NHS Lothian is building 2 new centralised endoscopy decontamination units (CEDU) at the:

Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh;

Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.

The supply and installation of Endoscope Washer Disinfectors, water treatment systems and ancillary equipment is requied for both of these sites. Training of staff on equipment supplied is also required.

Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh:

This new CEDU will be processing 25,000 flexible endoscopes procedures per year. This will include gastroscopes, colonoscopes, bronchoscopes, cystoscopes, hysteroscopes, laryngoscopes, rhino-laryngoscopes, TOE probes, EBUS, ERCP, mini ultrasound probes and High Resolution Manometry Catheters.

This CEDU will decontaminate around 2500 TOE probes per year. These procedures are carried out on 4 sites across NHS Lothian:

Royal Infirmary;

Western General Hospital;

St John's Hospital, Livingston;

Royal Hospital for Sick Children.

At least one EWD must be capable of decontaminating TOE probes to the capacity stated under normal service operations.

Western General Hospital, Edinburgh:

This new CEDU will be processing 22,000 flexible endoscopes procedures per year. This will include gastroscopes, colonoscopes, bronchoscopes, cystoscopes, hysteroscopes, laryngoscopes, rhino-laryngoscopes. It is intended that an award will be made to one successful Contractor who will act in the role of Prime Contractor for supply of all equipment and associated services to the Health Board. This means that the successful Contractor shall assume full responsibility to the Health Board for supply and warranty of all the supplied equipment and associated services. The successful Contractor shall be solely responsible for effecting any sub-contracting or collaborative arrangements required with other Contractors to allow the successful Contractor to meet this commitment.

NOTE: The authority is using PCS-Tender to carry out this procurement process. Please note this is a separate website and if you are not already registered, registration will be required. To access PCS-Tender, record your interest in this notice and access the tender documentation please visit https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk. and search for project Code 917 within the appropriate area. If you have already registered on Public Contracts Scotland and PCS-Tender and paired your accounts you can access PCS-Tender through your Public Contracts Scotland Control Panel.