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Published 22 May 2025, 13:46 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Total Cardiology and Vascular Solutions

Official notice

Authority: SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED (Public body)

Open framework scheme10 lotsGoodsOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)£9,424,214,205total for 10 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue · 2 value updates
Submissions closed 20 May 2026
Lots 10see the lot list below
Framework period 3 yrsends 26 Feb 2030 · up to 26 Feb 2035 with extensions · starts 27 Feb 2027

What is being bought10 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Supply Chain Coordination Limited (“NHS Supply Chain”) is establishing a Framework for Total Cardiology and Vascular Solutions. The Framework covers a wide variety of products and services. Please review the specific Lot information further down this notice regarding which products are coverd under which lot.

The lot structure is as follows:

Lot 1: Transcatheter Structurcal Heart

Lot 2: Surgical Structural Heart

Lot 3: Ventricular Assist Device

Lot 4: Cardiac Rhythm Management

Lot 5: Electrophysiology

Lot 6: Intracardiac Monitors

Lot 7: Interventional Radiology

Lot 8: Interventional Cardiology

Lot 9: Interventional Neuroradiology

Lot 10: Perfusion

The Authority estimates that in the first 3 years of the Framework, the total value of purchases under it will be around £3,436,530,046.72 including VAT. For the full 8 year term, the anticipated value is around £11,309,057,045.90 including VAT. These values are approximate only and are based on the most recent historical usage information, with a forecasted level of usage. The value provided are for guidance only and are not a guarantee of business with successful Tenderers.

Further details about the requirements within each Lot are provided in the tender documentation located within ITT_2152.

This procurement exercise will be conducted on the NHS Supply Chain eProcurement portal at nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com// ↗

Tenderers wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement specific information (if required) through the NHS Supply Chain eProcurement portal as follows:

REGISTRATION

  1. Use URL nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com// ↗ to access the NHS Supply Chain Procurement portal.
  2. If not yet registered:- Click on the 'Not Registered Yet' link to access the registration page.- Complete the registration pages as guided by the mini guide found on the landing page.

PORTAL ACCESS If registration has been completed: — Login with URL nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com// ↗ .

— Click on ITTs Open to All Suppliers. The Procurement Specific Questionnaire can be found in ITT_2152 alongside various Annexes of the Invitation to Tender.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 29 Jan 2029, 23:59 GMT.

CPV: Angioplasty supplies · Arterial needles · Artificial parts of the heart · Balloon catheters · Biopsy needles · Blood substitutes and perfusion solutions · Cannulae · Cardiac stimulation devices · Cardiac support devices · Cardiac surgery devices · Cardiac valve · Cardiac-monitoring devices · +43 more

How this framework works

From the published notice
Type
Open framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
Call-offs
call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
Framework period
3 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 27 Feb 2027
Scheme runs until
26 Feb 2030
Buyer regions
UK
Who may buy through it

NHS Supply Chain will be entitled to purchase the supplies and/or services identified in the tender documents as non-direct contract products which it will then make available for purchase by:

  1. Any NHS Trust.
  2. Any other NHS entity.
  3. Any government department, agency or other statutory body; and/or
  4. Any private sector entity active in the UK healthcare sector.

For the supplies and/or services identified as direct contract products in the tender documents:

  1. NHS Supply Chain;
  2. Any NHS Trust;
  3. Any other NHS entity;
  4. Any government department, agency or other statutory body; and/or
  5. Any private sector entity active in the UK healthcare sector will be able to enter into a direct contract with the supplier for any of the supplies and/or services under the Framework.
Published description of the framework

Most Favoured Nation Clause

The Framework Agreement includes a Most Favoured Nation clause. This clause requires the Supplier to offer the Authority prices for the Goods and/or Services that are no less favourable than the lowest prices the Supplier offers to any of its other customers for equivalent goods or services on similar terms.

