Official UK procurement notice
NP45723 Storage and Distribution of Seasonal Influenza Vaccines & Other Products
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 storage and distribution of seasonal influenza vaccines and other products to sites across NHS Scotland.
CPV: Storage and warehousing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Authority seeks to award a Public Contract to a single supplier to provide storage…CancelledRenewalPublished value£3,600,000
The Authority seeks to award a Public Contract to a single supplier to provide storage and distribution services for seasonal influenza vaccines and other products to all noted Participating Authorities.
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 (7)
- Customer Service & Ordering: 15%
- Responsiveness - Delivery Schedule: 10%
- Responsiveness - Adaptability: 5%
- Implementation: 10%
- Reporting Capabilities: 5%
- price: 50%
- Sustainability: 5%
Published award criteria (7)
- Customer Service & Ordering: 15
- Responsiveness - Delivery Schedule: 10
- Responsiveness - Adaptability: 5
- Implementation: 10
- Reporting Capabilities: 5
- Sustainability: 5
- Price: 50
- 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 Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
- Economic & financial standing
The economic operator must confirm they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement of the contract, the levels of insurance cover indicated below:
Minimum: Product Liability Insurance - 30000000GBP - Technical & professional ability
(a) Potential Contractors must possess a current valid Wholesale Distribution
Authorisation Human (WDA(H)) issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
The licensed activities that are required within the WDA(H) are:
Medicinal Products
1.1 With “an authorisation” (a UK, Great Britain or Northern Ireland Marketing Authorisation, an Article 126a authorisation, a certificate of registration or traditional herbal registration)
1.2 Without “an authorisation” (a UK, Great Britain or Northern Ireland Marketing
Authorisation, an Article 126a authorisation, a certificate of registration or traditional herbal registration) in GB or EEA and intended for the UK market
Authorised Wholesale Distribution Operations
2.2 Holding
2.3 Supply
Medicinal products with additional requirements
3.1.3 Immunological Medicinal Products
3.3 Cold Chain Products (requiring low temperature handling)
Categories of products handled at this site
4.1 Prescription Only Medicines
4.4 Pharmacy
(b) Potential Contractors and any sub-contractor(s) must possess valid certification of BS EN ISO9001 or equivalent.
(c) Potential Contractors must have a minimum temperature controlled (2-8 degrees C) storage capacity of 320 pallets and minimum ambient temperature controlled storage capacity of 150 pallets.
(d) Potential Contractors 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.
Minimum: (a) Confirmation of the existence of a current and valid WDA(H) (including cold chain) including POM, P and GSL medicines. Confirmation of such certification should be included in the Qualification Envelope of the ITT under Quality Control. (b) Confirmation of the existence of va…
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- 17 Jan 2023, 08:52 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 Feb 2024, 13:31 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 16 Feb 2023 – …
- Authority reference
NP45723- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-004064- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-039804Find 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 contract 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 contract. The bringing of court proceedings against the Authority during the standstill period will automatically continue the prohibition on entering into the contract 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 contract has been entered into include the setting aside of the decision to award the contract to the winning tenderer(s). The bringing of court proceedings against the Authority after the contract has been entered into will not affect the contract 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 contract has been entered into are limited to the award of damages.
Publisher note: The estimated value referred to in Section II.1.5 and II.2.6 cover(s) the forty eight (48) month Contract duration and the total twenty-four (24) month extension option of the Contract. (SC Ref:757568)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 16 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
16 Feb 2023 → 7 Feb 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline16 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened16 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published7 Feb 2024, 13:31 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to cancelled7 Feb 2024, 13:31 GMT
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.