Expired contract

Hot Beverage Machines at the Treatment Centre QMC

Details

Value
£50,000
Duration
2 years
Topic
Vending machines
Published
23 February 2025

Tender description

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (The Client) requires a contractor to provide the lease of hot beverage vending machines and associated services at the Treatment Centre, Queen's Medical Centre (QMC). The objective of this contract is to replace the existing vending machines, facilitating the provision of free hot drinks to staff and patients in an area where sufficient facilities for these refreshments are not available. The contract aims to ensure the continuous availability of hot drinks to support both staff welfare and patient care. Options Management Ltd has been awarded the contract through direct award - the contract to the Supplier via the NHS Supply Chain FAG-000017273 Hot Beverages and Vending Solutions Framework. The contract will be for a period of 2 years, beginning on 1 October 2023. The contract will also include routine servicing and replenishment of consumables to ensure the uninterrupted operation of the machines.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date1 October 2023
  2. Completed: Award published23 February 2025
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date30 September 2025

About the buyer

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust runs acute and specialist hospital care across Nottingham, and buys as a Healthcare provider with supplier invoices processed through NHS SBS. Five sites, including Queen's Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital, deliver the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre. Around 20,000 staff support patient care across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Suppliers are paid under a no purchase order, no pay policy. The trust partners with Medilink East Midlands on the INSTILS programme to engage medtech suppliers.

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 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust's contract awards have been in IT services, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 42933000 · Vending machines

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