Procurement Act 2023 – Permitted Contract Modifications

The Authority has considered paragraph 1 (Provided for in the contract) of Schedule 8 to the Procurement Act 2023. The Authority may rely on this ground to modify the Framework Agreement where:

the possibility of the modification is unambiguously provided for in both the Framework Agreement and this Tender Notice; and

the modification does not change the overall nature of the Framework Agreement.

The Authority considers that inclusion of the Most Favoured Nation clause is a permitted contract modification under paragraph 1 (Provided for in the contract) of Schedule 8 to the Procurement Act 2023. The possibility of the Most Favoured Nation clause being invoked as a future modification is unambiguously provided for in both this Tender Notice and the Framework Agreement and does not change the overall nature of the Framework Agreement.

Further guidance regarding the operation of the Framework Agreement can be found within the Invitation to Tender - This can be found within ITT_2152 at nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com// ↗.

Lots and requirements (10)Procurement structure

10 lots · all with a published value
Lot #1TRANSCATHETER STRUCTURAL HEARTRenewal 3 yrsSMEPublished value£756,150,000

This Lot is for the supply of Transcatheter Structural Heart Products and related Accessories.

Products within this Lot include:

Transcather Aortic Stenosis Intervention Products

Transcatheter Aortic Regurgitation Intervention Products

Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Intervention Products

Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Intervention Products

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Intervention Products

Transcatheter Caval Reflux Intervention Products

Transcatheter Valve Repair Products (Tricuspid & Mitral)

Transcatheter Annuloplasty Products (Bands & Rings)

Occluders

Flow Devices

Septostomy Devices

Transcatheter Intervention Balloons

Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE)

Related Accessories include, but shall not be limited to:

Transcatheter Valve Replacement Guidewire

Transcatheter Valve Replacement Guidewire Multifunction

Transcatheter Valve Replacement Guidewire Multifunction Console

TEER Delivery System Base Unit

TEER Specific Guidewire

Occluder delivery system

TEER Specific Sheath

TEER Stabiliser

TTVR Loading System

TTVR Delivery System Stabiliser Base

TTVR Dilators

TMVR Specific Guide Sheath

Contract period: 27 Feb 2027 – 26 Feb 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 26 Feb 2035 with extensionsValue: £756,150,000 exc. VAT · £907,380,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Please see Invitiation to Tender Instructions clause 2.7 - Range Extensions.
Lot #2SURGICAL STRUCTURAL HEART 3 yrsPublished value£50,354,598

This Lot is for the supply of Surgical Structural Heart Products and related Accessories.

Products within this Lot include:

Suture Fasteners

Annuloplasty Repair Device s (Rings & bands) and (Mitral & Tricuspid)

Conduit Valves

Heart Valves - Tissue

Rapid Deployment Valves

Heart Valves - Mechanical

Cardiac Repair Patches

Endovascular Vessel Harvesting

Chordae Tendinae Devices & Associated Products

Contract period: 27 Feb 2027 – 26 Feb 2030 (3 yrs)Value: £50,354,598 exc. VAT · £60,425,518 inc. VAT
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Please see Invitiation to Tender Instructions clause 2.7 - Range Extensions.
Lot #3Ventricular Assist Device 3 yrsPublished value£30,000,000

This Lot is for the supply of Ventricular Assist Devices and related Accessories.

Products within this Lot include:

Intracardiac circulatory assist axial-pump Catheter

Intracardiac circulatory assist axial-pump Control Unit

Heart Pump Procedural Kit (Left, Right & Bi-Ventricular)

Heart Pump only (Left, Right & Bi-Ventricular)

Sealed Outflow Graft

Sealed Inflow Graft

Apical Coring Knife

Tunneling Tools

Skin Coring Punch/tool

Surgical Implant tool Kit

Thread Protectors

Apical Cuff

Arterial Cannulae

Explant Kit

Product Covers

System Controller

Patient Programmer/Communication system

System Monitor

Programmer Accessories

Data Storage Products

Batteries

Battery Charger

Power Module

Mobile Power Unit

Power Adaptors

Patient Belts

Shower bags/pack

Patient Vest

Patient Bag

Patient Accessories Kit

Battery Holster

Patient Cable

Power Cables

Contract period: 27 Feb 2027 – 26 Feb 2030 (3 yrs)Value: £30,000,000 exc. VAT · £36,000,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Please see Invitiation to Tender Instructions clause 2.7 - Range Extensions.
Lot #4CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT 3 yrsPublished value£1,259,491,286

This Lot covers Cardiac Rhythm Management products.

