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The latest Referral to Treatment (RTT) figures for January 2025 show that the waiting list for treatments stood at 7.43 million cases, consisting of approximately 6.25 million individual patients waiting for treatment. To increase capacity and ease the pressure on elective surgery, the building and roll-out of surgical hubs is being scaled up across the country.
In these environments, surgical and clinical teams are reliant on the quick and efficient turnaround of reprocessed and sterilised instruments to operate and undertake procedures, work through the backlog, and reduce further pressure on clinical services.
The Decontamination Services and Solutions Framework Agreement offers end-to-end decontamination solutions, ensuring the effective decontamination of surgical instruments and equipment, which is essential for patient safety and to avoid delays and inefficiencies in hospital operating theatres.
The framework agreement supports best practice, compliance, and drives sustainability and cost-effectiveness. It offers complete outsourcing of decontamination services, the ability for extra capacity to be provided either in an emergency or for the long term, or the option to augment a customer’s own facilities. There is also a specialist lot for the decontamination of high-level probes.
Framework Agreement Information
The framework agreement covers the provision of outsourced decontamination and sterilisation of surgical instruments which can either be on site or off site and involves the cleaning, reprocessing, repair, and sterilisation of surgical instruments to support surgery and other activities. It ensures the effective decontamination of surgical instruments and equipment, which is essential for patient safety and to avoid delays and inefficiencies in hospital operating theatres. It also includes the provision of equipment for the reprocessing of high-level disinfection of probes.
What dates is the framework agreement active?
10 March 2023 – 9 March 2027
Who can take advantage of the framework agreement?
NHS and UK Public Sector organisations
How was the framework agreement procured?
Further competition and direct award
Via this framework agreement, you can run a further competition, or choose to direct award to a supplier in compliance with Regulation 33 of the Public Contracts Regulations.
How we can support?
We offer different levels of support, including SME advice and robust templates for you to easily run your own process, or additional support to design and run a further competition on your behalf.
How can I access the framework agreement?
Access framework agreement documentation via our Customer Framework Agreement Portal (CFAP)
The framework agreement has been structured into the following lots:
What are the benefits of using this framework agreement?
FIRST TO MARKET
For a fully managed decontamination service solution.
CLINICALLY DRIVEN & FOCUSED
Developed with clinical experts.
COST AND EFFICIENCY SAVINGS
Users can run a further competition or direct award.
SUSTAINABILITY FOCUSED
Sustainability is at the heart of the supplier offerings.
ON AND OFF-SITE SOLUTIONS
Offers both on-site and off-site solutions.
NATIONAL STANDARDS
The framework agreement aligns to all national standards for decontamination.
Supplier Details
Find out what the press had to say about the framework agreement
Healthcare Design and Management
NHS launches £1.7bn decontamination procurement framework
IHEEM
£1.7 bn decontamination procurement framework launched
Facilitate Magazine
NHS SBS unveils £1.7bn decontamination framework
Strategic Procurement Support
If this framework agreement doesn’t cover the goods or services you require, or a framework agreement isn’t the optimal route to market for your needs, we can provide tailored strategic procurement support. Find out more here.