Official UK procurement notice
Hypodermic Needles and Syringes - 5816231
Authority: Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service·Consortium: 11 public authorities
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionHypodermic Needles and Syringes - 5816231
CPV: Medical consumables · Medical equipments · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products · Medical needles · Syringes
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 99 suppliers · 16 bids on the busiest of 5 lots (0.2 per place) · 14 appointed
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 5 of themEvery one of these 5 lots carries the same published figure, £3,753,750: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Hypodermic Safety NeedlesAwardedceiling above
Hypodermic Needles and Syringes - 5816231. Additional information: The estimated Total Value is the upper value of a range £1,974,000 to £8,141,000 and includes extension options and contingency for potential future requirements as provided for within the Tender documents. This is not a condition of Contract or a guarantee of a level of business.
Lot #2Hypodermic Conventional NeedlesAwardedceiling above
Hypodermic Needles and Syringes - 5816231. Additional information: The estimated Total Value is the upper value of a range £1,974,000 to £8,141,000 and includes extension options and contingency for potential future requirements as provided for within the Tender documents. This is not a condition of Contract or a guarantee of a level of business.
Lot #3Hypodermic Luer Slip SyringesAwardedceiling above
Hypodermic Needles and Syringes - 5816231. Additional information: The estimated Total Value is the upper value of a range £1,974,000 to £8,141,000 and includes extension options and contingency for potential future requirements as provided for within the Tender documents. This is not a condition of Contract or a guarantee of a level of business.
Lot #4Hypodermic Catheter Tip SyringeAwardedceiling above
Hypodermic Needles and Syringes - 5816231. Additional information: The estimated Total Value is the upper value of a range £1,974,000 to £8,141,000 and includes extension options and contingency for potential future requirements as provided for within the Tender documents. This is not a condition of Contract or a guarantee of a level of business.
Lot #5Insulin Syringe with Fixed NeedleAwardedceiling above
Hypodermic Needles and Syringes - 5816231. Additional information: The estimated Total Value is the upper value of a range £1,974,000 to £8,141,000 and includes extension options and contingency for potential future requirements as provided for within the Tender documents. This is not a condition of Contract or a guarantee of a level of business.
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).
- “Hypodermic Needles and Syringes - 5816231” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 99 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- Yes
- First published
- 20 Feb 2025, 13:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Sept 2025, 15:54 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Mar 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055504- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e4f6Find a Tender
Publisher note: In section I.2, it is stated that this procurement is a joint procedure and Contract award is by a Central Purchasing Body. This Contract is not a joint Contract, it is a Central Purchasing Body Contract operated by BSO PaLS on behalf of the participants listed in section 1.1.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 28 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
- Bids opened
- 28 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
28 Mar 2025 → 24 Sept 2025 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown28 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened28 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published10 Sept 2025, 15:54 BST
- Bids must remain valid until393 days ago24 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Sept 2025- Status changed to complete10 Sept 2025, 15:54 BST
- Buyer details updated10 Sept 2025, 15:54 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast5 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 5 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £8,141,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Lot 1 Hypodermic Safety Needles
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Lot 2 Hypodermic Conventional Needles
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Lot 3 Hypodermic Luer Slip Syringes
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Lot 4 Hypodermic Catheter Tip Syringe
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Lot 5 Insulin Syringe with Fixed Needle
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Hypodermic Safety Needles | 16bids · 16 electronic · 8 from abroad | 6 | — | — |
| 2 · Hypodermic Conventional Needles | 16bids · 16 electronic · 5 from abroad | 4 | — | — |
| 3 · Hypodermic Luer Slip Syringes | 16bids · 16 electronic · 6 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 4 · Hypodermic Catheter Tip Syringe | 16bids · 16 electronic · 7 from abroad | 6 | — | — |
| 5 · Insulin Syringe with Fixed Needle | 16bids · 16 electronic · 6 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
11 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- BSO Procurement and Logistics ServiceContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawHealth
- Belfast Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority
- Business Services OrganisationContracting authority
- NI Ambulance Service TrustContracting authority
- NI Blood Transfusion ServiceContracting authority
- Northern Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority
- Northern Ireland Ambulance Service TrustContracting authority
- South Eastern Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority
- Southern Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority
- Western Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics ServicesReview body
- Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics ServiceReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
14 commercial parties on the notice- AQUILANT MEDICAL ROI LIMITEDFramework contractor
- B. BRAUN MEDICAL LTDFramework contractor
- BARD LTDFramework contractor
- Balmung Medical Handel GmbHFramework contractor
- CRITICAL HEALTHCARE LIMITEDFramework contractor
- EMBECTA U.K. LIMITEDFramework contractor
- ICU Medical International LtdFramework contractor
- MediqFramework contractor
- NORTHERN HOSPITAL SUPPLIES LTDFramework contractor
- PREMIER HEALTHCARE N I LTDFramework contractor
Show 4 more suppliers
- REFLEX MEDICAL LIMITEDFramework contractor
- TECHNO-PATH DISTRIBUTIONFramework contractor
- TERRAMED LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Uniphar Medtech UK LTD t/a Cardiac ServicesFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.