Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of Orthopaedic Spinal & Scoliosis Implants & Consumables
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought10 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Common Services Agency (more commonly known as National Services Scotland) (‘the authority') acting through its division Procurement, Commissioning and Facilities is undertaking this procurement of supply and delivery of Orthopaedic Spinal and Scoliosis Implants, Equipment and Consumables on behalf of all entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (i.e. All NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the Authority of other NHS Organisation established pursuant to the NHS (Scotland) Act 1978), any integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014 (collectively hereafter
referred to as 'Participating Authorities’)
CPV: Orthopaedic implants
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 15 suppliers · 15 bids on the busiest of 10 lots (1.0 per place) · 17 appointed (full)
- Electronic auction
- yes
Lots and requirements (10)Procurement structure
10 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #11 level Spinal Fusion – ceiling price appliesCancelled
We require all implants and consumables for use in NHSS 1 level Spinal Fusion invasive surgical procedures. These will be used in an acute setting across NHSS by suitably trained personnel.
Lot 1 should include only those products relevant to a 1 level spinal fusion i.e. spinal rods and appropriate locking & non locking screw(s), the combined value of which should not exceed GBP 1,470
Lot #2Spinal Fusion and/or Corpectomy including multi-level rods, cages etc.Cancelled
We require all implants and consumables for use in NHSS Spinal Fusion and/or Corpectomy including multi-level rods, cages etc. for invasive surgical procedures. These will be used in an acute setting across NHSS by suitably trained personnel.
Lot 2 should include only those products relevant to Spinal Fusion and/or Corpectomy including multi-level rods, cages etc.
Lot #3Discectomy, Laminectomy & spinal decompression without fusion.Cancelled
We require all implants and consumables for use in NHSS Discectomy, Laminectomy & spinal decompression without fusion, invasive surgical procedures. These will be used in an acute setting across NHSS by suitably trained personnel.
Lot 3 should include only those products relevant to Discectomy, Laminectomy & spinal decompression without fusion Procedures
Lot #4Spinal deformity in children/adolescents/adults, ScoliosisCancelled
We require all implants and consumables for use in NHSS Spinal deformity in children/adolescents/adults, Scoliosis invasive surgical procedures. These will be used in an acute setting across NHSS by suitably trained personnel.
Lot 4 should include only those products relevant to a pinal deformity in children/adolescents/adults, Scoliosis procedure(s)
Lot #5Vertebroplasty. KyphoplastyCancelled
We require all implants and consumables for use in NHSS Vertebroplasty. Kyphoplasty invasive surgical procedures. These will be used in an acute setting across NHSS by suitably trained personnel.
Lot 5 should include only those products relevant to a Vertebroplasty. Kyphoplasty Procedure
Lot #6Navigation and Intra-operative Imaging EquipmentCancelled
We require all Navigation and Intra-operative Imaging Equipment specifically for use in NHSS Spinal &/or Scoliosis surgical procedures. These will be used in an acute setting across NHSS by suitably trained personnel.
Lot 6 should include only those products relevant to Navigation and Intra-operative Imaging Equipment for use in Spinal &/or Scoliosis surgical Procedures
Lot #7Bone Graft & BiomaterialsCancelled
We require bone graft and biomaterials specifically for use in NHSS Spinal & Scoliosis surgical procedures. These will be used in an acute setting across NHSS by suitably trained personnel.
Lot 7 should include any bone graft &/or Biomaterial products which are of use in Spinal and/or Scoliosis procedures.
Lot #8Other Spinal & Scoliosis items not covered by previous lots (Unscored)Cancelled
Bidders are requested to submit details of any items they offer, which are suitable for use in Spinal & Scoliosis acute procedures but, by their description, cannot be submitted in any of the lots 1-7. Key deliverables will be decided on a case by case basis.
For absolute clarity, no item included here should be present in your bid for any other Lot, and priority should be given to inclusion in defined lots where possible. Bidders to this lot MUST have included bids to one or more of the Scored lots 1-7 on this tender to qualify.
