Expired contract

Electrodes, Ultrasound Gels, Defibrillation and Related Consumables

Details

Value
£53,600,000
Duration
4 years
Topic
Lubricants
Published
17 March 2020

Tender description

NHS Supply Chain seeks to establish a non-exclusive Framework Agreement for supply to NHS Supply Chain depots via the Stock, Blue Diamond routes and to the NHS Supply Chain customer base via the E-Direct Route a range of electrodes, ultrasound gels, defibrillation and related consumables used within but not limited to Ambulance Trusts, theatres, wards, intensive care units and accident and emergency areas within Healthcare Environments. Products within this area include: adult/paediatric ECG electrodes, neurology and dual connector electrodes, ultrasound gels, abdominal belts, automated and manual defibrillation pads and associated consumables relating to these products. It is anticipated that in the first 24 months of the Framework Agreement the value of purchases will be in the region of 24 600 000 GBP and 29 000 000 GBP. For the full 48 month term (if extended) the anticipated value is between 49 200 000 GBP and 58 000 000 GBP.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date27 September 2019
  2. Completed: Award published17 March 2020
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date20 November 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

  • 24951100 · Lubricants
  • 31711140 · Electrodes
  • 33112000 · Echo, ultrasound and doppler imaging equipment
  • 33121100 · Electro-encephalographs
  • 33121500 · Electrocardiogram
  • 33123200 · Electrocardiography devices
  • 33123210 · Cardiac-monitoring devices
  • 33123230 · Cardiographs
  • 33124000 · Diagnostics and radiodiagnostic devices and supplies
  • 33140000 · Medical consumables
  • 33182100 · Defibrillator

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