Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-11-23
Buyer: The NHS Commissioning Board (operating under the name of NHS England)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33600000: Pharmaceutical products
Estimated value: 70000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-12-08
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Project title: invitation to offer for NHS National Pharmaceuticals – Fulvestrant, Darunavir and Imatinib Offer reference number: CM/PHG/20/5627
Period of framework agreement: start date to be confirmed with an option or options to extend (at the Authority’s discretion) for a period or periods up to a total of 24 months potential periods of call-offs under the framework agreement: Fulvestrant: All regions: to commence as soon as possible with an end date of 1 May 2021 Darunavir: CESW Region: to commence as soon as possible with an end date of 1 May 2021 Imatinib: All regions: to commence as soon as possible with an end date of 31 October 2021.
Project title: invitation to offer for NHS National Pharmaceuticals – Fulvestrant, Darunavir and Imatinib Offer reference number: CM/PHG/20/5627
Period of framework agreement: start date to be confirmed with an option or options to extend (at the Authority’s discretion) for a period or periods up to a total of 24 months Potential periods of call-offs under the framework agreement: Fulvestrant: All regions: to commence as soon as possible with an end date of 1 May 2021 Darunavir: CESW Region: to commence as soon as possible with an end date of 1 May 2021 Imatinib: All regions: to commence as soon as possible with an end date of 31 October 2021.
This requirement to call for competition came about due to the availability of competitive supply in circumstances relating to intellectual property rights that could not have been foreseen and/or acted upon by the authority using regular tender timescales.
Responding to this notice; any supplier may be disqualified who does not respond to the following in the requisite manner:
1) Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information. This procurement exercise will be conducted on the eTendering portal at
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome candidates wishing to be considered for this procurement exercise must register, and provide additional procurement specific information (if requested) through the eTendering portal as follows:
1.1) If not already registered, candidates should register on the eTendering portal at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome and click the link to register:
— select ‘Find Opportunities’ from the supplier home screen, use the ‘Sort by’: facility to find this opportunity and select the bold blue title to select;
— as you select the opportunity, you can review documents, send clarification messages, submit the response or decline to respond (if you decide not to participate in the opportunity).
1.3) There is a supplier user guide on using the system and candidates can contact the Atamis helpdesk at support-health@atamis.co.uk or by calling 0800 9956035 for technical assistance when completing responses.
2) General supplier information. To manage and assess supplier information the contracting authority requests candidates provide their company profile in the government's supplier registration service (which has replaced sid4gov), as follows:
2.1) If not already registered (the previous sid4gov password, login and details will still be on the system), candidates must go to the following web page https://supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk and select ‘Register’ at the top of the page. Key in details as requested to search for your company. If you do not have a D-U-N-S® Number, click on the link at the right of the page to obtain a number from D&B. Candidates must obtain a Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) D-U-N-S® Number to enable registration on the system.
2.2) Once registration is complete you are able to create and update your company profile. Candidates should ensure all the mandatory fields of their profile are completed and up to date for each procurement exercise. D&B data will be supplied automatically by D&B.


Award value: 70000000