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

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" Additional information: Link to eSourcing Portal https://nhs.bravosolution.co.uk 1.How to register. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)-Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://nhs.bravosolution.co.uk/nhs_collaborative/web/log... and click the link to register-Accept the terms and conditions and click "continue"-Enter your correct business and user details-Note the username you chose and click "Save" when complete-You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure). 2.

Express an interest to the Tender-Login to the portal with the username/password-Click the "PQQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers" link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier)-Browse the ITTs (there may be more than one page) and select "itt_31418 by clicking on it.-Click the "Express Interest" button at the top of the page-This will move the PQQ/ITT into your "My PQQs/My ITTs" page.

(This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)-You can now access any attachments by clicking-"Buyer Attachments" in the "PQQ/ITT" Details box 3. Responding to the Tender-Click "My Response" under " PQQ/ITT Details", you can choose to "Create Response" or to "Decline to Respond" (please give a reason if declining)-You can now use the "Messages" function to communicate with any buyer and seek any clarification-Note the deadline for completion, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT-There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). You must then submit your reply using the "Submit Response" button at the top of the page.