Products within this Lot include:

  • Cardiac Implantable Devices and Associated Leads, Accessories, Software and Hardware
  • Leadless Cardiac Rhythm Devices and Associated Accessories, Software and Hardware
  • Temporary Pacing Leads and Accessories
  • Lead Extraction Products
  • Pacing Programmer, Components and Accessories
  • Temporary Pacing Boxes
  • Cardiac Rhythm Management Software Solutions
  • Wearable Defibrillation Systems
  • Cardiac Contractility Devices
Contract period: 27 Feb 2027 – 26 Feb 2030 (3 yrs)Value: £1,259,491,286 exc. VAT · £1,511,389,544 inc. VAT
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Please see Invitiation to Tender Instructions clause 2.7 - Range Extensions.
Lot #5ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY 3 yrsPublished value£398,488,358

This Lot covers Electrophysiology products.

Products within this Lot include:

  • Percutaneous EP Catheters
  • Percutaneous EP Cables
  • Eletrophysiology Accessories
  • Electrophysiology Access Products
  • Remanufactured EP devices, access products and accessories
  • Elepctrophysiology Hardware
  • Electrophysiology Software
  • Surgical EP devices, access, accessories, hardware and software.
Contract period: 27 Feb 2027 – 26 Feb 2030 (3 yrs)Value: £398,488,358 exc. VAT · £478,138,030 inc. VAT
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Please see Invitiation to Tender Instructions clause 2.7 - Range Extensions.
Lot #6INTRACARDIAC MONITORS 3 yrsPublished value£118,335,394

This Lot covers Intra Cardiac Monitors.

Products within this Lot include:

  • Implantable cardiac rhythm monitoring devices, associated accessories, hardware and software

-Pulmonary artery pressure monitoring device, assocaited accessories, hardware and software

Contract period: 27 Feb 2027 – 26 Feb 2030 (3 yrs)Value: £118,335,394 exc. VAT · £142,002,473 inc. VAT
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Please see Invitiation to Tender Instructions clause 2.7 - Range Extensions.
Lot #7INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY 3 yrsPublished value£475,000,000

This Lot covers Interventional Radiology products.

Products within this Lot include:

EVAR

TEVAR

FEVAR/BEVAR

Arch Branched Endografts

Drug Coated / Eluting Balloons

Atherectomy and Peripheral Intravascular Lithotripsy

Manual Thrombectomy Aspiration

Powered Thrombectomy Aspiration

Peripheral Stent Grafts

Adjunctive and Ancillary Interventional Radiology Devices

Contract period: 27 Feb 2027 – 26 Feb 2030 (3 yrs)Value: £475,000,000 exc. VAT · £570,000,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Please see Invitiation to Tender Instructions clause 2.7 - Range Extensions.
Lot #8INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY 3 yrsPublished value£340,000,000

This Lot covers Interventional Cardiology products.

Products within this Lot include:

Drug Eluting Implants

Workhorse Coronary Balloons

Drug Releasing Coronary Balloons

Intravascular Imaging Catheters

Guiding Catheters

Coronary Diagnostic Catheters

Intra-Coronary Lithotripsy & Coronary Intravsacular Pressure Assessment

Vascular Closure Devices

Adjunctive and Ancillary Interventional Cardiology Devices

Contract period: 27 Feb 2027 – 26 Feb 2030 (3 yrs)Value: £340,000,000 exc. VAT · £408,000,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Please see Invitiation to Tender Instructions clause 2.7 - Range Extensions.
Lot #9INTERVENTIONAL NEURORADIOLOGY 3 yrsPublished value£205,000,000

This Lot covers Interventional Neuroradiology products.

