Pre-tender

Pressure Relieving Redistribution Products

Details

Buyer: NHS Lanarkshire
Value: £18,000,000
Topic: Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
Published: 17 August 2026
Source: uk:public_contracts_scotland

Tender description

NHS Lanarkshire (NHSL) intends to commence procurement of a new contract for the Rental and associated provision of services for dynamic pressure relieving/distribution equipment, with its current estimate being that a contract notice will be published around September/October 2026 and the procurement concluded by March 2027. The health board’s existing contract works towards ensuring that products are rented for the right surface, right patient at the right time for the prevention and management of pressure ulcers in NHS Lanarkshire which has resulted in a noticeable decrease in utilisation of alternating systems. Ahead of a new tender process which is due to begin September 2026 NHS Lanarkshire is seeking to identify innovations and new products available in the market that will continue to support the Tissue Viability Service in the prevention and management of pressure ulcers. Lot 1: NHS Lanarkshire (NHSL) intends to commence procurement of a new contract for the Rental and associated provision of services for dynamic pressure relieving/distribution equipment, with its current estimate being that a contract notice will be published around September/October 2026 and the procurement concluded by March 2027. The health board’s existing contract works towards ensuring that products are rented for the right surface, right patient at the right time for the prevention and management of pressure ulcers in NHS Lanarkshire which has resulted in a noticeable decrease in utilisation of alternating systems. Ahead of a new tender process which is due to begin September 2026 NHS Lanarkshire is seeking to identify innovations and new products available in the market that will continue to support the Tissue Viability Service in the prevention and management of pressure ulcers.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published17 August 2026
Current notice

About the buyer

NHS Lanarkshire is one of Scotland's territorial health boards, buying as a healthcare organisation under NHS Scotland. Most clinical consumables and cleaning products are called off through NHS National Procurement's portfolio of over 340 framework contracts. Scotland-wide goods and services run through the Scottish Procurement Team's national contracts.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Lanarkshire's contract awards have been in construction work, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, and IT services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-lanarkshire.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-lanarkshire.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-lanarkshire.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-lanarkshire.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-lanarkshire.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-lanarkshire.gov