Medical breathing devices
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Medline Industries Ltd
- Value
- £174,000
- Duration
- 4 years
- Topic
- Medical breathing devices
- Published
- 18 November 2019
- Source
- TedNotices
Tender description
NHS Supply Chain is seeking bids from suppliers capable of undertaking batch tests to verify the shelf life of these face masks by utilising their facilities to assess against specific criteria and then to provide evidence-based assurance that products are suitable for readmittance to the stock set aside for distribution in the event a pandemic or for integration into existing frameworks for distribution/sale. NHS Supply Chain is seeking bids from suppliers capable of undertaking batch tests to verify the shelf life of these face masks by utilising their facilities to assess against specific criteria and then to provide evidence-based assurance that products are suitable for readmittance to the stock set aside for distribution in the event a pandemic or for integration into existing frameworks for distribution/sale.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date13 November 2019
- Completed: Award published18 November 2019Current notice
- Completed: Contract expiry date23 October 2023
About the buyer
NHS Supply Chain buys as a central healthcare organisation, run by Supply Chain Coordination Limited on behalf of NHS England. Suppliers tender through the Jaggaer eProcurement portal, and opportunities above threshold are advertised on Find a Tender. Successful bids are listed on framework agreements managed by category teams. The NHS Core List aggregates trust demand into national contracts for standard commodities. Category teams coordinate key supply markets with NHS England and clinical networks. Procurement follows the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025.
UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.
Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Supply Chain's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, food and drink and furniture and furnishings.
Relevant CPV codes
- 33157400 · Medical breathing devices
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-supply-chain.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-supply-chain.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-supply-chain.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-supply-chain.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-supply-chain.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-supply-chain.gov |
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