Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-11-18
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: 24111500 | 33600000: Pharmaceutical products
Estimated value: 1900000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-12-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This Framework Agreement is for the supply of Nitric Oxide Therapy to health boards across NHS Scotland.
The framework agreement will be awarded as an unranked multi supplier framework to a maximum of four (4) Framework Participants.
All entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, and any Integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014.
This Framework Agreement is for the supply and delivery of Nitric Oxide Gas and the associated delivery systems to NHS Scotland in support of the delivery of treatment of neonatal, paediatric and adult patients who exhibit critical pulmonary defects.
The Authority is entitled at its sole discretion to extend the Framework Agreement by up to a further one (1) period of up to twelve (12) months by giving a minimum of three (3) months written notice of such extension.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in breach of any situation referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
(a) Potential Framework Participants must be able to supply a Nitric Oxide gas holding a current and valid UK Marketing Authorisation that has been approved by the MHRA or EMEA (European Medicines Agency) market authorisation or equipment that is CE marked as appropriate, at the date of submission of the tender.
(b) Potential Framework Participants and any sub-contractor(s) must possess valid certification of BS EN ISO 9001 or equivalent.
(a) Confirmation of existence of a valid and current and valid UK Marketing Authorisation that has been approved by the MHRA or EMEA (European Medicines Agency) market authorisation or equipment that is CE marked as appropriate, at the date of submission of the tender should be included in the Qualification Envelope of the ITT under the Technical and Professional ability: Quality Control.
(b) Confirmation of the existence of valid certification of BS EN ISO 9001 or equivalent. Confirmation of such certification should be included in the Qualification Envelope of the ITT under the Quality Assurance Schemes.
The estimated value range referred to in Sections II.!.5 and II.2.6 covers the thirty six (36) months initial duration and the full one (1) period of twelve (12) month extension option.
The Authority will notify economic operators who submitted a tender or (where no deselection notification has previously been made) applied to be selected to tender, of its decision to award the framework agreement which notification will contain among other information, a summary of the reasons why the economic operator was unsuccessful. The notification will incorporate a ‘standstill period’ of a minimum of 10 clear calendar days (or a minimum of 15 if the communication method used is not electronic) between the date on which the Authority despatches the notice(s) and the date on which the Authority proposes to conclude the relevant framework agreement. The bringing of court proceedings against the Authority during the standstill period will automatically continue the prohibition on entering into the framework agreement until the court proceedings are determined, discontinued or disposed of, or the court, by interim order, brings to an end the prohibition. The remedies that may be awarded by the courts before the framework agreement has been entered into include the setting aside of the decision to award the framework agreement to the winning tenderer(s). The bringing of court proceedings against the Authority after the framework agreement has been entered into will not affect the framework agreement unless grounds for the imposition of special penalties under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 can be established. Otherwise the remedies that may be awarded by the courts where the framework agreement has been entered into are limited to the award of damages.

Eligibility requirements: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in breach of any situation referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Award value: 1900000