Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-06-21
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: 33600000: Pharmaceutical products | 85149000
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-08-04
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The framework agreement is intended for use by the NHS in the North East, North West, Yorkshire and The Humber Regions and London (Rituximab only). The framework may also be used by private sector contractors and agents working on behalf of the above. Please refer to the Invitation of Offer documents for the list of Purchasing Points.
The framework will commence on 1.12.2016 for a period of 2 years until 30.11.2018, with options to extend for up to a further 24 months.
Refer to the Price and Payment clauses contained within the Invitation to Offer, Conditions of Contract documentation.
No special legal form is required but, if a contract is awarded to a consortium of economic operators, the members of that consortium may be required to form a legal entity before entering into a Framework Agreement and may be required to provide parent company or directors' guarantees or, if not required to form a legal entity, members of a consortium may be required to accept joint and several liability both to the Contracting Authority under the Framework Agreement and to other contracting authorities awarding contracts under the Framework Agreement.
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 as follows:
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:
d. Access listing related to this procurement NHS Framework Agreement to supply the North of England — Dose Banded Cytotoxic Medicines and view details;
f. Once you have expressed interest, the ITT will move to ‘My ITTs’, where you can download additional documentation (if required), and construct your reply as instructed. You must then publish your reply using the ‘Publish’ button.
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. 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 & 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 Help desk 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.
Where a framework agreement is concluded with a single economic operator, contracts based on that agreement shall be awarded within the limits of the terms laid down in the framework agreement.

Eligibility requirements: Please refer to the award criteria contained in the Invitation to Offer.