United Kingdom-Cardiff: Supply of Intracranial Pressure Monitors

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2021/S 000-012247/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Not applicable
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Prior information notice without call for competition
Supplies

This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
Postal address: 2nd Floor Woodland House, Maes-Y-Coed Road
Town: Cardiff
Postal code: CF14 4TT
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 2921836462
Email: edward.butler@wales.nhs.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

The contract is awarded by central purchasing body
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement:
II.1.1) Title: Supply of Intracranial Pressure Monitors
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 33100000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:
Cardiff & Vale University Health Board has a requirement to replace 10 Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Monitors currently in use. The ICP monitor measures intracranial pressure in patients with brain injury and serves to aid in the management of these patients by ensuring that life saving interventions (both medical and surgical) are performed in a timely fashion before irreversible injury/damage is done.
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description:
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 33100000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
Main site or place of performance:
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

II.2.4) Description of the procurement
There are currently 10 ICP Monitors in University Hospital of Wales that require urgent replacement due to anticipated supply disruption, Cardiff & Vale University Health Board invites suppliers to express interest in supporting this requirement.
The ICP Monitor required must be:
Multimodal – able to detect other vital parameters besides pressure such as oxygen monitoring and temperature.
Patient friendly and as minimally invasive as possible
Robust and not fail mechanically or electronically.
Reliable and precise in its measurement over its period of use.
Safe for use and no reported problems with retention of the ICP probe or parts thereof.
Easy to use for both surgeons implanting the device and health staff using it for monitoring.
Interoperable – compatible with medical equipment already in use.
Able to record patient identifiable information and the data captured to allow for review of the latter for clinical decision making. This data should need able to be extracted with ease in both raw data and readable format. The ICP monitor should ideally be also be usable in isolation (in addition to being plugged in to other devices)
Able to either retain settings in the case of power failure or have a backup power supply to mitigate for the latter.
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:2021-08-02
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.3) Additional information:
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at
(WA Ref:111069)

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2021-06-02