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| 18th August 2025 |
We are pleased to announce that the brand-new NWUPC-led Medical Simulation and Training Equipment Framework (LAB3032 NW) is now available.
This framework is the first of its kind for the HE sector and provides a compliant route to market for procuring your organisation’s medical simulation equipment needs, with the key players in the simulation market awarded to the agreement!
The agreement will run from the 1 August 2025 to the 31 July 2027 and is open to APUC, CPC, HEPCW, LUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC, and SUPC. There are possible extension options until 31 July 2029.
Agreement Highlights:
Lot 1 – Simulation Manikins and Ancillary Products
High, mid and basic fidelity simulation manikins in a variety of ethnicities and skin tones, male and female, across a range of ages including but not limited to neonatal, infant, paediatric, adult and geriatric. To include manikins simulating disabilities and diseases. Also included are replacement materials and spare parts, ancillary products used to support the simulation experience, virtual dissection tables, associated medical simulation software including simulated electronic patient record systems. Servicing and maintenance provision is included in the scope but it is not a mandatory requirement that the Supplier is able to provide it. This list is not exhaustive.
Lot 2 – Clinical Task Trainers and Ancillary Products
Neonatal intubation trainers, infant hip examination trainers, basic resuscitation trainers, modular skills trainers, airway management trainers, blood pressure training arms, cardiovascular and respiratory trainers, auscultation trainers, intra-venous training arms, arterial blood gas training arms, intra-venous torso trainers, intra-venous leg trainers, ultrasound procedure trainers, intraosseous trainers, maternity training kits, catheterisation trainers, bowel and enema trainers, abdominal trainers, venipuncture trainers, chest drain and needle compression trainers, surgical pelvic trainers, clinical pelvic trainers, epidural and lumbar puncture trainers, injection trainers, breast examination trainers, paracentesis trainers, in-growing toenail trainers, suture/would care pads and trainers, episiotomy repair trainers, perineal repair trainers, sphincter repair trainers, laparoscopic trainers, oral care trainers, obstetric examination trainers, nasogastric trainers, ostomy care trainers, blood glucose trainers, foot care trainers, ECG placement trainers, knot tying trainers, tendon repair trainers. Also included are skeletal and anatomical models, replacement materials and spare parts, ancillary products used to support the simulation experience, associated simulation software. Servicing, maintenance and training provision is included in the scope but it is not a mandatory requirement that the Supplier is able to provide it. It is a mandatory requirement that operating instructions be provided for all Goods supplied under this lot; these instructions will be provided in English. This list is not exhaustive.
Lot 3 – Dental Simulation Equipment and Ancillary Products
Phantom dental heads, dental task trainers, dental jaws, dental training simulators, replacement teeth, caries teeth, dental models, materials used to simulate extractions, impressions, drilling, filling and crown preparations. Supporting equipment including but not limited to hand pieces, aspiration systems and air motors. Also included are replacement materials and spare parts, ancillary products used to support the dental simulation experience, and associated simulation software. Servicing, maintenance and training provision is included in the scope but it is not a mandatory requirement that the Supplier is able to provide it. It is a mandatory requirement that operating instructions be provided for all Goods supplied under this lot; these instructions will be provided in English. This list is not exhaustive.
Lot 4 – Ophthalmology and Audiology Simulation Equipment and Ancillary Products
Ear examination simulators and models, eye examination simulators and models, ophthalmology and audiology task trainers (all available in a range of skin tones), ophthalmoscopes, otoscopes, Snellen charts and Ishihara charts. Also included are replacement materials and spare parts, ancillary products used to support the ophthalmology and audiology simulation experience and associated simulation software. Servicing and maintenance provision is included in the scope but it is not a mandatory requirement that the Supplier is able to provide it. This list is not exhaustive.
Additional Services available:
- Refurbished equipment and goods to support the circular economy
- Equipment rental services
- Associated medical simulation software
- Simulation equipment maintenance and servicing
This Framework Agreement allows you to buy through:
- Mini-Competition
- Direct Award
- Desktop Exercise
You should choose the option most appropriate to your purchase taking into consideration your Organisational Procurement Guidance and Financial Regulations, the product/service you wish to purchase and the specific requirements of your organisation.
**Mini-competition is recommended as the best option to obtain the most competitive offering for your specific requirements. Whilst a basket of goods was evaluated at framework level, many of the products in scope of this agreement are customisable and complex, so a mini-competition (or RFQ via the desktop calculator) would be advised.**
How has Responsible Procurement been considered as part of the tender?
Suppliers are required to sign up to the NETpositive Supplier Engagement Tool which will be used to feed into review meetings and provide feedback to suppliers regarding responsible procurement.
At Selection Suppliers were assessed for:
- Compliance with the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act 2015
- Payment of the Real Living Wage
- Carbon Reduction Plan
Recognising both the environmental and social risks associated with in-scope products, within the award criteria suppliers were asked questions on the following topics:
- Supply chain transparency, labour conditions and supply factory auditing.
- Circular economy including services to take away in-scope products at the end of their useful life and option to extend life to avoid landfill.
- Sustainability in the supply chain including reducing waste throughout the supply chain, extending the working lifetime of products, reducing the environmental impact of products, and organisational processes to keep abreast of more environmentally friendly materials and products.
- Packaging utilised in fulfilment, focussing on: systems to optimise packaging reduction and reuse, systems to ensure that packaging left with the customer is effectively labelled to support recycling at end of useful life, systems place to ensure that packaging within supplier premises will be effectively separated into single material packaging components and recycled (where it cannot be reused) through internal recycling streams.
- WEEE regulations (UK Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regs); Several of the awarded suppliers are able to offer WEEE take away schemes.
Further information:
Full agreement details, including suppliers by Lot and a Quick Reference Guide can be found here on the NWUPC Agreements Page. For further questions or enquiries contact procurement@nwupc.ac.uk or call on 0161 234 8000.