Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-11-11
Buyer: The NHS Commissioning Board (operating under the name of NHS England)
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33600000: Pharmaceutical products
Estimated value: 38966874 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-12-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ESF

Technical requirements: All Regions — 15 February 2021 to 31 January 2023 (23.5 months) 23.5 months with an option or options to extend (at the discretion of the Authority) for a period or periods up to a total of 47 months.
NHS National Generic Pharmaceuticals for the supply of Inhalation Anaesthetics and Vaporisers Offer reference number: CM/PHG/20/5626 Period of framework agreement: 23.5 months with an option or options to extend (at the Authority’s discretion) for a period or periods up to a total of 23.5 months. The total maximum duration of the framework agreement to be no more than 47 months potential periods of call-offs under the framework agreement: all regions — 15 February 2021 to 31 January 2023 (23.5 months).
NHS National Generic Pharmaceuticals for the supply of inhalation anaesthetics and vaporisers offer reference number: CM/PHG/20/5626 Period of framework agreement: 23.5 months with an option or options to extend (at the Authority’s discretion) for a period or periods up to a total of 23.5 months. The total maximum duration of the framework agreement to be no more than 47 months potential periods of call-offs under the framework agreement: all regions — 15 February 2021 to 31 January 2023 (23.5 months).
Responding to this notice; any supplier may be disqualified who does not respond to the following in the requisite manner:
1) Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information. This procurement exercise will be conducted on the eTendering portal at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome 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://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome and click the link to register:
— select ‘Find Opportunities’ from the supplier home screen, use the ‘Sort by’: facility to find this opportunity and select the bold blue title to select,
— as you select the opportunity, you can review documents, send clarification messages, submit the response or decline to respond (if you decide not to participate in the opportunity),
1.3) There is a supplier user guide on using the system and candidates can contact the Atamis helpdesk at support-health@atamis.co.uk or by calling 08009956035 for technical assistance when completing responses.
2) General supplier information. To manage and assess supplier information the contracting authority requests candidates provide their company profile in the Government's Supplier Registration Service (which has replaced sid4gov), as follows:
2.1) If not already registered (the previous sid4gov password, login and details will still be on the system), candidates must go to the following web page https://supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk and select ‘Register’ at the top 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 and Bradstreet (D&B) D-U-N-S® Number to enable registration on the system.
2.2) Once registration is complete you are able to create and update your company profile. Candidates should ensure all the mandatory fields of their 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 this telephone +44 (0) 1614137982 or via the message function on the website.


Award value: 38966874