Capital Equipment Services

Our expert Capital Equipment Services Team provides you with a 'one-stop-shop' service, for all your capital equipment requirements. From waste paper baskets to angiography machines, you can be assured we can support meeting your capital requirements.


• Procurement • Commissioning • Project Management

From GP Commissioners and NHS organisations, to Private Health and other Public Sector bodies, you can opt for the full end-to-end range of NHS SBS Specialist Capital Equipment Services or tailor the support to your individual requirements by selecting services from our menu of options. We are able to manage any size of project from minor works and refurbishments through to Major Hospital or Public Sector Developments.

Our expert project managers provide scalable capital purchasing expertise to meet your needs, delivering projects on time and to budget. Taking account of value, complexity and lead times, we advise on the most appropriate procurement strategy, allowing you to focus on other key priorities.

We also offer access to all of our framework agreements as part of the service, offering best value for money and an opportunity for further cost savings.

Our experience

We have managed PFI projects, P21+, traditional build from complete new hospitals with 250 beds, to single ward refurbishments. Our experience covers a range of projects in acute, primary and mental health environments of varying complexity, giving us a thorough understanding of the challenges posed by different customers.

We are able to provide end-to-end project support from inception through to completion, including advising on initial budgets as well as delivery and installation logistics. Our team will collate and schedule equipment lists, complete transfer audits and assess suitability of existing equipment to transfer. We schedule the full delivery programme, liaising with suppliers to avoid any bottlenecks and effectively manage the delivery process. The team can even facilitate product exhibitions and trials.

Visibility, control and value for money

We provide an estimated budget, establish funding mechanisms, develop final cost schedules and determine priority purchases. Our regular budget reports enable accurate profiling of your expenditure. We'll provide proposed equipment transfer criteria to identify equipment that can be reused and reduce overall capital costs as well as robust preferred supplier recommendation reports to demonstrate how value for money will be achieved.

Benefits

Provides a compliant procurement route designed to best suit the project as well as ensuring adherence to Standing Financial Instructions (SFI's)
The team has extensive product knowledge and excellent supplier relationships
Provides access to a full range of NHS SBS frameworks throughout project duration
Identify opportunity for efficiencies and cost savings - we identify savings on capital purchases against the project budget
Provides a single point of contact and link between you and suppliers
Detailed asset register produced on project completion
Value for money - we can organise exhibitions, trials and mini competitions against the frameworks to better inform decisions and leverage better value

Scope of our services

Our support can be tailored to meet your individual requirements, with the ability to choose from our comprehensive scope of services, as well as providing an end-to-end solution package covering all of your capital equipment requirements:

Project initiation
Sourcing strategy support
Equipment consolidation & transfer
Budgetary control
Sourcing equipment
Determining the most appropriate procurement route
Evaluating equipment
Equipment ordering, receipt and distribution
Delivery & installation management
Removals

What our customers think

"NHS SBS provided an excellent professional service. We were impressed with how quick you were to respond to any questions and how any issues were sorted quickly and efficiently. Of course, keeping cost under control was an important objective and this was achieved using the accurate and transparent monthly expenditure reports you produced. Overall, The Trust believe you have done an extremely good job and would be happy to recommend your services to other Trusts undergoing similar schemes. Well done!"

Paul Jackson, North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

"As a clinical lead for the Harbour Project it was with enormous relief that I was able to work with SBS in ensuring we had the right furniture, fittings and equipment for opening such a large hospital. SBS worked side by side with my team and I to ensure all our clinical needs were met. We have had lots of compliment on all the furnishings and this is down to the team work- the great understanding that developed between the clinicians and SBS made this happen."