The use of surgical robots to bolster robotic assisted surgery (RAS) drives clinical transformation within the NHS.
Surgical robots help clinical teams to ensure operations are safe, accurate and less invasive. They provide surgeons with sub millimetre precision, reduce fatigue, enable fewer large incisions during surgery, and allow flexibility and control during many forms of complex procedures.
Via our Surgical Robots, Consumables and Related Services Framework Agreement, surgeons can offer patients more minimally invasive surgery for a wide range of conditions, reducing the time patients need to spend in hospital due to quicker recovery, improving the patient pathway and easing hospital bed pressures.
Framework Agreement Information
The framework agreement covers all consumables and services relating to the surgical robots. It helps customers compliantly procure surgical robotic systems. It allows various financial models to procure the surgical robots, from full capital purchase, lease, rental and a unique pay-per-use payment option allowing a more flexible approach to their procurement.
What dates is the framework agreement active?
24 May 2023 – 23 May 2026
(with the option to extend for a further 12 months)
Who can take advantage of the framework agreement?
All NHS organisations across the United Kingdom
How was the framework agreement procured?
This framework agreement was procured in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) 2015. This framework agreement remains a compliant route to market under the new Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. If you have any questions, please contact the team.
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)
What are the benefits of using this framework agreement?
OFFERS MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY
Surgeons can offer patients more minimally invasive surgery for a wide range of conditions, reducing the time patients need to spend in hospital due to quicker recovery, improving the patient pathway and easing hospital bed pressures.
FULLY MANAGED SERVICE
Ability to contract a single supplier to perform all services offered within the scope of the framework agreement.
ENHANCES PATIENT CARE
Surgical robots provide surgeons with sub millimetre precision, reduce fatigue, enable fewer large incisions during surgery, and allow flexibility and control during many forms of complex procedures, all enabling the delivery of enhanced patient care.
PROVIDES TRAINING
Training or ‘proctoring’ involves experienced surgeons or proctors supporting the hospital surgeons with training on how to use the robot once it’s in situ, which supports safe and effective adoption of surgical robotics by providing expert-led training and ongoing proctoring – ensuring hospital teams gain confidence, reduce risks, and maximise clinical outcomes from day one. The hospital can pay for a training package whereby the proctor will offer ongoing training with them, which the hospital will pay for.
ACCELERATES ELECTIVE RECOVERY
Accelerates elective recovery by enabling NHS trusts to adopt advanced surgical robotics through flexible procurement and training support – boosting surgical capacity, precision, and patient recovery outcomes.
VARIOUS FINANCIAL MODELS
Allows various financial models to procure the surgical robots, from full capital purchase, lease, rental and a unique pay-per-use payment option allowing a more flexible approach to procurement.
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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.
