Official UK procurement notice
NP48823 Homecare Delivery Service for NHS Commissioned Services
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionA Framework Agreement for the supply and delivery of medications to patients in their own homes, or other designated delivery points on behalf of NHS Scotland.
CPV: Pharmaceutical products · Pharmacy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 8 suppliers · 8 bids on the busiest of 2 lots (1.0 per place) · 7 appointed
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Low Tech ServiceCancelledRenewalPublished value£3,000,000
The provision of a Homecare Delivery Service to deliver a range of medications described as Low Tech and includes a number of / ranges of oral medicines (in particular, antivirals and medicines used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension, as a minimum). This includes the dispensing and supply of the prescribed medicines and the delivery to patients in their homes or other agreed designated delivery points, as detailed within the specification contained within the tender documentation.
This Lot is for approximately 2,500 patients across NHS Scotland resulting in approximately 10,000 deliveries per annum. The number of patients and deliveries will vary throughout the duration of the framework agreement.
The framework agreement is awarded as an unranked multi-supplier framework to seven (7) suppliers.
Lot #2Mid Tech ServiceCancelledRenewalPublished value£24,600,000
The provision of a Homecare Delivery Service to deliver a range for medicines described as Mid Tech and includes a number of injectable medications, mostly in the form of pre-filled syringes or pre-filled pens, and may include a number of the Anti- TNF inhibitors injections (i.e. biosimilars prescribed within gastro intestinal, rheumatology and dermatology therapies), as well as multiple sclerosis, erythropoietin, and osteoporosis, although not limited to just this range for patients in NHS Scotland.
Mid Tech also includes a range of oral cancer medicines where a priority service is required with a faster turnaround time after phlebotomy blood tests are confirmed. This includes the dispensing and supply of the prescribed medicines, ancillary products as required, the delivered to patients in their homes or other agreed designated delivery points, and the supply and removal of sharps containers as detailed within the specification contained within the tender documentation.
This tender is for approximately 22,500 patients resulting in approximately 70,000 deliveries per annum across NHS Scotland. The number of patients and deliveries will vary throughout the duration of the framework agreement.
The framework agreement will be awarded as an unranked multi-supplier framework to eight (8) suppliers.
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 (8)
- Delivery Service: 15%
- Communication with the Participating Authorities: 10%
- Account Management: 10%
- Business Continuity Plans: 10%
- Communication with the Patient: 5%
- Packaging and Recycling: 5%
- price: 40%
- Carbon Reduction Plan: 5%
Published award criteria (8)
- Delivery Service: 15
- Communication with the Participating Authorities: 10
- Account Management: 10
- Business Continuity Plans: 10
- Communication with the Patient: 5
- Carbon Reduction Plan: 5
- Packaging and Recycling: 5
- Price: 40
- 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 20000000
(GBP).
Minimum: The economic operator must provide either: (1) an extract from its audited accounts in respect of its most recent full financial year stating the turnover of the economic operator in respect of such financial year, such extract certified on its face by a solicitor or a chartered … - Technical & professional ability
(a) All of the dispensed Goods supplied under the Framework Agreement will be dispensed in a pharmacy which at the time of dispensing is registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
(b) All of the Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technician staff used to service this Framework Agreement will be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
(c) The successful Framework Participant(s) and any sub-contractor(s) must possess valid certification of BS EN ISO9001 or equivalent.
(d) All medical devices tendered and associated ancillaries supplied under this Framework Agreement will comply with Medical Devices Regulations 2002 (SI 2002 No 618, as amended) (UK MDR 2002), have an appropriate declaration of conformity and display a valid CE, CE UKNI or UKCA mark.
(e) All staff in direct contact with patients, including sub-contractors and couriers, will be members of the relevant Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme at the point of service provision.
(f) All nursing staff used to provide clinical services to patients under this Framework Agreement will be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
(g) All nursing services provided under this Framework Agreement must be carried out by a company who is registered with the Care Inspectorate in Scotland.
(h) All waste transported under this Framework Agreement must be carried out by a company who possess a waste carriers’ licence.
(i) All waste processed under this Framework Agreement must be carried out by a company who po…
Minimum: (a) Confirmation of the existence of a dispensing site(s)’ General Pharmaceutical Council registration certificate must be included in the Qualification Envelope of the ITT under Technical and Professional ability: Quality Control. (b) Confirmation of the existence of Work Instru…
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “NP48823 Homecare Delivery Service for NHS Commissioned Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 8 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 14 Jul 2023, 09:13 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Nov 2023, 10:00 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 16 Aug 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-034042- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03e1c8Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the courts:
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session. The bringing of court proceedings against the Authority after the Framework Agreement has be 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 estimated values referred to in Section II.1.5 and within all Lots covers the forty eight (48) month contract duration and the twenty four (24) month extension period of the framework agreement. (SC Ref:749228)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 16 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 16 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
Timeline
16 Aug 2023 → 17 Nov 2023 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown16 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened16 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published17 Nov 2023, 10:00 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete17 Nov 2023, 10:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Mid Tech Service
- Signed
- 3 Oct 2023
- Value
- £24,210,000
- Status
- active
Low Tech Service
- Signed
- 3 Oct 2023
- Value
- £3,500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Low Tech Service | 7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
| 2 · Mid Tech Service | 8bids · 8 electronic · 8 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Court HouseReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
7 commercial parties on the notice- Alcura UK LimitedFramework contractor
- Calea UK LimitedFramework contractor
- Fresenius Medical Care (UK) LimitedFramework contractor
- HealthNet HomecareFramework contractor
- Healthcare at Home LtdFramework contractor
- LloydsPharmacy Clinical HomecareFramework contractor
- Polar SpeedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.