysis and Home Haemodialysis Equipment, Consumables, Associated Products and Services

The Tender is to establish a Framework Agreement] for the supply of In-Centre Dialysis and Home Haemodialysis Equipment, Consumables, Associated Products and Services (“Agreement”). The duration of the Agreement will be 4 years maximum; 4 years initial period with no option of extending the agreement.

The agreement will cover the provision of consumables and equipment for treatment of patients that dialyse at hospitals, renal satellite units or dialyse at home:

Dialysers and other consumables

Dialysis Fluids

In-centre Dialysis machines and equipment

Home Haemodialysis machines and consumables

Water Treatment

Therapy Costs

Under this Lot the supplier will provide: Home Haemodialysis Equipment and Consumables.

Goods included within the scope of Lot 5 are haemodialysis equipment and consumables and home therapy programmes covering the requirements for adult and paediatric patients that dialyse at home.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS / ACTIVITY BASED INCOME (ABI) The terms and

conditions of this Agreement and any resulting call-off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this Agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND PROCUREMENT INFORMATION This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk. Login to the portal with username/password. Click the SQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the SQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant SQ/ ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the SQ/ITT into your My SQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the SQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the SQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e- Tendering Help Desk at [email protected].

HealthTrust Europe utilises the Supplier Registration Service information database, formally known as sid4gov. Candidates are requested to register on the Supplier Registration service at Supplier Registration Service (cabinetoffice.gov.uk) and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on Supplier Registration Service must ensure that information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the helpdesk at [email protected].

Please note that, at present, sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the SQ on the Portal, and therefore Potential Providers must complete the Qualification and Selection Envelopes of the SQ in Bravo in full. Additional information: You may access further information on the HealthTrust Europe GPO Model at this link; www.healthtrusteurope.com/group-purchasing