Award

Servicing and Maintenance of the Queen's Medical Centre Swisslog Pneumatic Air Tube System

NOTTINGHAM CITY CAMPUS, HUCKNALL ROAD

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

13 Aug 2024 at 09:59

Award

08 Apr 2024 at 10:17

Planning

29 Jan 2024 at 09:12

Summary of the contracting process

The Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded a contract to SWL Healthcare Ltd for the servicing and maintenance of the Swisslog pneumatic air tube system at the Queen's Medical Centre. This maintenance contract ensures that the Queen's Medical Centre's pneumatic air tube system continues to function effectively, connecting various wards and departments, thus minimising manual handling and enhancing efficiency. This contract, valued at £132,000, was awarded through a limited procurement method due to technical reasons with no competition. The contract was signed on 12th August 2024, and it includes both planned preventative maintenance and reactive services to maintain high system reliability.

This opportunity highlights the importance of specialised service providers in the healthcare sector, particularly for maintaining complex mechanical installations. Businesses with expertise in servicing and maintaining closed protocol systems, like those manufactured by Swisslog, are well-suited to compete for such tenders. Additionally, companies that can offer both high reliability and value for money will be in demand. The substantial value of this contract indicates a significant opportunity for growth and establishing long-term relationships with major NHS Trusts.

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Notice Title

Servicing and Maintenance of the Queen's Medical Centre Swisslog Pneumatic Air Tube System

Notice Description

The contract is for the servicing and maintenance of the Swisslog pneumatic air tube system at the Queen's Medical Centre (the Services) to ensure the pneumatic tube system is subject to routine planned maintenance, mitigating the risk of downtime (e.g. due to a fault) and facilitate call outs in the event of such faults.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The pneumatic air tube system enables the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (The Trust) to meet its needs as a provider of healthcare services. For example, connecting wards, surgical rooms and departments with the hospital's laboratory and central pharmacy, shortening delivery times of samples, medicines and any associated documents - minimizing the requirement for manual handling.

The Trust's in situ pneumatic air tube system at the Queen's Medical Centre is manufactured by Swisslog.

The Trust requires a Supplier for provision of both planned and reactive servicing and maintenance of the in situ pneumatic air tube system at the Queen's Medical Centre.

The Trust's objectives are to maintain a high level of reliability and availability of its systems by ensuring sufficient provision of both planned preventative (PPM) and reactive maintenance, including, but not limited to, call outs and call backs/breakdowns maintained at agreed performance levels, whilst ensuring value for money.

Options: The contract term is 24 months, with the option to extend for a further 24 months.

Procurement Information

It is understood the existing Swisslog pneumatic tube system in situ at the Queen's Medical Centre is a closed protocol system and only SWL UK Ltd are authorised by Swisslog to service, maintain and repair these systems in the UK. Therefore competition is absent for technical reasons on these grounds.<br/><br/>To substantiate this, a Prior Information Notice (PIN) notice was published as a Request for Information (RFI) to understand the market's capability to provide the Services.<br/><br/>The response received to the RFI indicated the pneumatic system at the Queen's Medical Centre is closed protocol. Therefore, the Trust has awarded the contract based on relevant grounds under regulation 32 (Use of negotiated procedure without prior publication) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-043539
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025556-2024
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

50 - Repair and maintenance services


CPV Codes

50710000 - Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations

50712000 - Repair and maintenance services of mechanical building installations

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£450,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£315,200 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Aug 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
28 Jan 2025Expired
Award Date
31 Mar 20241 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NOTTINGHAM CITY CAMPUS, HUCKNALL ROAD
Contact Name
Darren J. Statham
Contact Email
darren.statham1@nhs.net
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
NOTTINGHAM
Postcode
NG5 1PB
Post Town
Nottingham
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF14 Nottingham
Delivery Location
TLF14 Nottingham

Local Authority
Nottingham
Electoral Ward
Sherwood
Westminster Constituency
Nottingham East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

AEROCOM (UK

SWL HEALTHCARE

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