Awarded contract

Jet Ventilator Purchase

Details

Supplier(s)
CLS Surgical Ltd
Value
£92,091.76
Topic
Medical breathing devices
Published
25 October 2023

Tender description

Cardiff and Vale Health Board would like to purchase a Jet Ventilator for the use in thoracic surgery and also ENT/Head and Neck surgery. This specialised equipment is required to maintain the airway of the patient and efficient lung ventilation whilst still enabling the surgical team access to complete what is required. A jet ventilator is such a type of equipment. Therefore, the Health Board are proposing to award the purchase of the jet ventilator to CLS Medical who are the only supplier to have this equipment with the CE Marking for sale in the UK. Lot 1: Cardiff and Vale Health Board would like to purchase a jet ventilator for the use in is used in thoracic surgery and also ENT/Head and Neck surgery. specialised equipment is required to maintain the airway of the patient and efficient lung ventilation whilst still enabling the surgical team access to complete what is required. A jet ventilator is such a type of equipment. The twinstream jet ventilator is a specialized piece of equipment, the Health Board believe that CLS Medical are the only supplier with this type of jet ventilator on the current UK market which has been deemed as suitable and has CE marking readily available to purchase in the UK currently. Therefore, the Health Board are proposing to award the purchase of the jet ventilator to the sole Supplier CLS Medical.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published25 October 2023
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date25 October 2023

About the buyer

NHS Wales - Shared Services Partnership is hosted by Velindre NHS Trust and buys as a healthcare body for every health board and trust in Wales through its Procurement Services division. Tenders are advertised on Sell2Wales and run through the eTenderWales portal. Frameworks cover capital equipment, pharmaceuticals, clinical supplies, food, utilities, maintenance, IT and the commissioning of healthcare services. Local procurement teams work with each health board alongside sourcing, supply chain and accounts payable teams. Where appropriate, tenders are split into smaller lots so SMEs can bid.

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 Wales - Shared Services Partnership's contract awards have been in health and social work, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 33157400 · Medical breathing devices

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