Healthcare · Consumables, sterile supplies & AMC

Ventilator circuits and breathing filters, pooled by fleet

ICU monthly replacement tied to the ventilator fleet.

Indicative cost in IndiaNot published — established on aggregation
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The range above is an indicative planning figure taken from our own research, not a quotation and not an offer. buytogethr is pre-launch and has closed no pools.

What you are actually buying

The order is an accessory list for an installed ventilator fleet: breathing circuits in adult, paediatric and neonatal sizes, smooth-bore or expandable, heated-wire or plain, with water traps, catheter mounts and connectors; heat-and-moisture exchangers, HMEF and bacterial-viral filters; closed suction catheters and nebuliser lines. Quotes diverge on connector sizing at the 22 mm and 15 mm interfaces, circuit length, compatibility with the humidifier and its temperature probes, filtration efficiency, resistance to flow, dead space, and the single-patient-use duration the manufacturer will support. The mistake that costs most is treating a circuit as generic. One that fits mechanically may still not carry the right heated-wire connector, and dead space that is irrelevant for an adult is not irrelevant for a neonate.

Why ventilator circuits and breathing filters suits collective purchasing

This is the hardest of the recurring items to pool, because the specification is tied to whichever ventilators and humidifiers each institution already owns, and those fleets differ. Filters aggregate well, being described by performance against a standard interface. Circuits aggregate only when the pool is organised deliberately — by ventilator make, or alongside a pooled ventilator purchase where several institutions are standardising their fleet at the same time. Where that alignment exists the volume is large and critical-care consumption predictable enough to commit to. Where it does not, a pooled circuit contract will fragment into exceptions.

Pin down before price

  • Every ventilator and humidifier make and model in service, listed
  • Heated-wire or plain, circuit length, and connector size at each end
  • Patient category, and the dead space acceptable for neonatal use
  • Filter type, filtration efficiency, flow resistance and dead space
  • Permitted single-patient-use duration, matched to infection-control policy

What drives ten-year cost

  • Change frequency is set by policy, not price, and it drives annual volume
  • Humidifier consumables — water chambers and sterile water — bought alongside
  • Probe and sensor replacement on heated-wire systems

How a pool for this runs

1
Aggregate the demand. Institutions register a requirement and a timeline. Nothing is committed and nothing is paid — the pool simply establishes how much demand exists in one window.
2
Standardise the specification. One technical specification is written for the pooled requirement, so every bidder quotes the same machine. Clinical and engineering specification is never traded away for price.
3
Qualify the suppliers. OEMs and authorised distributors are qualified on manufacturer authorisation, past performance, end-user certificates, financials and demonstration — before any price is opened.
4
Run the price competition. Only technically qualified bidders enter an online reverse auction, with a minimum decrement and automatic extension so the close cannot be sniped.
5
Award on ten-year cost. Lowest is judged on total cost of ownership over ten years — machine, turnkey, software, accessories, transport, insurance, taxes, warranty, maintenance contract, tubes, uptime and training.
6
Buy directly, individually. Each institution raises its own purchase order against the negotiated price and pays the OEM or dealer directly. buytogethr never takes title, never holds stock and never holds your money.

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