Products within this Lot include:

Aneurysm Coils

Thrombectomy Devices

Powered Thrombectomy Aspiration

Flow Diverters

Adjunctive and Ancillary Interventional Neuroradiology Devices

Contract period: 27 Feb 2027 – 26 Feb 2030 (3 yrs)Value: £205,000,000 exc. VAT · £246,000,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Please see Invitiation to Tender Instructions clause 2.7 - Range Extensions.
Lot #10PERFUSION 3 yrsPublished value£37,500,000

This Lot is for the supply of Perfusion Devices, Consumables and related Accessories.

Products within this Lot include:

Cardiopulmonary Bypass - Heart and Lung machine or pump

Monitoring Equipment

Organ Donor

Heater Cooler

Extracorpreal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

Intra-aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

Intra-cardiac circulatory assist axial pump

Isolated Limb Perfusion

Beating Heart

Cardiopulmonary bypass

Monitoring equipment

Organ Donor

Heater Cooler

Oxygenators

Reservoirs

Cannulae

Intra-Aortic Occlusion Catheter

Haemoconcentrators

Intra-aortic Baloon Pump (IABP)

Intra-cardiac Circulatory assist axial pump

Beating Heart

Perfusion accessories

Standard Packs

Customised Packs

ECMO Packs

Cardioplegia Packs

Normothermic Regional Perfusion (NRP) Packs

Contract period: 27 Feb 2027 – 26 Feb 2030 (3 yrs)Value: £37,500,000 exc. VAT · £45,000,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Please see Invitiation to Tender Instructions clause 2.7 - Range Extensions.

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Total Cardiology and Vascular Solutions” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Open framework scheme
Who may use this agreement
NHS Supply Chain will be entitled to purchase the supplies and/or services identified in the tender documents as non-direct contract products which it will then make available for purchase by: 1) Any NHS Trust. 2) Any other NHS entity. 3) Any government department, agency or other statutory body; and/or 4) Any private sector entity active in the UK healthcare sector. For the supplies and/or services identified as direct contract products in the tender documents: 1) NHS Supply Chain; 2) Any NHS Trust; 3) Any other NHS entity; 4) Any government department, agency or other statutory body; and/or 5) Any private sector entity active in the UK healthcare sector will be able to enter into a direct contract with the supplier for any of the supplies and/or services under the Framework. · open scheme: new suppliers can join during the term
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 29 Jan 2029
First published
22 May 2025, 13:46 BST
Last source update
13 May 2026, 10:58 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 8 Dec 2026
Authority reference
Project_1610
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-024865
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Angioplasty suppliesArterial needlesArtificial parts of the heartBalloon cathetersBiopsy needlesBlood substitutes and perfusion solutionsCannulaeCardiac stimulation devicesCardiac support devicesCardiac surgery devices
+45 moreCardiac valveCardiac-monitoring devices
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051dc3 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
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Appointment period ends
20 May 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
6 May 2026, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

22 May 2025 → 27 Feb 2027 · 9 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    22 May 2025, 13:46 BST
  2. Market engagement330 days ago
    30 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT

    NHS Supply Chain will be holding an initial webinar on the 26th of June 2025 to start the engagement process for the upcoming procurement. Details of how to attend the webinar will be provided through the centralised inbox: CardiologyVascular2027@supplychain.nhs.uk.

    A series of in person drop-in workshops to be held from July and August 2025 at various locations to be confirmed. These meetings will utilise a digital booking system, via a centralised inbox: CardiologyVascular2027@supplychain.nhs.uk

    Face to face supplier engagement meetings during July and August 2025

    NHS Supply Chain will be holding a Cardiology & Vascular Framework 2027 Supplier Engagement Event on the 12th of August 2025 at

    KPMG Canary Wharf

    15 Canada Square London E14 5GL

    This is the second opportunity to understand the strategy for the new Cardiology and Vascular 2027 Framework which will be out to market in January 2026, and engage with NHS Supply Chain who are leading this tender to ask questions, provide insights and feedback, connect with peers and exchange ideas.

