Official UK procurement notice
Category Management Service Provider Contracts for NHS Supply Chain
Authority: SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED (Public body)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionAs part of the future Target Operating Model of NHS Supply Chain, the Authority sought to award contracts for the provision of category management services for each of the four defined Product Groups. The procurement was conducted under a single procurement containing four Lots.
Lot 1: Medical Consumables - Surgical Consumables and Infection Control
Lot 2: Medical Consumables - Rehabilitation and Community
Lot 3: Non-Medical - Food; and
Lot 4: Non: Medical - Facilities (including Office Solutions)
During the procurement, Lots 1 and 2 were abandoned, and Lots 3 and 4 continued through to award of contract.
In accordance with Regulation 55(1)(b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Authority advises that it did not conclude the procurement procedure for Lots 1 and 2. The procurement commenced on 11/04/2022 under Contract Notice reference 2022/S 000-009671, the decision in respect of Lot 1 and 2 was based on value for money and organisational strategy considerations. The Authority determined that it will transition the services covered by Lots 1 and 2 of the Procurement to an internal delivery model. The Authority considered that insourcing these services will better achieve the objectives of the target operating model.
The Authority will therefore not be awarding any contract for Lot 1 or Lot 2 pursuant to this procurement.
As outlined above, the procurement in respect of Lots 3 and 4 continued, and the Authority has awarded contracts for Lots 3 and 4 as outlined within this award notice.
Each contract will be for an initial period of forty-five months (excluding the anticipated three month implementation period) and may be extended for up to an additional twenty-four months subject to achieving the relevant criteria set out in the contract. The total operative period of the contract, following implementation, shall not exceed sixty-nine months.
Under the contractual arrangements, the Authority appoints Category Management Service Providers (CMSPs) to operate on behalf of NHS Supply Chain. Under the contractual agreements, the CMSPs will procure frameworks for the provision of supplies and/or services which it will make available for purchase by: 1) NHS Supply Chain, 2) any NHS Trust; 3) any other NHS entity or healthcare provider (including private organisations, primary care, community settings and social care); 4) any government department, agency, or other statutory body (including Devolved Authorities, Crown Dependencies and/or Pandemic & Emergency Planning Programmes), and/or 5) any private sector entity active in the UK healthcare sector on behalf of a public-sector organisation listed in 1) to 4) above.
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Business and management consultancy services · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Financial consultancy services · General management consultancy services · Government services · Management-related services · Procurement consultancy services
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value (£196,500,000 together) · win at most 4 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Medical Consumables: Surgical Consumables and Infection ControlCancelledRenewalPublished value£99,000,000
Lot 1 of this procurement has been abandoned and there will be no award for this Lot.
Lot #2Medical Consumables: Rehabilitation and CommunityCancelledRenewalPublished value£44,000,000
Lot 2 of this procurement has been abandoned and there will be no award for this Lot.
Lot #3Non-Medical: FoodAwardedRenewalPublished value£29,000,000
Please refer to the suite of Procurement Documentation
Lot #4Non-Medical: Facilities (including Office Solutions)AwardedRenewalPublished value£24,500,000
Please refer to the suite of Procurement Documentation
What 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 (16)
- Quality Criteria/Customer Relationships: 4.2
- Quality Criteria/Supplier Relationship Management: 6
- Quality Criteria/Research & Innovation: 3
- Quality Criteria/Category Strategy - Methodology: 9
- Quality Criteria/Sourcing Strategy - Market & Opportunity: 9
- Quality Criteria/Governance, Risk Management & Compliance: 2.4
- Quality Criteria/Mobilisation: 4.8
- Quality Criteria/Resourcing Skills & Experience: 4.8
- Quality Criteria/Standard Savings: 4.8
- Quality Criteria/Value Based Procurement: 4.8
- Quality Criteria/Added Value: 4.8
- Quality Criteria/Data Management & Information Security: 2.4
- Social Value/Tackle Workforce Inequality: 3
- Cost Criteria/Target Savings & Budget Costs: 30
- Social Value/Supporting In-Work Progression: 3
- Social Value/Improve Health & Wellbeing: 4
Published award criteria (1)
- Price
- Suitability
As stated in the suite of Procurement Documentation
- Condition of participationno text publishedMinimum: Parent company or other guarantees may be required in certain circumstances. Further details will be in the Procurement Documentation
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not 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
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 17 Nov 2021, 22:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Jun 2023, 13:48 BST
- Authority reference
Project_1089 (Procurement commenced under Project_1061)- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-016428- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f7c5Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As stated in the suite of Procurement Documentation
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to require groupings of entities to take a particular form, or to require one party to undertake primary legal liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.
