Official UK procurement notice
NP42223 Provision of Pharmaceutical Goods and Services to Prisons in NHS Scotland.
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Public Contract is for the supply of pharmaceutical goods and services to prisons and community custody units located within nine health boards across NHSScotland.
CPV: Pharmaceutical products · Prison services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Authority is looking for one Supplier to provide the good and services to all…CancelledRenewalPublished value£17,400,000
The Authority is looking for one Supplier to provide the good and services to all noted Participating Authorities (the Contractual structure will be such that separate Contracts for each Participating Authority will be formed on the basis of the one Specification, and the one set of Terms and Conditions).
The Public Contracts are for the provision of pharmacy products and related services to all prisons and community custody units throughout Scotland in order to meet the pharmaceutical care needs of patients to agreed professional standards.
The Supplier appointed to the Contracts will be required to source and supply all required medicines and pharmaceutical supplies, dispense and deliver the Goods to all prisons and community custody units across Scotland and provide a professional pharmaceutical service to patients in these prisons.
The estimated value referred to in Section II.1.5 and II.2.6. does not include spend for the following medicines; Hepatitis C, Nicotine Replacement Therapy, Buvidal or Espranor. These medicines have an estimated total annual value of 5 900 000 (GBP) that the Supplier appointed to the Contract will be required to source.
Full detail of the Contract requirements can be found within the ITT documents.
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 (11)
- Supply and Dispensing - Sourcing of Medicines: 5%
- Supply and Dispensing - Order Receipt and Dispensing/Stock Supply Process: 5%
- Supply and Dispensing - Delivery Solution: 5%
- Supply and Dispensing - Reporting Capabilities: 5%
- Professional Service - Patient Medication Record Creation and Maintenance: 5%
- Professional Service - Pharmaceutical Care Review Process & Reporting: 5%
- Professional Service - Clinical Governance Adherence: 5%
- Risk and Deliverability - Contingency Planning: 10%
- Risk and Deliverability - Implementation Process: 5%
- price: 45%
- Sustainability - Transport: 5%
Published award criteria (11)
- Supply and Dispensing - Sourcing of Medicines: 5%
- Supply and Dispensing - Order Receipt and Dispensing/Stock Supply Process: 5%
- Supply and Dispensing - Delivery Solution: 5%
- Supply and Dispensing - Reporting Capabilities: 5%
- Professional Service - Patient Medication Record Creation and Maintenance: 5%
- Professional Service - Pharmaceutical Care Review Process & Reporting: 5%
- Professional Service - Clinical Governance Adherence: 5%
- Risk and Deliverability - Contingency Planning: 10%
- Risk and Deliverability - Implementation Process: 5%
- Sustainability - Transport: 5%
- Price: 45
- Suitability
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in breach of any situation referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
- Economic & financial standing
The turnover of the economic operator in respect of its most recent full financial year must have been equal to or more than 20 000 000 (GBP).
Minimum: The economic operator must provide either of the below within the Qualification Envelope of the ITT under the Economic and Financial Standing :- (1) an extract from its audited accounts in respect of its most recent full financial year stating the turnover of the economic operato… - Technical & professional ability
(a) All of the Goods supplied under the Contract must be stored in and distributed from a site holding an MHRA Wholesaler Dealers Authorisation which covers P, POM and GSL medicines.
(b) Potential Suppliers and any sub-contractor(s) must possess valid certification of BS EN ISO9001 or equivalent.
(c) All of the dispensed Goods supplied under the Contract will be dispensed in a pharmacy which at the time of dispensing is registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
(d) All of the Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technician staff used to service this Contract will be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
(e) All direct prisoner contact will be undertaken by staff that, at the time of service provision, are members of the relevant Protecting Vulnerable Group scheme and all other staff involved in the delivery of this Contract, including all sub-contractors and couriers that, at the point of service provision, have Standard Disclosure clearance in accordance with the prevailing regulations.
(f) Potential Suppliers are required to provide evidence that their organisation has taken steps to build their awareness of the climate change emergency and how they will respond.
(g) Potential Suppliers and any sub-contractor(s) must possess a waste carriers licence.
(h) Potential Suppliers and any sub-contractor(s) must possess a waste management licence.
Minimum: (a) Confirmation that the storage and distribution site(s) that will supply all medicines hold a current and valid MHRA Wholesaler Dealers Authorisation registration certificate must be included in the Qualification Envelope of the ITT under Technical and Professional ability: Qu…
- Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 50 of 100: the paper moves it further than 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- 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
- 12 Apr 2022, 11:57 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Feb 2023, 15:06 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 19 Dec 2022 – …
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-003138- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032c8cFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
The Authority will notify economic operators who submitted a tender or (where no deselection notification has previously been made) applied to be selected to tender, of its decision to award the framework agreement which notification will contain among other information, a summary of the reasons why the economic operators was unsuccessful. The notification will incorporate a ‘standstill period’ of a minimum of 10 clear calendar days (or a minimum of 15 if the communication method used is not electronic) between the date on which the Authority dispatches the notice(s) and the date on which the Authority proposes to conclude the relevant framework agreement. The bringing of court proceedings against the Authority during the standstill period will automatically continue the prohibition on entering into the framework agreement until the court proceedings are determined, discontinued or disposed of, or the court, by interim order, brings to an end the prohibition. The remedies that may be awarded by the courts before the framework agreement has been entered into include the setting aside of the decision to award the framework agreement to the winning tenderer(s). The bringing of court proceedings against the Authority after the framework agreement has been entered into will not affect the framework agreement unless grounds for the imposition of special penalties under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 can be established. Otherwise, the remedies that may be awarded by the courts where the framework agreement has been entered into are limited to the award of damages.
Publisher note: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as National Services Scotland) (‘the Authority’) acting through its division National Procurement, is undertaking this procurement of Provision of Pharmaceutical Goods and Services to Prisons in NHS Scotland on behalf of all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, (i.e. all NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the Authority or other NHS Organisation established pursuant to the NHS (Scotland) Act 1978), any integrated Join Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014 (collectively hereafter referred to as ‘Participating Authorities’) where applicable. The estimated value referred to in Section II.1.5 and II.2.6 cover(s) the thirty six (36) month Contract duration and the three (3) individual twelve (12) month extension periods of the Contract. (SC Ref:721144)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 19 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
13 Sept 2022 → 1 Apr 2023 · 5 dates- Next notice expected13 Sept 2022, 00:00 BST
- Bids opened19 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline30 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published1 Feb 2023, 15:06 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Nov 2022- Published value updated to £17,400,00016 Nov 2022, 13:34 GMTwas £10,177,753
- Status changed to active16 Nov 2022, 13:34 GMT
- Procurement method changed16 Nov 2022, 13:34 GMT
- Deadline published: 19 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT16 Nov 2022, 13:34 GMT
- Deadline moved to 30 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT14 Dec 2022, 16:51 GMT+42 days · was 19 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Status changed to unsuccessful1 Feb 2023, 15:06 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 19 Dec 2022 | 30 Jan 2023 | +42 d |
| — | Contract periodDuration Start · II.2.7 | 1 Apr 2023 | 1 Oct 2023 | +183 d |
| — | Contract periodDuration End · II.2.7 | 31 Mar 2026 | 30 Sept 2026 | +183 d |
| — | Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.7 | 19 Dec 2022 | 30 Jan 2023 | +42 d |
Additional time required for tenders to be completed and submitted
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2022-04: 1 release · 12 Apr 2022
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Court HouseReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.