FRAMEWORK BRIEF

Endoscopy Consumables

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FRAMEWORK OVERVIEW HealthTrust Europe (HTE) has renewed the framework agreement for the supply of endoscopy consumables. The renewed framework agreement captures all endoscopy consumable products used in Bronchoscopy, Gastroscopy, Colonoscopy and ERCP, in addition to the provision for ongoing training and clinical support throughout the lifetime of the contract, to ensure safe, appropriate and effective use of products by clinical persons. A comprehensive range of products are available, including, but not limited to, balloons, biliary ERCP, biopsy, catheters, cannulae, capsule endoscopy, cleaning equipment, clips, cytology brushes, dilatation, endoscopic ultra sound (EUS), enteral feeding, forceps, guidewires, haemostasis, ligators, metal stents, needles, plastic stents, snares, sphincterotomes and accessories. The framework agreement is accessible via direct award with various spend bandings and discount options available for utilisation, and GPO mini competition for aggregation spend. The framework agreement was launched on 1st October 2016 and is for a duration of 2 years with an extension option of up to 24 months. HTE procured this framework agreement in compliance with the restricted procedure set out in the Public Contract Regulations 2006, and the EU Combined Directive (2004/18/EC). A Contract Notice (2016/S 102-182228) was published on 28th May 2016. Each of the appointed suppliers have been rigorously vetted in terms of their quality and value propositions through a robust, compliant evaluation process. If you or your legal advisors require copies of OJEU Notices or further details of the framework agreement, then please contact our Customer Care Centre on 0845 887 5000 or email customercare@htepg.com.

Compliant Route to Market

Market Leading Suppliers

Clinical Support & Training

Spend Reduction Opportunities

Free to Access

Supplier Managed Inventory

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SERVICES INCLUDED

Lot 1 Endoscopy Consumables This Lot is categorised into 8 product groups that include all endoscopy

consumable products and a supplier managed inventory option.

Lot 2 GPO Committed Spend This Lot enables the reopening of competition for participating GPO Member

Trusts to aggregate spend and contractually commit in advance to

purchasing a specified value and/or volume from one or more Product

Groups to drive price efficiencies. All of the Lot 1 products and suppliers are

awarded onto this Lot.

Lot 1: Product groups

Group A: Biopsy All endoscopy consumable products associated with biopsy procedures. This may include products such as forceps, clips, EUS needles and snares.

Group B: Polypectomy

Any suitable endoscopy consumable products required to carry out a polypectomy procedure. This may include a variety of snares, nets, EMR kits, baskets, distal caps, procedure specific knives and forceps.

Group C: Pill Cameras and Capsule Endoscopy Consumables

Wireless capsule endoscopy consumable products and pill cameras. This enables recorded images to be taken of the gastrointestinal tract by swallowing a pill capsule containing a camera.

Group D: ERCP

All endoscopy consumable products associated with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures. This may include products such as cannulae, sphincterotomes, guidewires, balloons and extraction devices.

Group E: Metal Stents

Metal stents for use as part of any endoscopic procedure. This may include the following types of metal stent: biliary, colonic, duodenal, pyloric, tracheobronchial, enteral and esophageal.

Group F: Haemostasis

Any suitable consumable products required to carry out an endoscopic haemostasis procedure. This may include products such as clips, probes, needles, catheters and ligators.

Group G: Dilation

Any suitable consumable products associated with endoscopic dilation procedures. This may include various types of balloons, dilators, syringes and inflation devices.

Group H: General Endoscopic Consumables and Cleaning Products

This product group is for the provision for any additional endoscopy consumable products that cannot be categorised within the above product groups. This may include cleaning brushes, bite blocks, mouth-guards, dignity shorts, in addition to pulmonary equipment such as cytology brushes and syringes.

Supplier Managed Inventory (SMI) There is a provision for a full managed stock inventory service with some suppliers via the framework agreement. This includes the delivery of endoscopy consumable products, maintenance and adjustment of stock to an agreed level with the participating authority, based on a minimum commitment level of expenditure.

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FRAMEWORK SUPPLIERS Please see the below table for a breakdown of each supplier’s product offering:

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Albyn Medical

Aquilant Interventional

Ardmore Healthcare Ltd

Boston Scientific

BVM Medical

Cantel (UK)

ConMed Linvatec

Cook UK

Fresenius Kabi

Aquilant Endoscopy

Medtronic Limited

Olympus KeyMed

Omnimed Limited

Pentax U.K. Limited

U.K. Medical Limited

Framework Status Key: Provider available against this Product Group or Service

Provider not available against this

Product Group or Service

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KEY BENEFITS

Compliant route to market

This is a compliant framework that satisfies governance

requirements as well as EU regulations and therefore removes

the need to undertake your own local OJEU tender process.

