Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2017-12-20
Buyer: East Midlands Procurement Portal
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33600000: Pharmaceutical products
Estimated value: 828000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This specification details the requirements for the provision of a service to supply Balanced Salt Solution products for use in participating Trusts.
Balanced Salt Solution is a sterile solution which is used for irrigation during various surgical procedures of the eyes.
This project will review the use of balanced salt solutions within the East Midlands and look to provide a cost/service improvement through an OJEU tender process.
EMPC, acting on behalf of participating Trusts, reserves the right to award to more than one supplier to achieve the aims of this tender.
This tender is to establish a framework agreement for the supply of balanced salt solution to participating trusts, in line with the agreed specification. Estimated usage is 19060 per year by our Trust members.
East Midlands Pharmacy Collaboration (EMPC) is a procurement collaborative hosted by Royal Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, acting as an agent on behalf of its Member Organisations. The member organizations currently working with EMPC and who may purchase under any contract awarded through this process are found at:
The public and voluntary sector bodies to whom the use of this framework agreement will be open include all contracting authorities in the United Kingdom as defined in Regulation 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as well as all contracting authorities and entities in the European Union as defined in the Annexes to Commission Decision 2008/963/EC as may be updated from time to time.
In particular, it is envisaged that this framework agreement will be used by the following entities in the United Kingdom as described below (particularly where such entities are of a health and/or social care nature):
The above list includes each organization's successors and assigns, any equivalent organizations and any associated organizations created as a result of any organizational changes. In addition, the use of this framework agreement will be open to any bodies or organisations operating in the United Kingdom and/or any country in the European Union which are of a health and/or social care nature or which have a similar procurement need in respect of any goods or services to any of the above-listed organisations.
Furthermore, and if provided for in the contract documents, EMPC may extend the scope and benefit of the framework agreement to any private sector (i.e. all non-public sector) organisations operating in the United Kingdom and/or any country in the European Union which are of a health and/or social care nature who may also use this framework agreement.
Whilst EMPC is not required by procurement legislation to do so, it has extended the principles of the public tendering so as to assure its private sector customers of best value and open and transparent processes. In the United Kingdom, these entities are registered with the Care Quality Commission (a list of providers can be found at:


Winner: Alcon Eye Care UK Ltd
Award value: 828000
Number of bids: 4