Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-09-29
Buyer: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (‘NSS’)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33140000: Medical consumables
Estimated value: 15000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-11-04
Award criteria: Mixed

Technical requirements: The supply and delivery of thrombectomy kits and interventional neuro radiology consumables to all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, (i.e. All NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the Authority).
The supply and delivery of distal access catheters for use within interventional neuro radiology. These will be radial or femoral access catheters specifically for neurological procedures.
The supply and delivery of Intermediate Guiding Catheters for use within Neurological/Cranial procedures.
The supply and delivery of Intracranial Support Catheters for use within Neurological/Cranial procedures.
This lot will be used to give better pricing when products are combined from more than one lot. More information will be available within the ITT.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in breach of any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulation 2015.
It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types of insurance indicated below:
All candidates will be required to provide a statement covering the 3 previous financial years, including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice.
Where the potential framework participant is unable for a valid reason to provide the information required the authority may accept such other information provided by the potential framework participant as the authority considers appropriate.
Suppliers responses will be completed within the ITT, with the use of the open procedure and exclusion based on inability to demonstrate ability to service NHSS requirements satisfactorily.
The following requirements will all be mandatory within the ITT, suppliers who cannot meet these requirements will be excluded:
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as National Services Scotland) (‘the Authority’) acting through its division National Procurement, is undertaking this procurement of (add description here...) (‘Products’) on behalf of all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, (i.e. all NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the authority or other NHS Organisation established pursuant to the NHS (Scotland) Act 1978), any integrated Join Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014 (collectively hereafter referred to as ‘Participating Authorities’), where applicable.
The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The project code is 15432. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343
The Authority will notify economic operators who submitted a tender or(where no deselection process has previously been made)applied to be selected to tender, of its decision to award the Framework Agreement which notification will contain, among other information, a summary of the reasons as to why the economic operator was unsuccessful. The notification will incorporate a ‘standstill period’ of a minimum of 10(ten) clear calendar days (or a minimum of 15 (fifteen) if the communication method used is not electronic) between the date on which the authority despatches the notice(s)and the date on which the authority proposes to conclude the relevant framework agreement. The bringing of court proceedings against the authority during the standstill period will automatically continue the prohibition on entering into the framework agreement until the court proceedings are determined, discontinued or disposed of, or the court, by interim order, brings to amend the prohibition. The remedies that may be awarded by the courts before the framework agreement has been entered into include the setting aside of the decision to award the framework agreement to the winning tenderer(s). The bringing of court proceedings against the authority after the framework agreement has been entered into will not affect the framework agreement unless grounds for the imposition of special penalties under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 can be established. Otherwise the remedies that maybe awarded by the courts where the framework agreement has been entered into are limited to the award of damages.

Eligibility requirements: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in breach of any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulation 2015. It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types of insurance indicated below: Employers (compulsary) liability insurance = GBP 5 000 000 — public liabilty insurance = GBP 5 000 000 — professional indemnity insurance = GBP 2 000 000 — product liability insurance = GBP 5 000 000.

Award value: 15000000