Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-01-08
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: 223800000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-02-10
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Period of framework agreement: 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021 with an option to extend (at the authority’s discretion) for a period or periods up to a total of 24 months.
CM/PHR/19/5584 — 1.5.2020 to 30.4.2021 — NHS Framework Agreement for Branded Medicines – National Interim — with an option to extend (at the authority’s discretion) for a period or periods up to a total of 24 months.
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: www.nhsengland.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.nhsengland.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register:
(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
2) General supplier information. 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-UNS ® 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 onsid4gov
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) 8452992994.
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.
Variants: an offerer is permitted to submit any number of variants to the authority (subject to the minimum requirements set out in the ITO Terms of Offer Document 2, paragraph 8.2.1).


Award value: 223800000