Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-04-27
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: 33100000 | 33140000: Medical consumables | 33141310 | 33141320 | 33141321
Estimated value: 275000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-05-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Framework agreement for the supply of Syringes Needles and Associated Products including needles, needle and syringes, syringes and epidural products such as epidural catheters, fixation devices, loss of resistance devices, filters and lumber puncture needles and spinal/epidural needles.
‘This is an estimate only as precise quantities of likely purchases are unknown. It is anticipated that in the 1
‘This Framework Agreement will have the option to extend for a maximum of 24 months in addition to the initial 2 year period upon review.’
‘Parent company or other guarantees may be required in certain circumstances. Further details will be in the tender documents.’
‘The Contracting Authority reserves the right to require groupings of entities to take a particular form or to require 1 party to undertake primary legal liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.’
‘The Framework Agreement includes obligations with respect to environmental issues and a requirement for successful suppliers to comply with the NHS Supply Chain Code of Conduct.’
‘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.
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 below using the “Supplier Header Documents” button which is located in the “Select Framework” tab. Appendix 1 — Grounds of Exclusion and Minimum Requirements; Appendix 5 — Form of Offer; Appendix 6 — Additional lines; Appendix 9 — Discounts and Savings. The “Framework Questionnaire” tab has no requirement for completion in this tender. 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. There are no documents in the “NHS SC Lot Documents” tab in the “Lot Header” tab for this tender. The “Supplier Lot Documents” button in each of the “Lot Header” tabs has no requirement for completion in this tender. Complete price offers per line for the Lot by completing the required fields for the lines the Applicant wants to include in the bid using the “Lot Line Detail” tab. (Applicants must complete the required fields for all product lines within the Lot they are tendering against). 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. “Lot Evaluation Criteria” and Lot Questionnaire tab has no requirement for completion in this tender. 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. — Accept the ISS “Terms and Conditions” button to access this function. — Submit Lot response by clicking on the “Submit Response to Selected Lot” button in the “Submit Individual Lot Response(s)” tab to submit response for the Lot. Each Lot must be submitted independently. Applicants are able to view their submission using the “Supplier Submission Report” button found in the “Submit Individual Lot Response(s)” tab.’
‘Please note that the maximum number of suppliers as set out in II.1.4) is an estimate only. Tenderers should refer to section 9 of the Invitation to Tender for details of the scoring process to be used to assess the suppliers to be appointed to the Framework Agreement. NHS Supply Chain reserves the right to appoint more suppliers to the Framework Agreement in the event that more than 70 reach the minimum score for appointment which is set out in the Invitation to Tender.
NHS Supply Chain reserves the right to purchase supplies from the Framework Agreement resulting from this procurement process for the stockpile that NHS Supply Chain holds for the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Programme (“PIPP”). In such case the PIPP stock is held in deep storage meaning the products will be held palletised in standard racking for the duration of their shelf life and the products will only be issued in the event of a flu pandemic.
The term of contracts formed under the Framework Agreement may continue beyond the end of the term of the Framework Agreement itself. NHS Supply Chain expects to provide successful suppliers with the opportunity to offer additional savings to customers through the provision of discounted pricing value added offerings and commitment/bulk buy initiatives.
NHS Supply Chain will share savings information in order to assist its customers with making informed procurement decisions.

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: 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 below using the “Supplier Header Documents” button which is located in the “Select Framework” tab. Appendix 1 — Grounds of Exclusion and Minimum Requirements; Appendix 5 — Form of Offer; Appendix 6 — Additional lines; Appendix 9 — Discounts and Savings. The “Framework Questionnaire” tab has no requirement for completion in this tender. 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. There are no documents in the “NHS SC Lot Documents” tab in the “Lot Header” tab for this tender. The “Supplier Lot Documents” button in each of the “Lot Header” tabs has no requirement for completion in this tender. Complete price offers per line for the Lot by completing the required fields for the lines the Applicant wants to include in the bid using the “Lot Line Detail” tab. (Applicants must complete the required fields for all product lines within the Lot they are tendering against). 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. “Lot Evaluation Criteria” and Lot Questionnaire tab has no requirement for completion in this tender. 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. — Accept the ISS “Terms and Conditions” button to access this function. — Submit Lot response by clicking on the “Submit Response to Selected Lot” button in the “Submit Individual Lot Response(s)” tab to submit response for the Lot. Each Lot must be submitted independently. Applicants are able to view their submission using the “Supplier Submission Report” button found in the “Submit Individual Lot Response(s)” tab.’