- Review procedure
The Authority incorporated a standstill period at the point information about the actual award of the contract was communicated to tenderers.
That notification provided information on the award decision. The standstill period, which was for a minimum of Ten (10) calendar days, provided time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide remedies under statute for aggrieved parties. The standstill period is now complete for Lot 3 and 4.
Publisher note: As part of the future Target Operating Model of NHS Supply Chain, the Authority sought to award contracts for the provision of category management services for each of the four defined Product Groups. The procurement was conducted under a single procurement containing four Lots. Lot 1: Medical Consumables - Surgical Consumables and Infection Control Lot 2: Medical Consumables - Rehabilitation and Community Lot 3: Non-Medical - Food; and Lot 4: Non: Medical - Facilities (including Office Solutions) During the procurement, Lots 1 and 2 were abandoned, and Lots 3 and 4 continued through to award of contract. In accordance with Regulation 55(1)(b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Authority advises that it did not conclude the procurement procedure for Lots 1 and 2. The procurement commenced on 11/04/2022 under Contract Notice reference 2022/S 000-009671, the decision in respect of Lot 1 and 2 was based on value for money and organisational strategy considerations. The Authority determined that it will transition the services covered by Lots 1 and 2 of the Procurement to an internal delivery model. The Authority considered that insourcing these services will better achieve the objectives of the target operating model. The Authority will therefore not be awarding any contract for Lot 1 or Lot 2 pursuant to this procurement. As outlined above, the procurement in respect of Lots 3 and 4 continued, and the Authority has awarded contracts for Lots 3 and 4 as outlined within this award notice.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com/ ↗
- Submission deadline
- 1 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
Timeline
11 Apr 2022 → 9 Jun 2023 · 4 dates- Next notice expected11 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline1 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected7 Jul 2022, 00:00 BST
- Notice published9 Jun 2023, 13:48 BST
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Apr 2022- Published value published: £196,500,00011 Apr 2022, 21:12 BST
- Status changed to active11 Apr 2022, 21:12 BST
- Procurement method changed11 Apr 2022, 21:12 BST
- Deadline published: 1 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST11 Apr 2022, 21:12 BST
- Buyer details updated11 Apr 2022, 21:12 BST
- Status changed to complete9 Jun 2023, 13:48 BST
- Buyer details updated9 Jun 2023, 13:48 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 3 · Non-Medical: Food1 award | |||
| Foodbuy Europe Limited | £29,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 4 · Non-Medical: Facilities (including Office Solutions)1 award | |||
| NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative, a department of Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | £24,500,000 † | — | Awarded |
2 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracts
Non-Medical - Food · Foodbuy Europe Limited
- Signed
- 19 May 2023
- Value
- £29,000,000
- Status
- active
Non-Medical - Facilities (including Office Solutions) · NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative, a department of Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Signed
- 19 May 2023
- Value
- £24,500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 · Non-Medical: Food | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 4 · Non-Medical: Facilities (including Office Solutions) | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Supply Chain Coordination Limited (SCCL)Contracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyNational or federal agency/officeHealth
- Supply Chain Coordination Limited (SCCL) the management function of NHS Supply ChainContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyNational or federal agency/officeHealth
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS EnglandMediation bodyReview body
- NHS England & NHS ImprovementReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria