Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-06-10
Buyer: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (‘the Authority’)
Country: UK
Region: SCOTLAND
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33600000: Pharmaceutical products
Estimated value: 13744257 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-07-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This Framework Agreement is for the supply of generic medicines listed in Section Four (4) of the British National Formulary (BNF) to health boards across NHS Scotland.
The Goods have been split into five (5) categories, each of which is identified as a ‘Lot’. Full details of each Lot are contained in section II.2 of this notice.
All entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Services (Scotland) Act 1978, and any Integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to New Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014.
The Authority intends awarding as an Unranked Multi-Supplier Framework by Product line. Each product line will be treated as an individual Lot and awarded to an envisaged maximum of six (6) Framework Participants.
Option to extend by a further period of up to twelve (12) months upon giving not less than three (3) months written notice, such notice to expire no later than the date the framework agreement is due to expire.
All entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Services (Scotland) Act 1978, and any Integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to New Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014.
The Authority intends awarding as an Unranked Multi-Supplier Framework by Product line. Each product line will be treated as an individual Lot and awarded to an envisaged maximum of six (6) Framework Participants.
Option to extend by a further period of up to twelve (12) months upon giving not less than three (3) months written notice, such notice to expire no later than the date the framework agreement is due to expire.
All entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Services (Scotland) Act 1978, and any Integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to New Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014.
The Authority intends awarding as an Unranked Multi-Supplier Framework by Product line. Each product line will be treated as an individual Lot and awarded to an envisaged maximum of six (6) Framework Participants.
Option to extend by a further period of up to twelve (12) months upon giving not less than three (3) months written notice, such notice to expire no later than the date the framework agreement is due to expire.
All entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Services (Scotland) Act 1978, and any Integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to New Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014.
The Authority intends awarding as an Unranked Multi-Supplier Framework by Product line. Each product line will be treated as an individual Lot and awarded to an envisaged maximum of six (6) Framework Participants.
Option to extend by a further period of up to twelve (12) months upon giving not less than three (3) months written notice, such notice to expire no later than the date the framework agreement is due to expire.
All entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Services (Scotland) Act 1978, and any Integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to New Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014.

Eligibility requirements: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in breach of any of the situation referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Award value: 13744257