Managed Equipment and Clinical Service Solutions

This framework starts on 10 January 2022, runs for 48 months and ends on 9 January 2026. This includes a 24 month extension and there is an option to extend for a further 24 months.

This framework agreement offers access to managed services which provide fully bespoke managed equipment and clinical service solutions within but not limited to an imaging or theatre environment. These services can be supported with staff (where required).

• You choose the service provision
• You choose the length of the contract
• You choose the supplier
• We provide the procurement solution and contract management support.

See our Product Categories section for the range of services and solutions we offer.

When would this service be used?

• To deliver revenue based equipment replacement programmes – Managed Equipment Services
• To deliver Community Diagnostic Centres
• To deliver National Screening Programmes such as Lung Health Checks
• To cover the gap between old equipment being decommissioned and new equipment being installed
• To continue patient services during an emergency, where a fixed site becomes inoperable
• To meet key service-related targets
• To help reduce patient backlogs
• To deliver diagnostic reporting services.

Framework Agreement Compliance
Where applicable, all suppliers awarded to this framework agreement:

• Are Care Quality Commission registered (to the relevant sections dependant on service provision)
• Provide Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checked staff, where required
• Hold insurances of a minimum of £5 million
• Hold ISO 9001 Quality Management, or equivalent, certification
• Hold Quality Standard for Imaging (QSI) or equivalent, certification
• Hold Data Security and Protection Toolkit, or equivalent, certification.

See our Suppliers section for a list of the suppliers awarded to this framework.

How to buy these services
See our Downloads ▼ section for an overview of the process a customer would follow to procure services via this Framework.

There are 69 suppliers in total on this framework.

See our Downloads ▼ section to view a list of the suppliers and the services they cover.

There are Three Lots on the framework:

Lot 1 – Short to Medium Term Clinical Service Solutions

The purpose of this Lot is to provide staffed and/or unstaffed clinical managed service solutions on or off hospital sites for an initial contract term under three years in length.

Services include::

• Mobile and Modular Services staffed or unstaffed (Inclusive off but not limited to CT, PET CT, MRI, Mammography, Bone Densitometry, X-Ray, Endoscopy suite, Decontamination units, var-ious clinical applications such as Orthopaedic, General Surgery, Gynaecology)
• Strategic Clinical Solutions – (Inclusive off but not limited to CT, PET CT, MRI, Mammography, Bone Densitometry, X-Ray, Endoscopy suite, various clinical applications such as Orthopaedic, General Surgery, Gynaecology)
• Ultrasound Services
• Medical Diagnostic Reporting
• Lithotripsy Services
• Clinical Rooms.

Please note: Mobile Cath Labs have transferred to our Angiography and Hybrid Theatre Equipment and Related Services framework. See our Useful Links section for further information on this framework agreement.

Lot 2 - Long Term Managed Equipment and Clinical Service Solutions

The purpose of this Lot is to provide staffed and/or unstaffed managed equipment and clinical service solutions on or off hospital sites, for an initial contract term three years and over.

Services include:

• Mobile & Modular Services staffed or unstaffed (Inclusive off but not limited to CT, PET CT, MRI, Mammography, Bone Densitometry, X-Ray, Endoscopy suite, Decontamination Units, var-ious clinical applications such as Orthopaedic, General Surgery, Gynaecology)
• Strategic Clinical Solutions – (Inclusive off but not limited to CT, PET CT, MRI, Mammography, Bone Densitometry, X-Ray, Endoscopy suite, various clinical applications such as Orthopaedic, General Surgery, Gynaecology)
• Ultrasound Services
• Medical Diagnostic Reporting
• Lithotripsy Services
• Clinical Rooms
• Managed Equipment Services
• Managed Maintenance Services.

Lot 3 - Professional Consultancy for Managed Services only

The provision of specialist consultancy and advisory services related to the operational delivery, development and transformation of services provided by healthcare organisations for managed equipment and clinical service solutions, including matters of business/service improvement and performance.

Mission:

We value the NHS. Our scale, experience and passion support you in the planning, purchase and management of medical equipment. Saving you time and money to concentrate on patient care.

Scale:

• The only route into the DH Capital Equipment Fund, saving the NHS millions of pounds each year
• Active supplier management from our team deliver savings opportunities direct to you
• Standard national documentation saves you time and protects your procurement.

Experience

• Team of CIPS qualified procurement experts, dedicated to each product category to provide market insights and one to one support
• Finance, Clinical, Legal and extensive NHS Procurement experience to support you through the whole process
• Thousands of successful procurements and commitment deals seamlessly delivered.

Passion:

• Free of charge support throughout the process from business case to installation of equipment and beyond
• Free of charge Capital planning service to provide a better future for your equipment base
• Our agreements are an easy route to market that will save you valuable time and provide certainty.