Official UK procurement notice
Auto-injectors for PET-CT Service
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement is for the acquisition of auto-injector systems to support PET-CT services across NHS Scotland. The aim is to standardize the delivery of radiopharmaceuticals, improve patient safety, enhance imaging quality, and streamline clinical workflows. This procurement will apply to the 4 NHS Boards involved in PET-CT imaging, NHS GG&C, NHS Lothian, NHS Grampian and NHS Tayside. The procurement is to do a 10 year, non-framework contract as this covers the lifespan of the machines. It will run alongside the PET-CT replacement programme. There will be a single award as the requirements of the service are to standardise equipment and delivery.
CPV: Medical consumables · Medical equipments · Repair and maintenance services of medical and precision equipment
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 4 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality/Technical: 50%
- Cost: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality/Technical: 50
- Cost: 50
- Suitability
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in breach of any of the situations referred
to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any
subsequently awarded contract, the types of insurance indicated below.
Employer's (compulsory) liability insurance = 5 000 000 GBP,
Public liability insurance = 5 000 000 GBP,
Professional indemnity insurance = 2 000 000 GBP,
Product liability insurance = 5 000 000 GBP.
- Economic & financial standing
All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice
Minimum: Where the potential framework participant is unable for a valid reason to provide the information required, the authority may accept such other information provided by the potential framework participant as the authority considers appropriate - Technical & professional ability
Suppliers responses will be completed within the ITT with the use of the open procedure and exclusion based
on inability to demonstrate ability to service NHSS requirements satisfactorily.
Minimum: The critical examination required under Regulation 31(2) of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 must be carried out in conjunction with or by an NHS RPA. It is the supplier’s responsibility to demonstrate that all tendered equipment is compliant with IOS 11608-52022 specific…
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Auto-injectors for PET-CT Service” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 5 Dec 2025, 11:22 GMT
- Last source update
- 30 Sept 2026, 10:56 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 12 Jan 2026 – …
- Authority reference
NP05925- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092236- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ef7aFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
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 operators 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 dispatches 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.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:844338)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 9 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 12 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
9 Jan 2026 → 30 Sept 2026 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period ends287 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown9 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened284 days ago12 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published23 days ago30 Sept 2026, 10:56 BST
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete25 Mar 2026, 10:53 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 027214-2026-NP05925-1
- Signed
- 16 Mar 2026
- Value
- £348,541
- Status
- active
Contract 092236-2026-NP05925-1
- Signed
- 5 Mar 2026
- Value
- £1,760,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 4 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sherriff Court HouseReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Bayer PlcFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.