HI-001 - Intent of Future Procurement – Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device (CIED)

This letter serves to give advance notice to the supplier community of an upcoming procurement opportunity including three major cardiac centres. 
The objective of the Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) initiative is to assess the impact of reducing post-operative cardiac infection rates on patient outcomes and health system utilization across care settings.  It will also test value-based procurement through a gain and risk-sharing model as an alternative financing mechanism for introducing innovative solutions into existing models of care.
The intent of this future procurement plan is:

• To pull innovation that is designed to help reduce post-operative infections related to the implantation of cardiac arrhythmia devices
• To use modern procurement techniques, including outcomes based procurement as well as value-based procurement
• To call openly for industry solutions rather than prescribing the details of tactics and approaches
• To share risk with vendors through prudently managed risk and gain-sharing partnerships