Requirement for Medical Surgical Wholesaler
Medical surgical wholesaler to purchase medical consumables for use by the Trust, supply to the Trust on a same-day delivery cycle, and interface into the Trust automated inventory management systems and performance center.
United Kingdom-Dartford: Medical consumables
2020/S 125-307286
Contract notice
Supplies
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Postal address: SmartTogether Procurement Shared Service, Supply Chain Hub, Unit 2, Central Road North
Town: Dartford
NUTS code: UKI LONDON
Postal code: DA1 5XA
Country: United Kingdom
Contact person: David Lawson
E-mail: david.lawson@gstt.nhs.uk
Telephone: +440 2071887188
Address of the buyer profile: http://guysandstthomas.g2b.info
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
Medical Surgical Wholesaler
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
Medical surgical wholesaler to purchase medical consumables for use by the Trust, supply to the Trust on a same-day delivery cycle, and interface into the Trust automated inventory management systems and performance center.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.3)Place of performance
London.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Medical surgical wholesaler to purchase up to 10 000 medical surgical consumable product lines for use by the Trust. Responsible for the procurement of medical surgical product lines through a combination of accessing existing Trust price agreements, national contract agreements and direct sourcing. Supply to the Trust on a same-day delivery cycle. Provide pre-packed Loadhog Totes including break bulk (singles) for some product lines for each of the 500+ automated inventory management systems located inside clinical departments. Daily delivery to the Trust Supply Chain Hub at Dartford for onward shipment and put-away by the Trust. Interface into the Trust automated inventory system through GHX EDI interfaces for purchase orders and invoices. Interface into the Trusts new performance center to provide visibility over available inventory and electronic advance shipping notes.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.9)Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Refer to the supplier selection questionnaire (SSQ) included in the tender box.
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
Option to extend for a further 5 years.
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.14)Additional information
The same day service model has been in operation with the Trust for over 10 years following deployment of automated inventory systems across all main clinical areas in 2009/10. The new contract will expand the scope to include additional product lines, include the option for the supplier to source on behalf of the Trust and include new data interfaces into the Trust performance center.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:
The contract will include a 98 % On Time In Full (OTiF) performance standard for defined fast moving ‘A’ items.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about electronic workflows
VI.3)Additional information:
A. The Trust is seeking a long term strategic supplier. The annual spend through the new contract is expected to increase from a current baseline of GBP 15 million to GBP 50 million per annum due to a switch away from suppliers unable to meet required OTIF performance standards, year-on-year growth in activity and the proposed merger with the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust (first Q 2021) and a new requirement to establish an ongoing reserve of key pandemic product lines.
(B) The Trust has an off-site Supply Chain Hub at Dartford to receipt and cross-dock inbound deliveries to the Trust. The appointed supplier will deliver to the Trust Supply Chain Hub within an agreed delivery window. The Supply Chain Hub will also be the base for a new performance centre to optimise the Trusts automated inventory systems. The appointed supplier will be required to allow system interfaces to provide end-to-end visibility and support system optimisation.
(C) The appointed supplier would be expected to embed resource at the Supply Chain Hub to work in close partnership with the Trust supply chain and sourcing functions to ensure service delivery, drive growth and implement joint process improvement initiatives.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Dartford:-Medical-consumables./89BNTKM2R5
To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/89BNTKM2R5
Go reference: GO-2020627-PRO-16772458
VI.4.1)Review body
Postal address: Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Counting House, Guy’s Hospital
Town: London
Postal code: SE1 9RT
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 2071887188
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: