Home Oxygen Service & GP Emergency Bag

Description

A single supplier contract awarded for 7 years with the option to extend for a further 3 years.
A home oxygen service is required to support the 6,500 or so existing patients and support any new patients
entering the service throughout the country with a variety of oxygen equipment including; concentrators,
cylinders and liquid oxygen. The standard response times are for equipment installation and delivery is 4 days,
although it may be necessary to have an 8 hour or next day service to patients. A full holiday service will be
managed by the contractor to facilitate patient movement around the UK. The contractor will provide and
maintain a full web based prescribing and information system to be used by all Health Boards throughout the
country. All supplies and consumables required for the service shall be provided by the contractor and the
contractor shall operate a 24/7 support service. This contract is intended to provide one aggregated contract for the provision of an Emergency
Oxygen Service for GP surgeries, linked branch surgeries and other Healthcare Premises across Scotland. The single supplier contract will
deliver a service that provides an Emergency Oxygen Bag containing an emergency oxygen cylinder and accessories along with the
management of the supplier that will provide the goods and support services required to provide the service 365 days a year.