Contract for an Enteral Nutrition Services for the Authorities

The Participating Authorities are seeking to award a contract for an Enteral Feeds service. The service will include the provision of pumps, feeds and ancillaries (including giving sets) to both acute and community sites, as well as associated services.

The Participating Authorities are:

- University Hospitals North Midlands Trust - North Staffordshire Combined Health Care NHS Trust - Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust - Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust - NHS Trust Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (to include): o Stoke CCG o North Staffs CCG o Cannock Chase CCG o Stafford and Surrounds CCG o South East Staffordshire and Seisdon o Peninsula CCG o East Staffordshire CCG - Shropshire Healthcare Procurement Services: o Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust o Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic NHS Foundation Trust o Shropshire CCG o Telford and Wrekin CCG o Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

TERMS AND CONDITIONS / ACTIVITY BASED INCOME (ABI) The terms and conditions of this contract are appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this contract, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE.

SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND PROCUREMENT INFORMATION This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk. Login to the portal with username/password. Click the PQQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your My PQQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the PQQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e-Tendering Help Desk at [email protected].

Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at [email protected]. Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the PQQ on HTE's Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the Qualification & Technic