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Published 7 Jan 2025, 13:53 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Parenteral Nutrition · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Velindre NHS Trust, NHS Shared Services Partnership - Procurement Services (on behalf of All Wales Health Boards and Trusts) (NHS & healthcare)

GoodsOpen procedure
Published estimate£1,054,094≈ £351k / year
Submissions closed 10 Feb 2025awarded 29 May 2025
Awarded to B. Braun Medical Limited +2 more3 awards
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Jul 2028 · extension options published · starts 1 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Parenteral Nutrition

CPV: Pharmaceutical products

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1SuppliesAwardedRenewal 3 yrs
Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2028 (3 yrs)
Delivery: Wales
Extensions: Retendered after 3 year contract with an option to extend for 12monthsVariant bids: 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
Price: 170Social value: 15
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Financial (overall cost of contract): 85
  • Price: 65
  • Price stability: 20
  • Social Value/Community Benefits: 15
Published award criteria (5)
  • Product Quality/Acceptability: Pass/Fail
  • Financial (overall cost of contract): 85
  • Social Value/Community Benefits: 15
  • Price: 65
  • Price stability: 20
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Any supplier may be disqualified who does not respond to the following in the

    requisite manner:

    1. ENTERING GENERAL Qualification SUPPLIER INFORMATION NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Procurement Services utilizes Sell2Wales to manage and assess general prequalification information in the form of a profile.

    Candidates are requested to Register company information on the Sell2Wales website at ww.sell2wales.co.uk.

    1. SUBMISSION OF TENDER AND PROCUREMENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION

    (i)Candidates should register on the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Procurement Services eTendering portal etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/nhs ↗

    (ii) Once registered, candidates must submit their tender as follows a) login to NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Procurement Services eTendering portal b) select 'Respond to OJEU advert and ITT c) select 'ITTs Open To All Suppliers' d) access listing relating to the contract (title Lenalidomide) and view details e) click on 'Express Interest' button in the 'Actions' box on the left hand side of the page

    (iii) Once you have expressed interest, the ITT will move to 'My ITTs', where you can download additional documentation and where you can construct your reply as instructed. You must then publish your reply using the publish button

    (iv) For any support in submitting your tender, please contact the eTendering helpdesk on 08000112470 or at [email protected]

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 170 of 185 points: a 10% discount moves about 17 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
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
7 Jan 2025, 13:53 GMT
Last source update
29 May 2025, 10:32 BST
Award evaluation window
10 Feb 2025 – …
Authority reference
PAD-OJEU-57685
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-028357
Classification (CPV)
Pharmaceutical products
Delivery area
Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cdd8 Find a Tender

Publisher note: 1. The contracting authority reserves the right to use an electronic reverse auction. 2. If and when this requirement is offered for tender, this may be done in whole or in part via electronic means using the internet. 3. The contracting authority is not bound to award a contract in whole or part. 4. The contracting authority will not bear the tender costs of any of the tenderers. 5. In reference to I.1.9 (Variants) to the extent permitted, if at all, in the tender documents. 6. This notice is being placed by NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership – Procurement Services. For the purpose of this procurement, the awarding authority will be Velindre NHS Trust. 7. This advertisement is placed by NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership - Procurement Services on behalf of participating LHB's/Trusts in Wales for the totality of those LHB/Trust specific contractual arrangements. 8. The Framework to be let for 3 years with an option to extend for 12months

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/nhs/ ↗

Submission deadline
10 Feb 2025, 10:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bids opened
10 Feb 2025, 10:01 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

10 Feb 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    10 Feb 2025, 10:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    10 Feb 2025, 10:01 GMT
  3. Notice published
    29 May 2025, 10:32 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    29 May 2025, 10:32 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 3
Awarded value £1,326,6073 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 3latest 29 May 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
B. Braun Medical Limited£43,838 †—Awarded
Baxter Health Care Limited£310,709 †—Awarded
Fresenius Kabi Limited£972,061 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Velindre NHS Trust, NHS Shared Services Partnership - Procurement Services (on behalf of All Wales Health Boards and Trusts)

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Imperial Park Unit 5, Celtic Way, Newport, Wales, NP10 8BEContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership - Procurement Services (as hosted by Velindre NHS Trust)Review body Newport
  • Velindre NHS Trust, NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership — Procurement Services (on behalf of All Wales LHB's and TrustsReview body Cardiff

Bidders & participating suppliers

3 commercial parties on the notice
  • B Braun Medical LtdAwarded supplier Brookedale Road, Thorncliffe Park Estate, Chapeltown, Sheffield, UK, S35 2PW
  • Baxter Health Care LimitedAwarded supplier Wallingford Road, Compton, Nr. Newbury,, Berkshire., UK, RG20 7QW
  • Fresenius Kabi LtdAwarded supplier Cestrian Court, Eastgate Way, Manor Park, Runcorn, Cheshire, UK, WA7 1NT

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria