BCHC-14-0056 Provision of a Contract for an Electro-Biomedical Engineering (EBME) Service Including Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)

On 01 April 2013, the Birmingham Primary Care Shared Services Agency (BPCSSA) Estates team was split between BCHC and NHS Property Services (NHS-PS).

As part of this restructure the physical estate and related services were allocated and transferred between the two organisations.

With an in-house Estates Department BCHC has established a better understanding of the rationalised estate portfolio.

BCHC intends to continue its strategy of centralisation of Facilities services and intends to establish robust, safe, efficient and cost effective contracts in order to support the clinical services provided The in-house Estates department is looking to continue contracting out the Electro-Biomedical Engineering (EBME) service encompassing a pro-active Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) programme, asset management and a breakdown/Reactive maintenance service.

This PPM element is envisioned to bring the following benefits to the Trust: To improve the performance and safety of the equipment.

Improve equipment life and avoid any unplanned maintenance activity.

Decrease in equipment downtime and a linked reduction in the number of major repairs.

Better conservation of assets and increased life expectancy of assets, thereby eliminating premature replacement of machinery and equipment.

Reduced costs and more economical use of maintenance workers due to working on a scheduled basis instead of reacting on a crash basis to repair breakdowns.

Timely, routine repairs should circumvent fewer large-scale repairs.

Improved safety and quality conditions for everyone, both staff and patients.Previously the Trust has maintained separate contracts for the Electro-Biomedical Engineering (EBME) services split between the Hospitals and the Community.

This contract will look to offer both options via Lots.

Bidders can bid for one or both Lots.

Lot 1 - Hospital Sites, represent the Trust's equipment within the hospital sites that the Trust operates.

For the sites allocated to Lot 1 see Appendix 1 - Lot-1: Hospital sites of Annex B2 BCHC-14-0056-Document 4 - Specification, part of the tender documents.

For the assets allocated to Lot 1 see Appendix 3 - Lot 1: Hospital Assets of Annex B2 BCHC-14-0056-Document 4 - Specification, part of the tender documents.

Lot 2 - Community Sites, represent the Trust's equipment distributed amongst its community sites.

These sites will be made up of the various buildings that Trust staff operates out of.

These building types include but are not limited to; Health Centres GP Practices Medical Centres Intermediate Care Centres Walk in Centres Office buildings HMP Birmingham Prison In addition to these fixed properties, the community services are also provided directly to patients in ..(view full details to see more)