Provision of Sterile Services and Endoscopy Decontamination Facility Solutions

This notice failed to publish when first issued in 2021. For the purposes of full transparency, this notice has been re-sent. For the avoidance of doubt, no new procurement process has been undertaken.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, through its Commercial Procurement Services, wishes to award a national framework agreement with two Lots:

Lot 1 - will enable Clients to contract for the design, build and equip of a new facility from which decontamination services would be provided; and optionally obtain a managed service for ongoing facilities management and maintenance of the new building facility; and optionally obtain a continuing managed service for ongoing maintenance, availability and renewal of the decontamination services machinery, equipment and surgical instruments and supplies.

Lot 2 - will enable Clients to contract for the design, build and equip of a new facility from which decontamination services would be provided with the Supplier providing finance to enable the design and/or build and/or equip of the new facility; and optionally obtain a managed service for ongoing facilities management and maintenance of the new building facility; and optionally obtain a continuing managed service for ongoing maintenance, availability and renewal of the decontamination services machinery, equipment and surgical instruments and supplies.

Tenders may be submitted for one or both Lots.

Further details of the lot structures are provided in SCHEDULE A - Framework Agreement Specification of this ITT.

Additional information: This notice failed to publish when first sent in 2021. To ensure full transparency, we have re-issued the notice today.

For the avoidance of doubt, no new procurement process has been undertaken.