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Published 16 Apr 2021, 22:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

National Microbiology Framework - Lot 1: Diagnostic Goods and Services

Official notice

Authority: Public Health England

Framework agreementGoodsOpen procedure
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: UK
Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Awarded 9 Apr 2021

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Lot 1 – Diagnostic Goods and Services is for the supply of in vitro diagnostic medical devices and associated services including equipment, consumables, maintenance, and peripheral equipment and associated services. All reagents and consumables comply with current CE regulations (UKCA regulations when applicable) and must retain the CE mark (or, once superseded, the UKCA mark) for the duration of the Framework and any potential extensions. This Lot includes provisions for reagent rental and managed equipment services.

Please note that this Award Notice is for Lot 1, however the Framework Agreement encompasses the following four lots:

  • Lot 1: Diagnostic Goods and Services
  • Lot 2: Research and Development Goods and Services
  • Lot 3: Manufacturing, Product Development and Commercialisation
  • Lot 4: Clinical Laboratory Diagnostic Testing Services

CPV: Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
141 bids received · 112 suppliers appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The Framework Agreement relates to the supply of diagnostics Goods for the qualitative…Awarded

The Framework Agreement relates to the supply of diagnostics Goods for the qualitative / quantitative examination of specimens / samples and the development or manufacturing of assays / kits /

medication and related Services. It also relates to the supply of diagnostics Services for the qualitative / quantitative examination of specimens / samples or the development or manufacturing of assays / kits / medication. The framework also covers Clinical Laboratory Diagnostic Testing Services.

The term of the framework will be for an initial 2 years with options to extend by up to a further 2 years. Additional information: The value attributed to each Lot is an approximate estimate only. As indicated in Section VI.3. of this Notice, the actual values will be to such level as those purchasing under the Framework Agreement consider necessary to provide suitable requirements.

Delivery: UK
Extensions: The framework agreement will be for an initial period of 24 months with options exercisable by the Authority under the framework agreement to extend the duration in increments by up to a maximum of 24 months. Therefore, the total maximum duration of the framework agreement is 48 months. The Authority will also have the option to purchase new and/or updated Goods and/or Services which the Supplier proposes should be added to its range as described in Section VI.3 below.

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
  • Price
What this means for your bid
  • “National Microbiology Framework - Lot 1: Diagnostic Goods and Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, 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
Unspecified in notice
First published
16 Apr 2021, 22:55 BST
Last source update
16 Apr 2021, 22:55 BST
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-008137
Classification (CPV)
Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a73a Find a Tender

Publisher note: The framework is intended to be accessed by: Public Health England; Department of Health and Social Care; Public Health Wales; Public Health Scotland; Department for Health for Northern Ireland; Health and Social Care Northern Ireland; NHS Authorities, NHS Trusts, NHS Foundation Trusts, Special Health Authorities, NHS Scotland Health Boards, NHS Wales Health Boards, NHS Northern Ireland Health Boards, Special NHS Boards and any other NHS entity; Local Authorities; any other bodies governed by public law (as defined in regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) (as amended); and academic or charitable institutions (including any such institutions that are not Contracting Authorities). Examples of such bodies can be found at the following links (as of date of publication): https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission https://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/nhstrustlisting.aspx The framework value is an approximate estimate only. The actual values will be to such level as those purchasing under the Framework Agreement consider necessary to provide suitable requirements. PHE works with DHSC and the NHS in its role as a national and international emergency responder to current and emerging threats to public health. As demonstrated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the exact nature, timing and escalation of such threats (and the corresponding required responses) can be difficult to foresee, making any exercise in future value estimation unpredictable. The scope of this Framework Agreement covers Goods and Services that are subject to rapid and frequent improvements, advancements and new scientific and technical developments. Therefore, to keep this Framework Agreement in line with the latest market and scientific developments so as to ensure that patients and other end users have ongoing access to state of the art diagnostics for the duration of this Framework Agreement successful Suppliers will be able to propose new and/or updated Goods and/or Services to be added to a Supplier’s range under the Framework Agreement if one or more of the following circumstances apply: • Where the proposed updated Goods or Services fall within the general scope of this procurement as set out as part of this OJEU Contract Notice (i.e. fall within an existing main or supplementary CPV code as may be referred to in this Contract Notice and/or the description sections of this Contract Notice); • Where the proposed new Goods or Services fall within the broad categories of Goods or Services covered by this Framework Agreement (i.e. fall within an existing main or supplementary CPV code as may be referred to in this Contract Notice and/or the broad categories of Goods and/or Services referred to in any of the description sections of this Contract Notice), but are new to the market. For the avoidance of doubt, for the purposes of any testing services, this will allow Suppliers to offer new types of tests, new test kits, related new equipment / products, related new consumables and related new Services as and when they become available during the duration of the Framework Agreement provided they fall within an existing main or supplementary CPV code as may be referred to in this Contract Notice and/or the broad categories of Goods and/or Services referred to in any of the description sections of this Contract Notice); • Where the proposed new or updated Goods or Services reflect a product or service line extension (i.e. are new, modified or updated products or services in the same category of Goods or Services already supplied by a Supplier under this Framework Agreement); or • Where the proposed new or updated Goods or Services reflect a range extension (i.e. are new, modified or updated products or services that reflect an expansion of the Supplier’s range in the same category of Goods or Services already supplied by a Supplier under this Framework Agreement).

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 112admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 141
Contracts signed 2latest 9 Apr 2021

2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £3,000,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • Diagnostic Goods and Services

    Signed
    9 Apr 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Diagnostic Goods and Services

    Signed
    9 Apr 2021
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
141bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Public Health England

Contracting authorityNational or federal agency/officeHealth 61 Colindale Avenue,, London, UK, NW9 5EQContact email

Framework contractors & participating bidders

112 commercial parties on the notice · 50 awarded

The first 50 of 112 commercial parties (by name); the JSON mirror lists them all.

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Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.