Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-04-09
Buyer: The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through the Department of Health and Social Care
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33600000: Pharmaceutical products
Submission deadline: 2020-05-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The supply of rotavirus vaccine. Deliveries required over a period of 2 years with an option to extend for up to an additional 24 months.
The contracting authority estimates their requirement over the period of the contract, including the period of the optional extension, to be up to 3.25 million courses of vaccine.
The awarding of lots is not appropriate for this procurement due to the fact that the two vaccines which currently have Marketing Authorisations are not interchangeable within a National Immunisation Programme.
This procurement exercise will be conducted on the eTendering portal at https://dh.bravosolution.co.uk. Candidates wishing to be considered for this procurement exercise must register, and provide additional procurement specific information (if requested), through the eTendering portal as follows:
1.1) if not already registered, Candidates should register on the eTendering portal at https://dh.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register:
d. access listing related to this procurement Contract for the supply of rotavirus vaccine and view details;
f. once you have expressed interest, the ITT will move to ‘My ITTs’, where you can download additional documentation (if required), and construct your reply as instructed. You must then publish your reply using the ‘Publish’ button.
1.3) for any support in registering on the portal or submitting your expression of interest please contact the eTendering Help-desk at +44 8000698630 or help@bravosolution.co.uk.
To manage and assess supplier information the Contracting Authority requests candidates provide their company profile in the Governments supplier information database, Supplier Registration, as follows:
2.1) if not already registered, Candidates must go to the following web page https://supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk and select ‘Register’ at the top right of the page. Key in details as requested to search for your company. If you do not have a D-U-N-S® Number, click on the link at the right of the page to obtain a number from D&B. Candidates must obtain a Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) D-U-N-S® Number to enable registration on Supplier Registration.
2.2) once registration is complete you are able to create and update your registered company profile. Candidates should ensure all the mandatory fields of their sid4gov profile are completed and up to date for each procurement exercise. D&B data will be supplied automatically by D&B.
2.3) for further help or information concerning Supplier Registration, please contact the Helpdesk at: support@nqc.com or telephone +44 (0)8452992994.
The contract(s) is for the benefit of the Contracting Authority and NHS bodies along with any other non-NHS bodies which are necessary for the delivery of services or goods to NHS bodies, local authorities, other government departments or non-departmental public bodies charged with the delivery of healthcare or health related services in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories including, without limitation, the National Assembly for Wales, the Northern Ireland Assembly, and Scottish Ministers. The resulting products delivered against the contract(s) may be made available to the UK devolved administrations, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories to undertake their respective vaccination programmes.