Market leading suppliers

There is a choice of market leading, quality suppliers available

to work with via the framework agreement; providing a diverse

range of products, innovative technologies and dependable

support for clinical, technical and ordering requirements.

Clinical support and Training

All suppliers offer clinical support, technical advice and training

free of charge for the lifetime of the contract, ensuring safe,

effective and confident use of products by end users.

Authorities are also able to request additional bespoke training

with many suppliers offering access to online supporting

material and e-learning programmes.

Spend reduction opportunities

There are various opportunities to achieve further spend

reductions through a range of discount and banded pricing

options available via the framework. HTE works in

collaboration with suppliers to identify and recommend spend

reduction opportunities based on a number of areas such as

spend, commitment and product group usage.

One agreement

The comprehensive scope of the framework agreement

enables access to a full provision of endoscopy consumables

product range, in addition to complementary support such as

training, reporting and clinical support, via one agreement.

Supplier managed inventory

A fully managed stock inventory operated by a selected

supplier to achieve greater efficiencies through maintenance

and delivery of stock to an agreed level with the Participating

Authority.

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ACCESS TO THE FRAMEWORK Direct Award and Call Off Contracts

The framework can be accessed via direct award. The customer must contact their Account Manager or our Customer

Care Centre to log their interest and then the Category Specialist will make contact to discuss the requirement.

The call off process is formalised by issuing an order to the supplier identified as offering best value in line with the

direct award criteria specified in the framework agreement. In all instances HTE should be informed once an

authority has entered into a contract with a supplier under this framework agreement.

To ensure compliance to the framework agreement and customer requirements, a call off contract is exchanged and

completed between the authority and the selected supplier(s).

Committed GPO Model

HealthTrust Europe is a ‘Group Purchasing Organisation’ (GPO) that has been established in order to provide GPO

members with the highest quality products and services at the best price. We are a healthcare partner concerned with

its members who are delivering care within the local communities; as such we leverage the purchasing power of our

GPO members in order to increase ‘value’ (Quality, Safety, Service & Price) through our contracting processes.

HealthTrust Europe’s committed GPO model aligns clinical and commercial requirements to drive contracting

decisions. We build advisory board’s representative of doctors, nurses, technicians and pharmacists to drive the

development of clinical specifications and determine ‘like’ products which are clinically acceptable.

We take clinical and commercial requirements to market on behalf of our members and undertake procurement

activities aimed at obtaining the highest quality products and services at the best price for healthcare providers.

Our model is built on partnership relationships which deliver benefits to both our customers and the supplier

community; whilst not limited to, the following points are essential to our GPO process:

Pre market engagement which provides meaningful insight from suppliers and our customers regarding our

proposed sourcing strategies

Analytics: a review of scientific evidence and data

Development of clinical and business specifications through our advisory boards

Clinical evaluation

Market share commitments

Contract compliance

Contract management

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FAQS

What should I do next?

Existing HTE members should talk to their Account Manager for further details. If you are not a customer of HTE

please contact our Customer Care Centre on 0845 887 5000 or email customercare@htepg.com.

What if the current incumbent supplier we use is not listed on the framework agreement, will they be able to be

added on?

As this is a framework agreement, suppliers are unable to be added on after the establishment of the contract.

Therefore, only the suppliers listed on page 3 are accessible through this framework agreement.

Will HTE provide a cost impact analysis to assist migration to this framework agreement?

HTE is able to offer like-for-like spend analysis on the basis that the authority provides line level usage information

and total annual spend. HTE will then use this information to provide a bottom line cost impact analysis summary

and advise if this framework would offer a cost reduction on previous price paid, based on the information provided

and applicable discounts.

For signed participants of the framework agreement, HTE is able to support further equivalence analysis to identify

specific product group areas for efficiency recommendations. However, as endoscopy is a clinically driven category

area, the authority is required to engage with their clinical end users and in most circumstances, it is likely that

product evaluations will be essential.

Will HTE carry out product evaluations or trials on our behalf?

If a product evaluation or trial is required by the authority, then it would be expected that the authority fund would

coordinate this internally. HTE is able to support supplier engagement and provide guidance with this process if

required.

For further information regarding this framework agreement, please speak to your account manager. Alternatively,

please contact our Customer Care Centre on 0845 887 5000 or email customercare@htepg.com.