Procurement

Box: 200

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hills Road,

Cambridge,

CB2 0QQ

 

About Procurement

 

The Procurement department are responsible for delivering best value and cash releasing savings against operational and strategic procurement activity, while simultaneously endorsing procurement best practice and probity compliant with both Trust and EU policies, procedures and directives.

 

 

Trust procurement procedures

 

Procurement Activity Exceeding EU Financial Thresholds

 

The Trust’s procurement activity is regulated by EU and UK legislation, supplemented by its own Standing Financial Instructions. There is a legal requirement for the Trust to comply with EU Directives when purchasing supplies, services and works. Additionally the Trust must adhere to non-discriminatory principles of openness, transparency and equality, and further demonstrate the achievement of best value and sustainability across the supply chain.

Large contracts for the provision of supplies, services and works which exceed prevailing EU financial thresholds will be advertised in the ‘Official Journal of the European Union’ (OJEU). The current financial thresholds applicable until 31 December 2009 are:

Supplies and Part A services	£90,319
Part B and certain other listed services	£139,893
Works	£3,497,313

 

All thresholds are net of VAT.

These values are not annualised. Instead they refer to the total contract value over the life of the contract. In accordance with EU regulations the majority of Trust contracts are awarded up to a maximum of 4 years.

The competitive tendering procedure adopted by the Trust under EU regulations is determined by the intricacy (and occasionally urgency) of individual procurement projects. All EU tenders however adhere to a mandatory 10 day standstill period at the end of the tender process, affording suppliers opportunity to receive relevant feedback concerning their tender submission and the tender outcome prior to a formal contract award being made.

 

 

 

Procurement activity below EU financial thresholds

 

For procurement activity valued below EU financial thresholds the Trust’s Standing Financial Instructions apply:

 

£5,000 to £10,000	At least two written quotations
£10,001 to £25,000	At least three written quotations required
£25,000 to EU threshold	Four tender required

 

At the discretion of the Head of Procurement or Director of Estates the requirement to obtain competitive  tenders/quotations can be waived up to the prevailing EU financial threshold.

 

 

All our contracts valued in excess of £90,319 are advertised on TED (Tenders Electronic Daily): the online version of the 'Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union', dedicated to European public procurement.

 

> TED - Tenders Electronic Daily

 

Top 10 Suppliers/Contractors – Jan-July 2010

 

Medirest
Compass Group UK
Parklands Court
24 Parklands
Birmingham Great Park,
Rubery
B45 9PZ

 

T Butler & Son (Sawston) Ltd
Common Lane,
Cambridge
CB2 4HW

 

Sanctuary Housing Association
Grantchester House
Adrian Way
Long Road
Cambridge
CB2 2SQ

 

Southern Electricity
Po Box 17
Havant
PO9 5DD

 

Vinci Construction UK Ltd
Haymills House
Station Road East
Stowmarket
Suffolk
IP14 1RF

 

Key Health Services Ltd
2nd Floor
11 Thistle Street
Edinburgh
EH2 1DF

 

Total Gas & Power
Bridge Gate
55/57 High Street
Redhill
RH1 1RX

 

Medtronic Ltd
Suite 1 Building 9
Croxley Green Business Park
Hatters Lane
Watford
WD1 8WW

 

NHS Supply Chain
West Way
Cotes Park Industrial Estate
Alfreton
Derbyshire
DE55 4QJ

 

Hologic Ltd
Unit 2 Link
10 Napier Way
Crawley
RH10 9RA

 

 

 

 

 

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