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Published 4 Jun 2024, 11:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Nicotine Replacement Therapy Products

Official notice

Authority: Leicestershire County Council (Local council)

GoodsOpen procedure
Awarded value£560,000published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 4 Jul 2024awarded 7 Feb 2025
Awarded to PHARMACEUTICALS DIRECT LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Leicestershire County Council contract for an appropriately accredited supplier to supply Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) products. The Council requires access to a range of licensed NRT products for use by the QuitReady Team (who are part of the Council). The QuitReady Team offers a 12 week programme to smokers in Leicestershire and a regular supply of NRT products is a key element to a successful quit programme.

CPV: Nicotine substitutes

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Provide the range of licensed Nicotine Replacement Therapy Products as required by the…Awarded

Provide the range of licensed Nicotine Replacement Therapy Products as required by the QuitReady team at Leicestershire County Council.

Delivery: East Midlands
Extensions: Option to extend contract for a further period or periods up to a total of 2 years.Variant bids: not allowed

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
Quality: 30%Price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 30
  • Price: 70
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
4 Jun 2024, 11:01 BST
Last source update
7 Feb 2025, 14:52 GMT
Award evaluation window
4 Jul 2024 – …
Authority reference
DN721204
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-004204
Classification (CPV)
Nicotine substitutes
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF22)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-046d36 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
4 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
4 Jul 2024, 12:05 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

4 Jul 2024 → 7 Feb 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    4 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    4 Jul 2024, 12:05 BST
  3. Notice published
    7 Feb 2025, 14:52 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    7 Feb 2025, 14:52 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £560,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 7 Feb 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
PHARMACEUTICALS DIRECT LTDSME£560,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Leicestershire County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Leicester Road, Glenfield, Leicester, East Midlands, LE3 8RAContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Construction and Technology Court (Queens Bench Division) (Branch of High Court of Justice)Review body Birmingham
  • High Court of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.