Medical equipment
Dear Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust,
1) What are the Hospital names and locations that form part of the Trust? (Please provide details)
2) Which framework is utilized for purchasing such as SBS, NHS Supply Chain or other (please provide details of all that are used)
3) By which method is this procured? (Please state all that applies)
Section 2
1) What is the name of the manufacture used to provide Topical Negative Wound Therapy Treatment for each hospital location?
*Smith-Nephew
*KCI
*Talley
*Other (please provide names)
2) By which method is this procured? (Please state all that applies)
3) Is this equipment provided via Hire agreement, Purchase or other? (Please provide details)
4) Is the provision of this equipment contracted? Yes or No
5) If contracted is the service and maintenance of this equipment included as part of the contract? Yes or No
6) If No - How is service & maintenance of this equipment dealt with - 3rd party provider or in-house?
7) If 3rd party provider please state company name
8) Is the 3rd party service & maintenance contracted? Yes or No
9) If Yes what is the contract term? (Including any extension periods).
10) What is the expiry date of this contract?
The following questions are only applicable if the supply of Topical Negative Wound Therapy to the hospital trust is contracted.
1) As a result of the tender did you change provider? Yes or No (If Yes please provide name of previous supplier)
2) What date did your current contract start?
3) How long is the current contract? (Including any extension periods)
4) When does the current contract expire?
5) Please provide the financial value of the contract in the last 12 months of the previous contract including total value and periods covered.
6) Please provide the financial value for the first 12 months of the current contract in place.
Section 3
1) What is the name of the manufacture used to provide pressure relief alternating dynamic surface air mattresses to the trust?
*Hill-Rom
*Smith-Nephew
*Talley
*Direct Healthcare
*Karomed
*Other (please provide names)
2) By which method is this procured? (Please state all that applies)
3) What is the total number of dynamic mattresses on-site?
4) Is this a managed service? Yes or No
5) Is the provision of dynamic surfaces contracted? Yes or No
6) If Yes is the service and maintenance of this equipment included as part of the contract? Yes or No
7) If No - How is service & maintenance of this equipment dealt with - 3rd party provider or in-house?
8) If 3rd party provider please state company name
9) Is this 3rd party service contracted? Yes or No
10) If Yes what is the contract term? (Including any extension periods).
11) What is the expiry date of this contract?
12) How is the decontamination of these products managed? In-house or 3rd party provider
13) If 3rd party provider please state company name
14) Is this 3rd party service contracted? Yes or No
15) If Yes what is the contract term? (Including any extension periods).
16) What is the expiry date of this contract
The following questions are only applicable if the supply of dynamic alternating air surface mattresses to the hospital trust is contracted.
1) Which method is used to tender the contract? (Please provide details)
2) What date did your current contract start?
3) What is the term of the contract? (including any extension periods)
4) When does the current contract expire?
5) Is the contract purchase, hire or other (please provide details)
6) If contracted, when did you last tender the contract?
7) As a result of the tender did you change provider? Yes or No (if Yes please provide previous supplier)
Yours faithfully,
alistair walter
Please note with immediate effect, the RCHT Freedom of Information email
address has changed to [1][Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust request email] I would be most grateful if
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Dear Mr Walter,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST Ref: 1515
Thank you for your request for information as detailed below (if I have
misunderstood any part of your request, please let me know as soon as
possible, otherwise I shall continue to retrieve the information as
outlined):
1) What are the Hospital names and locations that form part of the
Trust? (Please provide details)
2) Which framework is utilized for purchasing such as SBS, NHS Supply
Chain or other (please provide details of all that are used)
3) By which method is this procured? (Please state all that applies)
Section 2
1) What is the name of the manufacture used to provide Topical
Negative Wound Therapy Treatment for each hospital location?
*Smith-Nephew
*KCI
*Talley
*Other (please provide names)
2) By which method is this procured? (Please state all that applies)
3) Is this equipment provided via Hire agreement, Purchase or other?
(Please provide details)
4) Is the provision of this equipment contracted? Yes or No
5) If contracted is the service and maintenance of this equipment
included as part of the contract? Yes or No
6) If No - How is service & maintenance of this equipment dealt with
- 3rd party provider or in-house?
7) If 3rd party provider please state company name
8) Is the 3rd party service & maintenance contracted? Yes or No
9) If Yes what is the contract term? (Including any extension
periods).
10) What is the expiry date of this contract?
The following questions are only applicable if the supply of Topical
Negative Wound Therapy to the hospital trust is contracted.
1) As a result of the tender did you change provider? Yes or No (If
Yes please provide name of previous supplier)
2) What date did your current contract start?
3) How long is the current contract? (Including any extension
periods)
4) When does the current contract expire?
5) Please provide the financial value of the contract in the last 12
months of the previous contract including total value and periods covered.
6) Please provide the financial value for the first 12 months of the
current contract in place.
Section 3
1) What is the name of the manufacture used to provide pressure
relief alternating dynamic surface air mattresses to the trust?
*Hill-Rom
*Smith-Nephew
*Talley
*Direct Healthcare
*Karomed
*Other (please provide names)
2) By which method is this procured? (Please state all that applies)
3) What is the total number of dynamic mattresses on-site?
4) Is this a managed service? Yes or No
5) Is the provision of dynamic surfaces contracted? Yes or No
6) If Yes is the service and maintenance of this equipment included
as part of the contract? Yes or No
7) If No - How is service & maintenance of this equipment dealt with
- 3rd party provider or in-house?
8) If 3rd party provider please state company name
9) Is this 3rd party service contracted? Yes or No
10) If Yes what is the contract term? (Including any extension periods).
11) What is the expiry date of this contract?
12) How is the decontamination of these products managed? In-house or
3rd party provider
13) If 3rd party provider please state company name
14) Is this 3rd party service contracted? Yes or No
15) If Yes what is the contract term? (Including any extension periods).
16) What is the expiry date of this contract
The following questions are only applicable if the supply of dynamic
alternating air surface mattresses to the hospital trust is contracted.
1) Which method is used to tender the contract? (Please provide
details)
2) What date did your current contract start?
3) What is the term of the contract? (including any extension
periods)
4) When does the current contract expire?
5) Is the contract purchase, hire or other (please provide details)
6) If contracted, when did you last tender the contract?
7) As a result of the tender did you change provider? Yes or No (if
Yes please provide previous supplier)
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Yours sincerely
Steve Rowe
Freedom of Information Officer
Please note with immediate effect, the RCHT Freedom of Information email
address has changed to [4][Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust request email] I would be most grateful if
you could please update your records to ensure that any future
correspondence is dealt with promptly.
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