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Published 18 Dec 2023, 09:40 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of a Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) Compounding and Nursing Service

Official notice

Authority: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£8,000,000exc. VAT47.5% below published estimate
Submissions closed 22 Jan 2024awarded 29 Apr 2024
Awarded to LloydsPharmacy

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre NHS Trust) are acting on behalf of Velindre NHS Trust who sought to award a contract for a Parenteral Systemic Anti-cancer Therapy (SACT) service. This service is to be provided on behalf of Velindre Cancer Centre which is part of Velindre University NHS Trust.

In recent years there has been a surge of new SACT approved by NICE / AWMSG, including immunotherapy to treat solid tumour cancers. This surge is associated with significant increased demand and associated pressure on resources, which will continue to grow as more drugs / indications are NICE approved. This requirement is to increase capacity in order to help meet SACT demand as required. The Medicines@Home Service, as part of the Pharmacy department at Velindre Cancer Centre, will operationally manage the service.

CPV: Administrative healthcare services · Supply services of nursing personnel

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, are acting on behalf of Velindre University…AwardedRenewal

The NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, are acting on behalf of Velindre University NHS Trust who sought to establish a contract for a Parenteral Systemic Anti-cancer Therapy (SACT) service to be provided on behalf of Velindre Cancer Centre which is part of Velindre University NHS Trust.

The purpose is to provide SACT services on behalf of Velindre Cancer Centre (a division of Velindre University NHS Trust). This includes the nursing, compounding and facility to provide a SACT service.

In recent years there has been a surge of new SACT approved by NICE / AWMSG including immunotherapy to treat solid tumour cancers. This surge is associated with significant increased demand on service resource implications: i.e. medical, nursing and pharmacy staff which is expected to continue to grow as more drugs / indications are NICE approved.

Delivery: Wales
Extensions: Extension option of up to two years at the sole discretion of the Trust and is included in the 60 months duration above.Variant 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
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Qualitative: 60%
  • Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Qualitative: 60
  • Commercial: 40
Conditions of participation1
  • Technical & professional ability

    Bidder must be a member of the National Homecare Committee.

    Bidder must have MHRA Whole Sales Dealers Licence.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not 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
Services
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
18 Dec 2023, 09:40 GMT
Last source update
29 Apr 2024, 11:21 BST
Award evaluation window
22 Jan 2024 – …
Authority reference
VEL-OJEU-PROJECT_54813
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-013708
Classification (CPV)
Administrative healthcare servicesSupply services of nursing personnel
Delivery area
Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04264f Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership on behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board will allow a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period between notifying the award decision and awarding the contract. Unsuccessful tenderers and applicants are entitled to receive reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages of the winning bid and the reasons why the tenderer/applicant was unsuccessful.

Should additional information be required it should be requested of the addressee in section I.1. Aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the procurement rules have the right to take action in the High Court (England and Wales). Any such action is subject to strict time limits in accordance with the Public Contracts (Amendments) Regulations 2015.

Publisher note: Please note additional information on this procurement: 1. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the contract in whole, in part or annul the tendering process and not award any contract. 2. Bidders should note that they will be required to enter into terms and conditions of contract as set out in the ITT and that save for matters of clarification or consistency the Contracting Authority will not negotiate the terms. 3. The Contracting Authority will not accept completed ITT's after the stated closing date. 4. All documents to be priced (where applicable) in sterling and all payments made in sterling. 5. All tender costs and liabilities incurred by bidders shall be the sole responsibility of the bidders. 6. Prospective suppliers should note that NHS Shared Services Partnership - Procurement Services is acting on behalf of Velindre NHS Trust. 7. Bidders wishing to participate should visit the Bravo e-tenderwales portal and access itt_107325. (WA Ref:141034)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN, CY
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
22 Jan 2024, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en, cy
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
22 Jan 2024, 16:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

22 Jan 2024 → 29 Apr 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    22 Jan 2024, 16:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    22 Jan 2024, 16:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    29 Apr 2024, 11:21 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    29 Apr 2024, 11:21 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £4,201,3141 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Apr 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
LloydsPharmacy£4,201,314 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 013708-2024-VEL-OJEU-PROJECT_54813-1 · LloydsPharmacy

    Signed
    29 Apr 2024
    Value
    £4,201,314
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth 4-5 Charnwood Court,, Heol Billingsley, Parc Nantgarw, Cardiff, UK, CF15 7QZContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • LloydsPharmacyAwarded supplier Sapphire Court, Walsgrave Triangle, Coventry, West Midlands, CV22TX

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