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Published 5 Sept 2024, 10:44 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Adult Oral Nutritional Supplements

Official notice

Authority: NHS Lanarkshire (NHS & healthcare)

GoodsOpen procedure
Sectors: Food, beverages, tobacco and related products (15) Delivery: Scotland (UKM8)
Published estimate£4,039,253exc. VAT
Submissions closed 16 Oct 2024awarded 7 Feb 2025
Awarded to Abbott Laboratories Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS Lanarkshire wishes to appoint a Contractor for the issue of Oral Nutritional Supplements to adult patients in the community on an 'off-script' basis.

There is currently an average of 1,250 deliveries made to ONS patients in the community on a monthly basis, this number is approximate and likely to increase or decrease based on the requirements of NHS Lanarkshire’s patients. The contractor must be able to cope with decreases or increases to delivery numbers throughout the contract.

The contractor will be required to supply ONS products to bolus fed patients and will be required to report on the supply to these patients.

The supply of ONS to acute sites will continue to be via national framework NP512/19 and any of its successors, the contractor products used in acute will mirror the outcome of this tender.

  • Recurrence: The Board may wish to tender for the provision of ONS to adult patients in the community at the expiry of the initial contract term or subsequent extensions.

CPV: Dietetic products

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1NHS Lanarkshire wishes to appoint a Contractor for the issue of oral nutritional…AwardedRenewalPublished value£4,039,253

NHS Lanarkshire wishes to appoint a Contractor for the issue of oral nutritional supplements to adult patients in the community on an 'off-script' basis.

There is currently an average of 1,250 deliveries made to ONS patients in the community on a monthly basis, this number is approximate and likely to increase or decrease based on the requirements of NHS Lanarkshire’s patients. The contractor must be able to cope with decreases or increases to delivery numbers throughout the contract.

The contractor will be required to supply ONS products to bolus fed patients and will be required to report on the supply to these patients.

The supply of ONS to acute sites will continue to be via national framework NP512/19 and any of its successors, the contractor products used in acute will mirror the outcome of this tender.

Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: Throughout the lifetime of the Contract, the Board may request that the Contractor provides new or alternative products specific to the needs of individual patients. · 2 x 12 month extensions are available at the sole discretion of the Board (3+1+1).Variant bids: not allowed
15882000 Dietetic products

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 55%Price: 45%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality/Technical: 55%
  • price: 45%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality/Technical: 55
  • Price: 45
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Please refer to the Specification within the documentation provided.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 55 of 100: the paper moves it further than the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement

Yes · The Board may wish to tender for the provision of ONS to adult patients in the community at the expiry of the initial contract term or subsequent extensions.

First published
5 Sept 2024, 10:44 BST
Last source update
13 May 2025, 12:50 BST
Award evaluation window
7 Oct 2024 – …
Authority reference
NHSL254-24
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-020819
Classification (CPV)
Dietetic products
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM8)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04983d Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

Please refer to the ITT and accompanying documents.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:798662)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
16 Oct 2024, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
7 Oct 2024, 17:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

7 Oct 2024 → 13 May 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    7 Oct 2024, 17:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    16 Oct 2024, 17:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    13 May 2025, 12:50 BST

Notice history

3 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Oct 2024
  1. Deadline moved to 14 Oct 2024, 17:00 BST
    2 Oct 2024, 14:30 BST
    +7 days · was 7 Oct 2024, 17:00 BST
  2. Deadline moved to 16 Oct 2024, 17:00 BST
    7 Oct 2024, 16:27 BST
    +2 days · was 14 Oct 2024, 17:00 BST
  3. Status changed to complete
    13 May 2025, 12:50 BST
Published amendments (2 · 2 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.27 Oct 202414 Oct 2024+7 d
—Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.77 Oct 202414 Oct 2024+7 d
—DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.214 Oct 202416 Oct 2024+2 d
—Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.714 Oct 202416 Oct 2024+2 d

In light of outstanding clarification questions, the Board has taken the decision to extend the deadline for response by 1 week.

To allow bidders more time after questions have been answered and new documents uploaded.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2024-09: 1 release · 5 Sept 2024

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,034,3041 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 7 Feb 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Abbott Laboratories Limited£1,034,304 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Lanarkshire

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth NHS Lanarkshire Headquarters, Kirklands, Fallside Road, Bothwell, Scotland, G71 8BBContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Hamilton Sheriff CourtReview body Hamilton

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Abbott Laboratories LtdAwarded supplier Abbott House, Vanwall Business Park, Vanwall Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, Maidenhead, UK, SL6 4XEContact phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria