Patient Mobility Products and Services - 2024

Description

A framework agreement for the supply of Patient Mobility Products and Services. Orthotics Products, include modular/bespoke/stock items. Orthotic Managed Services, include the provision of care and support that expands beyond acute settings to community and home care including initial assessment, prescription, fitting and through life monitoring. Prosthetics Products, include upper and lower limb prosthesis. Prosthetic Managed Services, include the provision of care and support that expands beyond acute settings to community and home care including initial assessment, prescription, fitting and through life monitoring. Wheelchair Products and Associated Accessories, products include manual, powered, sport, lightweight, attendant propelled and custom wheelchairs. Specialised Seating Products, products include standard seating, rise, and recline and custom made seating and customisable cushions. Wheelchair Repair and Maintenance Managed Services including delivery, collection and storage, repair and maintenance, modification, and reconditioning services, planned preventative maintenance, cleaning and decontamination and emergency call out services. Wheelchair Managed Services includes, assess, prescribe, and provide wheeled mobility equipment for those with long term mobility needs and wheelchair repair and maintenance service, and prescribe, supply and fit specialised seating products. Aggregated Lot, facilities the provision to permit Participating Authorities to tailor bespoke products and service specification to accommodate their requirements and contractually commit in advance to purchasing a specified value and/or volume of their requirements. 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. Additional information: HTE is undertaking central purchasing body activities in carrying out this tender exercise by virtue of its partnership with MSE. Notwithstanding HTE's relationship with MSE, it is HTE conducting this tender exercise and all enquiries should be directed to HTE as confirmed in Section 1 above. MSE and not HTE will execute the resultant framework agreement with successful bidders. The bodies to whom the use of this Agreement will be open include all contracting authorities in the UK as defined in Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as may be updated from time to time. In particular, the following entities in the UK (particularly those of a health and/or social care nature) are envisaged as Agreement users: Public sector classification guide and forward work plan - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk) To view the list, use the downloadable spreadsheet. This list includes each organisation's successors and assigns, any equivalent organisations and associated organisation created due to any organisational changes. This Agreement will be open to any bodies or organisations operating in the UK of a health, and/or social care nature or which have a similar procurement need, and/or any UK based central government authority listed at Annex I of Directive 2014/24/EU, in respect of any goods or services to any of the above listed organisation.