Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-06-19
Buyer: NHS Commissioning Board (Operatng Under the name of NHS England)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33600000: Pharmaceutical products
Estimated value: 22750000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-07-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Framework Agreement for the supply of Glatiramer Acetate injection to the North of England region.
Period of Framework Agreement: 1.9.2018 — 29.2.2020 with an option to extend at the Authority’s discretion for up to 24 months.
The Framework is intended for use by the Department of Health and Social Care, Public Health England and the NHS in England. The framework may also be used by private sector contractors and agents working on behalf of the above.
Please refer to Schedule 8 of the Framework Agreement Document Nº 03 in the ITO documents for the list of purchasing points.
Each individual National Product Code (NPC) pack description in each of the regions (North of England) is deemed to be a separate product for the application of the award criteria.
The Framework Agreement is intended for use by the Department of Health, Public Health England and the NHS in England.
The Framework may also be used by private sector contractors and agents working on behalf of the above.
Responding to this Notice. Any supplier may be disqualified who does not respond to the following in the requisite manner:
This procurement exercise will be conducted on the eTendering portal at: www.nhsengland.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:
— save when complete, you will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).
d) access listing related to this procurement NHS Framework Agreement for Glatiramer acetate — North of England (Tranche B) 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 +44 800 368 4850 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, sid4gov, as follows: 2.1) If not already registered, Candidates must go to the following web page: https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ and select Register for sid4gov at the bottom of the page. Key in details as requested to search for your company. If you do not have a D-UN-S® Number, click on the link at the right of the page to obtain a number from D and B. Candidates must obtain a Dun and Bradstreet (D and B) D-U-N-S® Number to enable registration on sid4gov


Award value: 22750000