Structural Heart & VAD’s 2025

A Contract Award Notice
by NHS SUPPLY CHAIN

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Framework (Goods)
Duration
not specified
Value
102M-120M
Sector
HEALTH
Published
14 Feb 2025
Delivery
not specified
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

United Kingdom: Various Locations in the UK

Geochart for 1 buyers and 11 suppliers

Description

NHSSC seeks to establish a non-exclusive Framework Agreement (FAG) via the E-Direct and Direct Route for supply of Structural Heart Devices and Consumables. Products include Heart Valves, Annuloplasty rings and bands, and Ventricular Assisted Devices. Sutureless Valves are one of the high cost tariff excluded devices under the NHS England HCTED programme. NHS Supply Chain is the mandated route for the HCTED programme, and trusts who are commissioned to provide this service are directed to purchase all their requirements through NHS Supply Chain. Precise quantities are unknown. It is anticipated that initial expenditure will be in the region of £30,000,000 in the first year of this Framework Agreement, however this is approximate only and the values may vary depending on the requirements of those bodies purchasing under the Framework Agreement.

Lot Division

1 Heart Valves and Annuloplasty Rings & Bands
  • Value: 100M

Products include, but are not limited to; Annuloplasty band Annuloplasty ring Heart Valve Instruments Heart valve mechanical Heart valve root replacement Heart valve sutureless Heart valve sutures Heart Valve Tissue Heart valve tissue pericardial Heart valve tissue porcine Heart valve tissue stentless Heart valve transcatheter Mechanical valved non biological conduit Pulmonary valved conduit Tissue valved non biological conduit Tissue valved tissue conduit Valved conduit Vascular Loop Additional information: Precise quantities are unknown. It is anticipated that initial expenditure will be in the region of £20m-£25m in the first year of this Framework Agreement, however this is approximate only and the values may vary depending on the requirements of those bodies purchasing under the Framework Agreement.

Award Criteria
Training and Education 10
Sales, Service & Quality 10
Social Value - Carbon or Environmental Impact 5
Social Value - Modern Slavery 5
Price 44
NPM 26
2 Ventricular Assisted Devices
  • Value: 2M-20M

Certain products within Lot 2 Ventricular assisted devices may be classified as high cost tariff excluded devices under the NHS England High Cost Tariff Excluded Devices (HCTED) programme. Trusts who are commissioned to provide specialised services in England are directed to purchase all their requirements through a national supply system through NHS Supply Chain. Details of the product categories currently within scope of the HCTED programme, can be found using the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/key-docs/medical-devices/ In accordance with the specialised services commissioning policy, NHS Improvement and NHS England will determine which products are classified as excluded from tariff and which are made available under the NHS England High Cost Tariff Excluded Devices (HCTED) programme. Additional information: Precise quantities are unknown. It is anticipated that initial expenditure will be in the region of £1m to £5m in the first year of this Framework Agreement, however this is approximate only and the values may vary depending on the requirements of those bodies purchasing under the Framework Agreement.

Award Criteria
Training and Education 10
Sales, Service & Quality 10
Social Value - Carbon or Environmental Impact 5
Social Value - Modern Slavery 5
Price 70

Award Detail

1 Abbott Medical (Solihull)
  • Heart Valves and Annuloplasty Rings & Bands
  • Reference: 005111-2025-project_1046-1
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
2 Aquilant (Basingstoke)
  • Heart Valves and Annuloplasty Rings & Bands
  • Reference: 005111-2025-project_1046-1
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
3 Becton Dickinson (Wokingham)
  • Heart Valves and Annuloplasty Rings & Bands
  • Reference: 005111-2025-project_1046-1
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
4 Corcym UK Holding (London)
  • Heart Valves and Annuloplasty Rings & Bands
  • Reference: 005111-2025-project_1046-1
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
5 Artivion (Surrey)
  • Heart Valves and Annuloplasty Rings & Bands
  • Reference: 005111-2025-project_1046-1
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
6 Edwards Lifesciences (London)
  • Heart Valves and Annuloplasty Rings & Bands
  • Reference: 005111-2025-project_1046-1
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
7 Medtronic (Watford)
  • Heart Valves and Annuloplasty Rings & Bands
  • Reference: 005111-2025-project_1046-1
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
8 Meril (Bristol)
  • Heart Valves and Annuloplasty Rings & Bands
  • Reference: 005111-2025-project_1046-1
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
9 R & D Surgical (Cardiff)
  • Heart Valves and Annuloplasty Rings & Bands
  • Reference: 005111-2025-project_1046-1
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
10 Abbott Medical (Solihull)
  • Ventricular Assisted Devices
  • Reference: 005111-2025-project_1046-2
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
11 Abiomed (Surrey)
  • Ventricular Assisted Devices
  • Reference: 005111-2025-project_1046-2
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.

Renewal Options

The Framework Agreement will have an initial term of 24 months with an option to extend incrementally for up to a total period of 48 months.

CPV Codes

  • 33100000 - Medical equipments

Indicators

  • Options are available.

Other Information

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