Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2020-09-09
Buyer: Department of Health and Social Care
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
CPV classification: 33600000: Pharmaceutical products
Estimated value: 60000000 GBP

Technical requirements: The contracting authority seeks to establish multiple contracts for the supply of additional pharmaceutical products for a UK stockpile of medicines for Covid-19 preparedness. The Department of Health and Social Care are managing the procurement on behalf of Public Health England.
The Department of Health and Social Care intend to run a procurement exercise to source additional pharmaceutical products for a UK stockpile of medicines for Covid-19 preparedness. The stockpile will cover additional ICU medicines, antibiotics and end of life care. The intention is for the tender exercise to commence on the 11 September 2020 and a contract notice will be published in the OJEU. The intended UK stockpile tender exercise will be performed through the online application, Atamis Procurement Software. Suppliers are encouraged, if they have not done so already, to register as quickly as possible with Atamis to ensure access to the tender documentation and the instructions for completion upon OJEU publication. The UK tender is intended to be an open accelerated procedure under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). The contract period is proposed for 12 months with the option to extend annually for 2 further years. The UK tender is a ‘stockpile tender’ where it is proposed that 30 products in 72 presentations will be tendered as 30 lots and to be purchased by Public Health England on behalf of DHSC. Key considerations for award may be, in no particular order: shelf life, availability, price, UK MA held.
The contracting authority intends to use the Department of Health and Social Care Atamis eTendering system to manage the tender. Information relating to the tender is available within Atamis. Select this link to access the Atamis system:https://healthfamily.force.com/s/Welcome. Further information is detailed within VI.3.0.1 Additional information below.
The contracting authority intends to use the Department of Health and Social Care Atamis eTendering system to manage the tender. Information relating to the tender is available within Atamis. Select this link to access the Atamis system:https://healthfamily.force.com/s/Welcome. Select ‘Opportunities’ and then select the Supportive Medicines additional products (ITU, Antibiotics and EOL care medicines) opportunity. A document that sets out the process can be selected from the Opportunity at the ‘View Documents’ area. If you wish to register an interest, if you have not done so already, register your organisation as a supplier from here: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Once registered, press the ‘Register Interest’ to login and register your interest. Once you have registered your interest, you may submit clarification requests. Correspondence must be through Atamis. You will receive updates as the opportunity progresses and the tender is published. A TED Contract Opportunity Notice will also be issued to alert suppliers when the tender goes live.


Award value: 60000000