    You are invited to register (see link below) for one of the two sessions (10am - 12.30pm or 2pm to 4.30pm)

    Link

    www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cardiology-vascula… ↗

    There are limited spaces available and so we ask that each supplier please only register one representative to allow for industry wide attendance.

    Key outputs and feedback will be captured and circulated to all registered Suppliers post event regardless of attendance on the day.

    After registering you will receive a confirmation email from Eventbrite.

    Full agenda will be circulated no later than 1st August. Please do not chase for further information ahead of this date.If you have any queries, please contact cardiologyvascular2027@supplychain.nhs.uk

    Potential for further clarification check ins during July and August 2025 to enable full understanding of any feedback ahead of the tender document being issued.

    Feedback on specification and product list via: CardiologyVascular2027@supplychain.nhs.uk from June until August 2025

    Further webinars may be held closer to the publication date of the procurement to cover certain mandatory aspects of the upcoming procurement and to demonstrate the eprocurement portal.

  3. Next notice expected244 days ago
    24 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Tender notice published223 days ago
    18 Mar 2026, 18:56 GMT
  5. Clarification questions by174 days ago
    6 May 2026, 15:00 BST
  6. Latest notice published167 days ago
    13 May 2026, 10:58 BST
  7. Admission / appointment period ends160 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown
    20 May 2026, 12:00 BST
  8. Today
    27 Oct 2026
  9. Award decision expected byin 42 days
    8 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
  10. Contract startsin 122 days
    27 Feb 2027

Notice history

15 events · 8 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    22 May 2025, 13:46 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    12 Jun 2025, 16:59 BST
    UK2
  3. Published value published: £3,000,000,000
    12 Jun 2025, 16:59 BST
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    4 Jul 2025, 09:30 BST
    UK2
  5. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    14 Nov 2025, 13:44 GMT
    UK2
  6. Tender notice published
    18 Mar 2026, 18:56 GMT
    UK4
  7. Published value updated to £9,424,214,205
    18 Mar 2026, 18:56 GMT
    was £3,000,000,000
  8. Status changed to active
    18 Mar 2026, 18:56 GMT
  9. Procurement method changed
    18 Mar 2026, 18:56 GMT
  10. Deadline published: 30 Apr 2026, 15:00 BST
    18 Mar 2026, 18:56 GMT
  11. Tender notice published
    29 Apr 2026, 13:31 BST
    UK4
  12. Deadline moved to 14 May 2026, 15:00 BST
    29 Apr 2026, 13:31 BST
    +14 days · was 30 Apr 2026, 15:00 BST
  13. Tender notice published
    30 Apr 2026, 11:27 BST
    UK4
  14. Tender notice published
    13 May 2026, 10:58 BST
    UK4
  15. Deadline moved to 20 May 2026, 12:00 BST
    13 May 2026, 10:58 BST
    +6 days · was 14 May 2026, 15:00 BST
Published amendments (3)

Engagement process description(UK2_58) Include information on the scope of the engagement and the dates of any events. Udated to provide details of engagement activity on the 12th of August.

Procurement description(UK2_38) Engagement deadline(UK2_56) Publication date of the tender or transparency notice (estimated)(UK2_59)

Correction to the valuation of the full Framework scheme and pro-rata values for the first Framework in the Scheme of Frameworks which will be for 3 years. Correction to tender submission deadline to account for an extension which was granted.

Routine re-releases (8)
  • 2026-03: 1 release · 18 Mar 2026
  • 2025-11: 1 release · 14 Nov 2025
  • 2025-07: 1 release · 4 Jul 2025
  • 2025-06: 1 release · 12 Jun 2025
  • 2025-05: 1 release · 22 May 2025

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLLH-1887-BMRL Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London, London, SE1 8UGContact email

Official documents & specifications (8)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
  • Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
  • Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender