Specialist Materials
Framework guidance for NHS Trusts
A competitive tendering procedure is the default approach for most public procurement; however, call-off contracts may be awarded with or without competition between suppliers on the framework, as set out in the Procurement Act 2023 (the Act).
NHS Trusts calling off under an EEM Framework Agreement, without re-opening competition, may instruct the performance of the services by selecting a Framework Provider based on the EEM Framework Agreement Objective Mechanism:
(a) the Framework Provider with the highest overall ranking.
A transparency notice must be published before a contract is directly awarded, in order to comply with the Procurement Act 2023 (the Act).
Select Framework Category
Call-off contracts can compliantly run for up to [number] years after this end date
Call-off contracts can compliantly run for up to 5 years after this end date
The EEM Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Specialist Materials provides distributors who can supply a wide range of products in various categories such as adaptations, flooring, timber and joinery products, heat pumps, power tools, garden machinery, ironmongery and roofing products.
Members can use this DPS to appoint a single supplier, or award contracts for multiple product lines. Please note, the products listed below are not exhaustive.
Adaptation Products for Bathrooms or Wet rooms
- Grab rails (colours as required)
- Drop down grab rails and other variants
- Doc M packs
- Made to measure shower screens in various layouts
- Shower seats
- Electric showers
- Body dryers
- Infra-red heaters
- Sanitaryware of various types
- Shower formers and trays
- Shower wastes and pumps
- Shower curtains and rails
Adaptation Products for Kitchens
- Height adjustable kitchen units and worktops
- Easy grip handles
- Adapted appliances with forward facing controls
- Monoblock taps with easy grip levers
Flooring Products
- Safety flooring to suit various environments
- Standard PU or PUR flooring in different finishes and colours
- Acoustic flooring
- Luxury vinyl tiles
- Luxury vinyl sheet
- Ancillary products such as adhesives and trims
Timber Fire Doors and Specialist Joinery products
- Timber fire door sets
- Timber fire exits
- Glazed versions of both
- Bespoke timber joinery products (windows and doors)
- Hardwood mouldings and skirtings
- Clear Pine mouldings and skirtings
- External and internal cladding in various timbers (cedar, larch etc)
- Laminated system joinery products (cross laminated, glue laminated)
- Acoya joinery products
- Engineered timber products
Heat Pumps
- Air Source Heat Pump systems
- Ground Source Heat Pump systems
Power Tools & Garden Machinery
- Corded power tools, 240 and 110V
- Transformers
- Cordless power tools, batteries and chargers
- Petrol engine cut off saws
- Petrol engine chain saws, hedge cutters and brush whackers
- Petrol engine mowers
- Generators
- CAT scanners and generators
- Ladders, step ladders and roof ladders
- Van mounted ladder racks
Ironmongery
- Architectural ironmongery
- Door furniture and locking mechanisms
- Window furniture and hinges
- Kitchen cabinet runners and handles
- Bathroom hardware
- Fixings
- Security products
Roofing Products
- Flat roofing systems (liquid, GRP, rubber, etc.)
- Roofing tiles and associated products
- Trays and formers
- Green roofing systems
- Lead and lead replacement products
- Roof lights
- Vapour membranes
- Loft roll
- Recycled and natural insulation
- Foil insulation
- PIR insulation
- UPVC trims and flashings
Request Further Information
Supplier interested in joining this framework?
To join this DPS:
- Click the link www.delta-esourcing.com
- Click the Supplier Registration link at the top right of the page
- Complete and submit the registration form
- Click the link and sign in with your username and password: login.bipsolutions.com/cas/login
- Click ‘Response Manager’ to view open invitations and search for opportunities
- If you are unable to locate the EEM Specialist Materials DPS (DPS0014) opportunity, use Access Code: VZ9W546956
- Once you have answered the DPS Application Questionnaire and the EEM Standard Selection Questionnaire, click submit
Not sure if this is the most suitable DPS for you?
To discuss the most suitable opportunities for your organisation, please complete the below form, and a member of the team will be in touch.
DPS Suppliers
FAQs
How can providers join an EEM framework or DPS?
We advertise opportunities to join an EEM framework on websites such as Find a Tender (FTS) when we are creating a new opportunity, or a current framework is approaching the end of it’s life span (usually every 4 years). Suppliers may join a DPS at any time during the DPS term. The Find a Tender (FTS) advert remains open on the relevant websites throughout the DPS life span.
Suppliers may wish to find the framework(s) that suits them best on our framework pages and hit the button to request to be notified when the next opportunity to join arises.
Some of our frameworks require contractors to be able to cover a wide variety of works. If your organisation only covers one small aspect of works required, we recommend that you contact our current successful contractors to enquire about sub-contracting opportunities.