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title: "Servicing and Maintenance of the Nottingham City Hospital Aerocom Pneumatic Air Tube System"
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# Servicing and Maintenance of the Nottingham City Hospital Aerocom Pneumatic Air Tube System

Buyer: NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-79433e9e-b463-4d2a-99d1-9cbec4105062

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## Summary

The Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded a contract for the servicing and maintenance of the Nottingham City Hospital Aerocom pneumatic air tube system to Aerocom (UK) Ltd. The contract, with a value of £200,000, falls under the repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations category. The procurement method used was a negotiated procedure without prior publication. The tender period ended on March 31, 2024, with the contract period set to start on April 1, 2024, and end on March 31, 2028.

This contract offers business opportunities for companies providing maintenance services for electrical and mechanical building installations. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can also participate as the buyer has indicated suitability for SMEs. The Nottingham City Hospital, located in Nottingham, East Midlands, United Kingdom, presents a specific niche for businesses offering planned and reactive maintenance services for pneumatic air tube systems. The guaranteed next-day callout requirement and the need for 24/7 support highlight the demand for efficient and reliable service providers to support the critical healthcare infrastructure at the hospital.

## Notice

The contract is for the servicing and maintenance of the Aerocom pneumatic air tube system at the Nottingham City Hospital (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. 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 - minimising the requirement for manual handling. The Trust's in situ pneumatic air tube system at Nottingham City Hospital is manufactured by Aerocom UK Ltd. 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 Nottingham City Hospital. 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 maintenance (PPM) and reactive response to call outs and call backs/breakdowns maintained at agreed performance levels, whilst ensuring value for money. The Trust has the following key requirements: - Guaranteed next day call out for reactive maintenance - Minimum of 2 PPM visits per annum - 24/7 telephone/remote support It is understood the existing Aerocom pneumatic tube system in situ at the Nottingham City Hospital is a closed protocol system and only Aerocom UK Ltd are able to service, maintain and repair the system. Therefore competition is absent for technical reasons on the grounds 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. Based on the response received to the RFI indicating the pneumatic system at the Nottingham City Hospital is closed protocol, 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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6e06bdff-7150-4c53-ada3-7d90c1edc063 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Apr 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 31 Mar 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 31 Mar 2024 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2024 - 31 Mar 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £200,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £200,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST |
| Locality | NOTTINGHAM |
| Post town | Nottingham |
| Postcode | NG5 1PB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF14 Nottingham |
| Local authority | Nottingham |
| Electoral ward | Sherwood |
| Westminster constituency | Nottingham East |
| Delivery location | TLF East Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | AEROCOM (UK |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 50 - Repair and maintenance services

### Codes

- 50710000 - Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations
- 50712000 - Repair and maintenance services of mechanical building installations

## Release History

- 8 Apr 2024 at 10:37 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6e06bdff-7150-4c53-ada3-7d90c1edc063

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6e06bdff-7150-4c53-ada3-7d90c1edc063
  8th April 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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