Official UK procurement notice
Framework for the Provision Of Wholesaler Pharmaceutical Distribution Services
Authority: HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting on behalf of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Tender is to establish a Framework Agreement for the Provision Of Wholesaler Pharmaceutical Distribution Services (“Agreement”)
The duration of the Agreement will be 4 years maximum; 4 years initial period with no option of extending the agreement.
The agreement will seek to appoint suppliers for the provision of medicinal products as well as the logistics solution and services to any NHS Trust, hospital, GP surgery, community hospital and any other healthcare facility in the healthcare economy.
CPV: Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products · Pharmaceutical products
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 4 bids received · 4 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The agreement will seek to appoint suppliers for the provision of medicinal products…AwardedPublished value£2,000,000,000
The agreement will seek to appoint suppliers for the provision of medicinal products as well as the logistics solution and services to any NHS Trust, hospital, GP surgery, community hospital and any other healthcare facility in the healthcare economy.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS / ACTIVITY BASED INCOME (ABI) The terms and conditions of this Agreement and any resulting call-off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this Agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND PROCUREMENT INFORMATION This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk ↗. Login to the portal with username/password. Click the SQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the SQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant SQ/ ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the SQ/ITT into your My SQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the SQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the SQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e- Tendering Help Desk at [email protected]. HealthTrust Europe utilises the Supplier Registration Service information database, formally known as sid4gov. Candidates are requested to register on the Supplier Registration service at Supplier Registration Service (cabinetoffice.gov.uk) and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on Supplier Registration Service must ensure that information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the helpdesk at [email protected]. Please note that, at present, sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the SQ on the Portal, and therefore Potential Providers must complete the Qualification and Selection Envelopes of the SQ in Bravo in full. Additional information: You may access further information on the HealthTrust Europe GPO Model at this link;
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 award criteria (3)
- Quality: 59.5
- Social Value: 10.5
- Price: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Framework for the Provision Of Wholesaler Pharmaceutical Distribution…” 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
- 12 Aug 2024, 12:41 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Nov 2024, 09:03 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 19 Sept 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-036348- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0489d3Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed
- Review procedure
HTE will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
Publisher note: HTE is undertaking central purchasing body activities in carrying out this tender exercise by virtue of its partnership with MSE. Notwithstanding HTE's relationship with MSE, it is HTE conducting this tender exercise and all enquiries should be directed to HTE as confirmed in Section 1 above. MSE and not HTE will execute the resultant framework agreement with successful bidders. The bodies to whom the use of this Agreement will be open include all contracting authorities in the UK as defined in Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as may be updated from time to time. In particular, the following entities in the UK (particularly those of a health and/or social care nature) are envisaged as Agreement users: Public sector classification guide and forward work plan - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk) To view the list use the downloadable spreadsheet. This list includes each organisation’s successors and assigns, any equivalent organisations and associated organisation created due to any organisational changes. This Agreement will be open to any bodies or organisations operating in the UK of a health, and/or social care nature or which have a similar procurement need, and/or any UK based central government authority listed at Annex I of Directive 2014/24/EU, in respect of any goods or services to any of the above listed organization(s)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 19 Sept 2024, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 19 Sept 2024, 15:01 BST
Timeline
19 Sept 2024 → 11 Nov 2024 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown19 Sept 2024, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened19 Sept 2024, 15:01 BST
- Notice published11 Nov 2024, 09:03 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete11 Nov 2024, 09:03 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast4 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 4 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £2,000,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Framework for the Provision Of Wholesaler Pharmaceutical Distribution Services
- Signed
- 1 Nov 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Framework for the Provision Of Wholesaler Pharmaceutical Distribution Services
- Signed
- 1 Nov 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Framework for the Provision Of Wholesaler Pharmaceutical Distribution Services
- Signed
- 1 Nov 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Framework for the Provision Of Wholesaler Pharmaceutical Distribution Services
- Signed
- 1 Nov 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- HealthTrust EuropeReview body
- Legal Department, HealthTrust EuropeMediation body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
4 commercial parties on the notice- AAH Pharmaceuticals LimitedFramework contractor
- Alliance Healthcare LimitedFramework contractor
- Mawdsley-Brooks and Co LtdFramework contractor
- PHOENIX Healthcare Distribution LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria