Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-02-19
Buyer: NHS Supply Chain acting as agent for NHS Business Services Authority
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33140000: Medical consumables | 33141110 | 33141111 | 33141114
Estimated value: 181644000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-03-17

Technical requirements: Range of products to help influence ideal wound healing environments. The products are used to provide pathogen-free protected and moist areas for healing of wounds to occur.
This Framework is for 12 months with the option to extend in incremental stages for up to a total period of 48 months.
NHS Supply Chain reserves the right to appoint more Suppliers to the Framework Agreement in the event that more than 60 reach the minimum score for appointment which is set out in the ITT.
Some of the product lines will be identified as ‘Threshold Priced Lines’. All Applicants' threshold priced line submissions which pass the ‘Threshold Pricing Compliance’ and which subsequently meet or exceed the threshold will be awarded to the Framework Agreement. All other evaluated lines that meet or exceed the overall 50 % threshold will be awarded to the Framework Agreement.
‘This is an estimate only as precise quantities of likely purchases are unknown. It is anticipated that in the 12 months of the Framework Agreement the value of purchases will be in the range of between 45 416 000 GBP and 48 550 000 GBP however this is approximate only. The figures below for the total estimated value are based on that initial expenditure and include a forecast in growth.
The estimated value of the purchases throughout the term (including the extension option described at section II.2.2) of the framework agreement will be in the range of between 181 664 000 GBP and 194 200 000 GBP. The actual value of the framework agreement may be less than or exceed the estimated value dependent upon the requirements of those bodies eligible to purchase from the framework throughout the duration. These values are approximate only and are based on the most recent historical usage information with a forecasted level of growth. The values provided are for guidance only and are not a guarantee of business’.
‘This Framework Agreement will have the option to extend for up to a maximum of 36 months in addition to the initial 12 month period as set out in the Framework Agreement’.
‘Parent company or other guarantees may be required in certain circumstances. Further details will be in the tender documents’.
‘The Contracting Authority reserves the right to require groupings of entities to take a particular form or to require 1 party to undertake primary legal liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability’.
‘The Framework Agreement includes obligations with respect to environmental issues and a requirement for successful Suppliers to comply with the NHS Supply Chain Code of Conduct’.
This procurement exercise will be conducted on the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal at http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/
Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement-specific information (if required) through the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal as follows:
1. Use URL http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/ to access the NHS Supply Chain Procurement portal.
— View Contract Notice content by clicking on the “View notice” button for the procurement event. This opens a PDF document.
— To start the response process after the expression of interest has been done select the “My Active Opportunities” option and click on the “Apply” button.

Eligibility requirements: ‘Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information: This procurement exercise will be conducted on the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal at http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/ Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement-specific information (if required) through the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal as follows: Registration. 1. Use URL http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/ to access the NHS Supply Chain Procurement portal. 2. If not yet registered: — Click on the “Not Registered Yet” link to access the registration page. — Complete the registration pages as guided by the mini guide found on the landing page. Portal access. If registration has been completed: — Login with URL http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/ — Click on the “Supplier Dashboard” icon to open the list of new procurement events. Expression of interest — View Contract Notice content by clicking on the “View notice” button for the procurement event. This opens a PDF document. — Express an interest by clicking on the “Express interest” button. — To start the response process after the expression of interest has been done select the “My Active Opportunities” option and click on the “Apply” button. — Select the procurement event from the list by clicking on the description — In the detail view click on the orange coloured “Framework Agreement” button to start responding to the tender. Tender Response. Tasks to complete on system: Header level. 1. Read Framework Header documents. These are the documents provided by NHS Supply Chain that must be read by all Applicants. Access these by clicking on the “NHS SC Header documents” button found in the “Select framework” tab. 2. Upload Header documents. These are the documents the Applicant must provide as instructed by NHS Supply Chain. Access these by clicking on “Supplier header documents” button found in the “Select framework” tab. Lot Level. Lot header selection. In the “Lot header” tab the Applicant can select the Lot(s) they wish to respond to. a. Select the “Lot line information” button to view the Lot detail to determine whether the Applicant wishes to respond to this Lot. b. Select the “Express intent” button after the required Lot has been highlighted to be able to respond to the Lot. Note: This expression of intent does not place an obligation on the Applicant to respond the action unlocks the ability to respond. 3. Complete price offers per line for the Lot. Complete the required fields for the lines the Applicant wants to include in the bid using the “Lot line detail” tab. 4. Answer the Non-Financial Lot questions. The questions are found in the “Lot evaluation” tab. 5. The “Lot questionnaire” tab has no requirement for completion in this tender. — Accept the ISS “Terms and conditions” button to access this function. — Submit Lot response by clicking on the “Submit response to selected lot” button in the “Submit individual lot response(s)” tab to submit response for the Lot. Each Lot must be submitted independently. — Applicants are able to view their submission using the “Supplier submission report” button found in the “Submit individual lot response(s)” tab. All communications must be made through NHS Supply Chain's eTendering portal at http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/ using the Message Centre facility linked to this particular contract notice’.