Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-03-23
Buyer: The Secretary of State for Health acting as part of the Crown through the Commercial Medicines Unit (part of the Department of Health)
Country: UK
Region: NORTH WEST (ENGLAND)
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33651520
Estimated value: 647709424 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-04-28
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS National Framework Agreement for the Supply of Immunoglobulin. The framework agreement is intended for use by the Department of Health, Public Health England and the NHS in England and Northern Ireland. The framework may also be used by private sector contractors and agents working on behalf of the above. The framework will commence on 1.6.2017 for a period of 1 year until 31.5.2018, with options to extend for up to a further 36 months. Please refer to the Invitation of Offer documents for the list of Pharmacy Purchasing Points.
1) This procurement exercise will be conducted on the eTendering portal at www.cmu.bravosolution.co.uk. Candidates wishing to be considered for this procurement exercise must register, and provide additional procurement specific information (if requested), through the eTendering portal.
1.1) If not already registered, Candidates should register on the eTendering portal at https://www.cmu.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register:
1.3) For any support in registering on the portal or submitting your expression of interest please contact the eTendering Help-desk at +44 800 368 4850 or help@bravosolution.co.uk.
To manage and assess supplier information the Contracting Authority requests candidates provide their company profile in the Governments supplier information database, sid4gov, as follows: 2.1) If not already registered, Candidates must go to the following web page https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ and select ‘Register for sid4gov’ at the bottom of the page. Candidates must obtain a Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) D-U-N-S® Number to enable registration on sid4gov. 2.2) Once registration is complete you are able to create and update your sid4gov company profile. Candidates should ensure all the mandatory fields of their sid4gov profile are completed and up to date for each procurement exercise. D&B data will be supplied automatically by D&B.
2.3) For further help or information concerning sid4gov, please contact the sid4gov Helpdesk at: support@nqc.com or telephone +44 (0) 845 299 2994.
The framework agreement is for the benefit of other participating NHS bodies (whether acting individually, or on behalf of, or together as members of any consortia) along with any other non-NHS bodies which the participants deem necessary for the delivery of services or goods to NHS bodies, local authorities, other government departments or non-departmental public bodies charged with the delivery of healthcare or health related services.
It is anticipated that on or around 1.4.2017 (‘the transfer date’) responsibility for procuring, concluding and managing procurement framework agreements for medicines, certain medical devices, and other medical products and services (which are to be provided under the NHS and used mainly by hospital trusts in England) shall transfer from the Commercial Medicines Unit (part of the Department of Health) to the NHS Commissioning Board (i.e. NHS England). This is pursuant to Parliament's approval of regulations conferring additional functions on NHS England and the making of statutory transfer schemes to transfer relevant property and staff from the Department of Health to the NHS Commissioning Board.
Accordingly it is anticipated that, from the transfer date, in respect of any framework agreement(s) concluded as a result of this procurement, the contracting authority (having the meaning ascribed in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) shall be the NHS Commissioning Board.
By submitting an Offer, an Offeror shall be deemed to have acknowledged that the contracting authority may change to the NHS Commissioning Board and any Offer made by the Offeror in the context of this competition will be deemed to have been made on this basis.


Award value: 647709424