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Published 8 Mar 2022, 16:12 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Pharmaceutical Wholesale Services

Official notice

Authority: East Of England NHS Collaborative Hub c/o West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedure

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK

Framework ceiling (notional)£50,000,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue

Submissions closed 7 Apr 2022awarded 1 Jun 2022

Re-procurement plannedPharmaceutical Wholesale Services · tender expected 1 Oct 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This framework agreement is for the provision of safe, legal, efficient and cost effective pharmaceutical wholesale services comprising the delivery of medicines and other pharmaceutical products (referred tohenceforth as the ‘Service’) to Participating Authorities (Annex A3 to the Invitation to Tender). ParticipatingAuthorities may require deliveries to one or more delivery points which may change from time. The Servicemay incorporate an option for service enhancements, such as seven day working, which integrate clinicalpharmacy services and support risk avoidance and clinical governance agendas. <br/>Total contract value: £50m

CPV: Pharmacy services

How this framework works

From the published notice

Places: up to 6 suppliers · 4 bids received (0.7 per place) · 4 appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£50,000,000

Delivery: UK · Participating Authorities (Annex 5 to the Invitation to Tender)

Extensions: Option to extend for two (2) twelve (12) month extension periods up to a maximum framework duration of 48 monthsVariant bids: not 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

What this means for your bid

“Provision of Pharmaceutical Wholesale Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 6 suppliers, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

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: Yes
First published: 8 Mar 2022, 16:12 GMT
Last source update: 7 Jun 2022, 11:19 BST
Award evaluation window: 7 Apr 2022 – …
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-015606
Classification (CPV): Pharmacy services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-031f62 Find a Tender

Contract terms

Electronic trading: electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis

Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://health.atamis.co.uk ↗

Appointment period ends: 7 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bid validity: 90 days from the deadline
Bids opened: 7 Apr 2022, 13:00 BST

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

health.atamis.co.uk ↗

Timeline

7 Apr 2022 → 7 Jun 2022 · 3 dates

Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
7 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
Bids opened
7 Apr 2022, 13:00 BST
Notice published
7 Jun 2022, 11:19 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
7 Jun 2022, 11:19 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Suppliers appointed 4admitted to the panel · see the list ↓

Bids received 4

Contracts signed 4latest 1 Jun 2022

4 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 4 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £12,500,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

Contract 015606-2022-1
Signed
1 Jun 2022
Value
ceiling above
Status
active
Contract 015606-2022-2
Signed
1 Jun 2022
Value
ceiling above
Status
active
Contract 015606-2022-3
Signed
1 Jun 2022
Value
ceiling above
Status
active
Contract 015606-2022-4
Signed
1 Jun 2022
Value
ceiling above
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
4bids	0	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Of England NHS Collaborative Hub c/o West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Victoria House, Capital Park, Fulbourn, East of England, CB21 5XBContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

NHS Litigation AuthorityReview body LondonContact email

Framework contractors & participating bidders

4 commercial parties on the notice

AAH PharmaceuticalsFramework contractor Coventry, UK
Alliance HealthcareFramework contractor Chessington, UK
Mawdsley-Brooks and Co LtdFramework contractor Salford, UK
Phoenix HealthcareFramework contractor Runcorn, UK

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.