Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-08-10
Buyer: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (‘NSS’)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33600000: Pharmaceutical products
Estimated value: 15000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-09-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Supply of nicotine replacement therapy products in the form of patches, gum, lozenges, inhalers, mouth and nasal sprays to NHS Scotland. The framework agreement will cover supply in primary and secondary care settings as well as to prisons across Scotland.
All entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 and any integrated joint boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014.
The authority intends to award this lot as an ranked multi-supplier framework agreement to a maximum of three (3) framework participants.
This framework includes the option(s) to extend for up to a total period of twenty four (24) 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 Service (Scotland) Act 1978 and any integrated joint boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014.
The authority intends to award this lot as an unranked multi-supplier framework agreement to a maximum of three (3) framework participants.
This framework includes the option(s) to extend for up to a total period of twenty four (24) 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 Service (Scotland) Act 1978 and any integrated joint boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014.
The authority intends to award this lot as an unranked multi-supplier framework agreement to a maximum of three (3) framework participants.
This framework includes the option(s) to extend for up to a total period of twenty four (24) 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 Service (Scotland) Act 1978 and any integrated joint boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014.
Supply of nicotine replacement therapy products in the form of inhalers and mouth and nasal sprays to NHS Scotland.
This framework includes the option(s) to extend for up to a total period of twenty four (24) 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.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in breach of any situation referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
(a) potential framework participants must be able to demonstrate the existence of a valid and current UK Marketing Authorisation or EMA Marketing Authorisation that has been approved by the MHRA for all tendered goods at the date of submission of the tender;

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

Award value: 15000000