Supply of Clinical Waste Bag Ties to the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Descriptions

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has a requirement to put a contract in place for the supply of clinical waste bag ties. The Birmingham Hospitals Alliance (BHA) for Procurement covers 7 trusts. The longer term objective would be to work together to develop and harmonise a single design of clinical waste tie to achieve standardisation.However the trusts initially involved are the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham in Edgbaston and Birmingham Children's Hospital. Other trusts may have current contracts in place or be using alternative methods of securing clinical waste bags. In addition to these 2 organisations, the award of the contract provides that any other health-care organisation within the Birmingham Hospitals Alliance (which includes the Birmingham Women's Hospital and The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts) would be able to utilise this contract within its timeframe. The contract will be for a period of 2 years with an option to extend for up to a further year, contract period 1/5/21-30/4/23 + option to 30/4/24. University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is looking to put a contract in place for the supply of case note folders for the Trust on behalf of the Medical Records Department. The BHA Shared Procurement Service provides support to seven trusts. By expressing an interest to the tender the ITT documents, specification required, offer schedule and sample artwork will be visible to potential suppliers. The case note folder contract will be for the period of 2 years + 1 year option to extend 1/2/21-31/1/23 with option to 31/1/24, with a codicil of extending for a 3rd year, but with the proviso of a possible change in folder stock requirements in the contract, as the way forward with electronic is more progressed, which is looking towards 2022 onwards. The supply of the new joint case note folder for QEH and HGS is linked to the Trust's Patient Administration System "OCEANO"