Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2021-04-12
Buyer: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (‘the Authority’)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33600000: Pharmaceutical products
Estimated value: 19256940 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This framework agreement is for the supply of cardiovascular and respiratory medicines to health boards across NHS Scotland.
The goods have been split into fifteen (15) categories, each of which is identified as a ‘Lot’. Full details of each lot is 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.
Supply of Branded and Branded Generic Inhalers to NHS Scotland in a range of presentations. The authority has awarded each product line as a multi-supplier unranked framework agreement to six (6) framework participants.
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.
Supply of Nifedipine Modified Release Capsules and Tablets to NHS Scotland in a range of presentations. The authority has awarded each product line as a multi-supplier unranked framework agreement to three (3) framework participants.
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.
Supply of Epoprostenol 500 mcg and 1.5 mg powder and solvent (pH12) for solution for infusion vials to NHS Scotland. The Authority has awarded all presentations within this lot to a single supplier.
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.
Supply of Fondaparinux Sodium Pre-filled Syringes to NHS Scotland in a range of presentations. The authority has awarded each product line as a multi-supplier unranked framework agreement to two (2) framework participants.
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.
Supply of Isosorbide Mononitrate Modified Release Capsules and Tablets to NHS Scotland in a range of presentations. The authority has awarded each product line as a multi-supplier unranked framework agreement to six (6) framework participants.
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.
Supply of Diltiazem Hydrochloride Modified Release Capsules and Tablets to NHS Scotland in a range of presentations. The authority has awarded each product line as a multi-supplier unranked framework agreement to six (6) framework participants.
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.


Winner: Mercury Pharma Group
Award value: 19256940
Number of bids: 1