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title: "Home Oxygen Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03c4f0"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP"
published: "2024-02-05"
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# Home Oxygen Service

Buyer: NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03c4f0

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## Summary

The NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, acting on behalf of several health boards and trusts, is awarding a 7-year contract for a Home Oxygen Service. The service will cater to patients within NHS Wales, including those from other parts of the UK, delivering oxygen equipment and related services outside secondary care. The contract, with a total value of £75,000,000, involves providing customer support, equipment installation, training, maintenance, and monitoring. The tender is in the active stage, and the deadline for submissions is June 2, 2023.

This procurement opportunity for the Home Oxygen Service can attract businesses experienced in providing health services and oxygen-therapy services. Suppliers capable of delivering a comprehensive suite of services, supporting health boards' monitoring and reporting needs, are well-suited to compete. The procurement process offers growth opportunities for businesses in the health services sector looking to collaborate with the NHS in Wales and expand their service provision for patients in home and community settings.

## Notice

Provision of a Home Oxygen Service within premises outside secondary care for patients registered with a General Practitioner (GP) that falls within a Health Board within NHS Wales, and patients travelling to Wales from other regions of the United Kingdom.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Home Oxygen Service provides a service to users in their own homes and other locations outside secondary care, and also supports users working and travelling outside the home through the provision of appropriate oxygen equipment. Health Boards have the responsibility for providing a Home Oxygen Service to patients. The services that are included in the contract include, but are not limited to: -- the provision of a customer contact centre, -- processing and delivery of Home Oxygen Order Form (HOOF) requests, -- supply and installation of equipment, -- training and guidance for service users and/or carers, -- managing oxygen supplies through replenishment of cylinders and Liquid Oxygen (LOX), -- reimbursement of electricity costs for concentrator users, and -- servicing and maintenance of equipment. Suppliers must be able to deliver all aspects of the service and must support the service that they provide with a suite of reports that enable Health Boards to monitor the oxygen usage for their patients, and to be alerted when service users are not responsive to risk assessments and maintenance. This is in addition to reports that support reconciliation. The contractor must be able to deliver the service within the homes and other locations outside of secondary care locations relating to patients registered with General Practitioners (GP's) that fall within the Health Boards within NHS Wales, these Health Boards include the below and their successor organisations; -Aneurin Bevan University Health Board -Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board -Cardiff and Vale University Health Board -Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board -Hywel Dda University Health Board -Swansea Bay University Health Board -Powys Teaching Health Board The contractor will also be required to undertake the service in locations where patients from other parts of the United Kingdom travel to a location that falls within the remit of the Health Boards listed above.

Renewal: option to extend for a further 36 months, to be decided by end of month 60

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003670-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Feb 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 2 Jun 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 2 Feb 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £75,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £50,000,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP |
| Additional buyers | NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES (HOSTED BY VELINDRE UNIVERSITY NHS TRUST) |
| Locality | CARDIFF |
| Post town | Cardiff |
| Postcode | CF14 3UB |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan |
| Local authority | Cardiff |
| Electoral ward | Heath |
| Westminster constituency | Cardiff North |
| Delivery location | TLL Wales |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BAYWATER HEALTHCARE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services
- 85111700 - Oxygen-therapy services

## Release History

- 5 Feb 2024 at 11:56 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003670-2024
- 28 Apr 2023 at 07:50 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012224-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/
- https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/home.html
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0221

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