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title: "Dental Inhalation Sedation Equipment, Maintenance & Consumables"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03ecd6"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST"
published: "2023-11-09"
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# Dental Inhalation Sedation Equipment, Maintenance & Consumables

Buyer: KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03ecd6

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## Summary

The Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust has completed an award in the services category for the procurement titled "Dental Inhalation Sedation Equipment, Maintenance & Consumables". The tender involved maintenance and supply of dental equipment across multiple clinic sites. The awarded contract was signed on 8th November 2023 with R A Medical Services Ltd as the active supplier in the transaction.

This procurement process by Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust presents a business opportunity for suppliers in the healthcare equipment maintenance sector. Businesses capable of providing OEM maintenance support and equipment supply, specifically related to dental inhalation sedation equipment, would be well-suited to compete in this tender process. The contract value was approximately £90K per annum, and the maintenance services cover multiple clinic sites in East Kent and Inner and Outer North East London.

## Notice

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT) Dental services are tendering for a service contract for provision of OEM maintenance support and supply of new equipment for Porter, Matrx and Accutron Inhalation Sedation (RA) equipment, RA Medical Miniscav dental scavenging systems and OEM spare parts and consumable items. OEM maintenance support for routine servicing and breakdown repairs is required across 17 dental clinic sites throughout East Kent and Inner and Outer North East London.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The aim of the service is to provide an efficient and effective technical support service to the KCHFT Community Dental Services to ensure that the inhalation sedation equipment used by KCHFT Community Dental Service meets the requisite health and safety standards to minimise risks to patients who are undergoing treatment. The Provider will ensure that all staff are appropriately qualified and competent to undertake the work for which they are responsible and undertake continuous professional development to maintain professional competencies. The Provider will undertake annual planned equipment maintenance on each piece of inhalation sedation equipment at the sites listed at Appendix 1 and will arrange such work to ensure that it is completed with the minimal potential disruption to clinical services. The Provider expects that, under normal circumstances, all items of inhalation sedation equipment at an individual site are available to test during a single visit. Planning will be carried out jointly between provider and authoriser dependant on availability of engineers and access to clinical facilities. To be conducted on an annual basis. The Provider will contact the KCHFT Dental Engineering Manager to schedule planned and reactive maintenance visits, ahead of the necessary work and, whenever possible, will plan for an entire year ahead or a substantial part thereof in agreement with the KCHFT Dental Engineering Manager found at page 1 of this contract. Where routine maintenance has identified a need for remedial action, then this will be notified to the KCHFT Dental Engineering Manager. KCHFT will then make the appropriate arrangements for return visit so that remedial works can be completed within 10 working days. The supply of consumables encompasses the core list specified in the commercial schedule and may during the term of the contract extend beyond these items and the list is not exhaustive. Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents which will be released to the supplier once they express interest.

Renewal: The term of the contract is 36 months plus 2 x 12 month extensions

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033211-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 9 Nov 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 12 Sep 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 8 Nov 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | KENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |
| Locality | ASHFORD |
| Post town | Tonbridge |
| Postcode | TN25 4AZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ4 Kent |
| ITL 3 | TLJ45 Mid Kent |
| Local authority | Ashford |
| Electoral ward | Goat Lees |
| Westminster constituency | Ashford |
| Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | R A MEDICAL SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 51 - Installation services (except software)

### Codes

- 51412000 - Installation services of dental and subspecialty equipment

## Release History

- 9 Nov 2023 at 15:38 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033211-2023
- 3 Aug 2023 at 14:12 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022631-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.kentcht.nhs.uk
- https://procontract.due-north.com

## Provenance

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