Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-07-26
Buyer: NHS Supply Chain acting as agent for NHS Business Services Authority
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33000000 | 33141118 | 33600000: Pharmaceutical products | 33631600 | 33690000
Estimated value: 90800000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-08-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Supply Chain seeks to establish a non-exclusive framework agreement for the supply to NHS Supply Chain depots via the Stock and Blue Diamond Route and to the NHS Supply Chain customer via the E-Direct route of:
It is anticipated that in the first year of the Framework Agreement the value of purchases will be circa 22 700 000 GBP. For the full term (if extended for the full 24 months) the anticipated value is circa 90 800 000 GBP. These values are approximate only and are based on the most recent historical usage information with a forecasted level of growth. The values provided are for guidance only and are not a guarantee of business through the framework agreement. Applicants are advised that the framework agreement shall be established on a non-exclusive basis. The actual value of the framework agreement may be less than or exceed the estimated values dependent upon the requirements of those bodies eligible to purchase from the Framework throughout the duration.
Please refer to section VI.3) of this notice for additional information. Further information will also be included in the Invitation to tender document.
This lot covers Licensed Medicines and associated products used for the cleaning, disinfection and decolonisation of a clinician's and/or patient's skin, and includes but shall not be limited to: surgical scrub solutions, surgical skin preparation products, mouth wash, and dispensers where relevant to the product.
‘NHS Supply Chain seeks to establish a non-exclusive framework agreement for the supply of Skin Disinfectants (licensed medicines and associated products) to the NHS Supply Chain customer base via the Stock Blue Diamond and E-Direct Route.
It is anticipated that initial expenditure will be in the region of circa 18 000 000 GBP in the first year of this framework agreement. This is an estimate only as precise quantities of likely purchases are unknown and the values may vary depending on the requirement of those bodies purchasing under the framework agreement.
The estimated value of purchases for this lot throughout the term (if extended for the full 24 months in line with the option described at section II.2.2)) of the framework agreement is circa 72 000 000 GBP. The actual value of the lot may be less than or exceed the estimated value dependent upon the requirements of those bodies eligible to purchase from the framework agreement throughout the duration.
Applicants are tendering to be awarded the lot. Applicants can submit a price for 1 more than 1 or all product lines within this lot and the lot will be evaluated on an average basket basis. NHS Supply Chain anticipates appointing all applicants whose total score upon evaluation meets or exceeds the threshold of 60 %. For further details of this evaluation please refer to section 9.5 of the Invitation to Tender document.
This Lot covers antimicrobial products used for the cleaning of patients' hair and body, including products used for the decolonisation of patient's skin and mucosa prior to elective surgery, including wipes, shampoo caps, mouth wash, nasal gel, as well as alcohol preparation pads. For the avoidance of doubt this lot does not include hand disinfectant gels or foams or hand wipes or hand washes.
‘NHS Supply Chain seeks to establish a non-exclusive framework agreement for the supply of Antimicrobial Cleansing Products to the NHS Supply Chain customer base via the Stock Blue Diamond and E-Direct Route.
It is anticipated that initial expenditure will be in the region of circa 4 700 000 GBP in the first year of this framework agreement. This is an estimate only as precise quantities of likely purchases are unknown and the values may vary depending on the requirement of those bodies purchasing under the framework agreement.
The estimated value of purchases for this lot throughout the term (if extended for the full 24 months in line with the option described at section II.2).
2) of the Framework Agreement is circa 18 800 000 GBP. The actual value of the lot may be less than or exceed the estimated value dependent upon the requirements of those bodies eligible to purchase from the framework agreement throughout the duration.
Applicants are tendering to be awarded the lot. Applicants can submit a price for 1 more than one or all product lines within this lot and the lot will be evaluated on an average basket basis. NHS Supply Chain anticipates appointing all Applicants whose total score upon evaluation meets or exceeds the threshold of 60 %. For further details of this evaluation please refer to section 9,5 of the Invitation to tender document.
‘This is an estimate only as precise quantities of likely purchases are unknown. It is anticipated that in the first year of the Framework Agreement the value of purchases will be circa 22 700 000 GBP however this is approximate only. The figures below for the total estimated value are based on that initial expenditure. The values provided are for guidance only and are not a guarantee of business.’.

Eligibility requirements: Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information: This procurement exercise will be conducted on the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal at http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/ Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement-specific information (if required) through the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal as follows: Registration: 1. Use URL http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/ to access the NHS Supply Chain Procurement portal. 2. If not yet registered: — click on the “Not Registered Yet” link to access the registration page. — complete the registration pages as guided by the mini guide found on the landing page. Portal access: If registration has been completed: — login with URL http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/ — click on the “Supplier Dashboard” icon to open the list of new procurement events. Expression of interest: — view contract notice content by clicking on the “view notice” button for the procurement event. This opens a PDF document. — express an interest by clicking on the “express interest” button. — to start the response process after the expression of interest has been done select the “My Active Opportunities” option and click on the “Apply” button. — select the procurement event from the list by clicking on the description. — in the detail view click on the orange coloured “Framework Agreement” button to start responding to the tender. Tender response: The system tasks required to complete the tender are: Header level requirements: applicants are required to read all Framework Header Documents which can be accessed using the “NHS SC Header documents” button which is located in the “select framework” tab. Applicants are required to upload the documents detailed at Section 8.2 of the ITT using the “Supplier header documents” button which is located in the “select framework” tab. Lot level requirements: a preview of the lot line details can be viewed using the “Lot header” tab by selecting the lot and using the “Lot line information” button. In order to respond to a lot applicants must select the relevant Lot and then use the “Express intent” button. This expression of intent does not place any obligation on the Applicant to respond the action unlocks the ability to respond. Applicants are required to upload the documents detailed at Section 8.7 of the ITT at Lot level using the “Supplier lot documents” button after selecting the relevant Lot in the “Lot header” tab. Complete price offers per line for the lot by completing the required fields for all lines within the Lot using the “Lot line detail” tab. There are a number of mandatory fields to complete on a product line basis; these are highlighted in yellow in the “Lot line detail” tab. Please ensure all fields are complete in particular the mandatory fields. Applicants are required to answer all mandatory Lot specific questions found in the “Lot evaluation criteria” tab. Applicants are then required to click on the “Terms and conditions” button in the “Submit individual lot response(s)” tab to view and accept the ISS Terms and Conditions. Finally Applicants are required to click on the “Submit response to selected lot” button in the “Submit individual lot response(s)” tab to submit their response for the lot. The above “Lot level requirements” actions must be repeated for each individual lot an applicant wishes to respond to. Applicants are able to view their submission using the “Supplier submission report” button found in the “Submit individual lot response(s)” tab. If the applicant wishes to update their response before the Tender Closing Date and Time is reached it can do so by amending the response and resubmitting. Only the latest submission will be available to NHS Supply Chain after the Tender Closing Date’. ‘Details are set out in the tender documentation.’. ‘Details are set out in the tender documentation.’.
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