PLEASE NOTE: This is an Unscored Lot. Boards will use the information provided here by all awarded suppliers to assess their local clinical requirements. "
Lot #9Combination Lot – Spinal & Scoliosis Lot Combinations (Unscored)Cancelled
We require Orthopaedic Spinal & Scoliosis Implants, Consumables & Equipment for use in NHSS Spinal & Scoliosis invasive surgical procedures. These will be used in an acute setting across NHSS by suitably trained personnel.
Bidders are requested to submit bids for combinations of volume commitments of Spinal & Scoliosis products, as previously tendered in Lots 1-8, detailing additional discounts in return for combined volume commitments from the Health Boards, or from a collaboration of Health Boards.
Bidders are invited to put forward your suggestions for bandings and percentage discount from Non Commitment Contract Price.
Bidders may submit any number of combinations up to 100% of all Spinal & Scoliosis Market Share for 1 health board, and/or All of Scotland. (Current spend circa GBP 3Mpa)
PLEASE NOTE: This is an Unscored Lot. Boards will use the information provided here by all awarded suppliers to assess their local clinical requirements and decide who to commit to. This Lot is intended to reduce the need for mini competitions.
Lot #10Enhanced Service & Innovation Lot (Unscored)Cancelled
Bidders are requested to submit details of any Enhanced Service they offer. Key deliverables will be decided on a case by case basis but may include, but not be limited to, such evidenced criteria as:
- Reduced Waiting Times
- Streamlined Patient Pathway
- Reduced Hospital Bed Days
- Reduced Readmission Rate
- Lower Costs
- Enhanced Data Quality & Reporting
- Enhanced Inventory Management
-Navigation Innovations
Bidders should submit details of any service offered, including unique selling points, for consideration, in 5,000 words or less. Responses should include relevant case studies, successes and details of how purchase of these services, in addition to commitment volumes on Lots 1-9 inclusive, will positively impact commitment volume prices for Health boards.
PLEASE NOTE: This is an Unscored Lot. Boards will use the information provided here by all awarded suppliers to assess their local clinical requirements. This Lot is intended to reduce the need for mini competitions.
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 (3)
- Service & Support: 40%
- price: 50%
- Sustainability: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Sustainability: 10
- Service & Support: 40
- Price: 50
- Economic & financial standing
(1) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the
candidate in respect of the activities which are similar type to the subject matter of the notice.
(2) All candidates will be required to provide statement of accounts or extracts relating to their business.
See contract/tender documentation which incorporates the requirements of the ESPD (Scotland) and the financial period of reporting is the
previous 3 financial years.
Minimum: Employers (Compulsory) Liability Insurance GBP 5,000,000 minimum Public Liability Insurance GBP 5,000,000 minimum
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- 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.
- “Purchase of Orthopaedic Spinal & Scoliosis Implants & Consumables” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 15 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
- Goods
- 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
- 9 Oct 2025, 13:14 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Mar 2026, 11:22 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 20 Nov 2025 – …
- Authority reference
NP68726- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-020798- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ab96Find 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 process has previously been made) applied to be selected to tender, of its decision to award the Framework Agreement which notification will contain, among other information, a
summary of the reasons as to why the economic operator was unsuccessful. The notification will incorporate a ‘standstill period’ of a minimum of 10 (ten) clear calendar days (or a minimum of 15 (fifteen) if the communication method used is not electronic) between the
date on which the Authority despatches the notice(s) and the date on which the Authority proposes to conclude the relevant Framework Agreement. The bringing of court proceedings against the Authority during the standstill period will automatically continue the prohibition
on entering into the Framework Agreement 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 Framework Agreement has been entered
into include the setting aside of the decision to award the Framework Agreement to the winning tenderer(s). The bringing of court proceedings against the Authority after the Framework Agreement has been 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 value in Section II.1.5 (12,000,000 GBP) refers to the full value of the framework including any extension options. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The project code is 61115. (SC Ref:823295)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 20 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 20 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
20 Nov 2025 → 2 Jul 2026 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period ends337 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown20 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened337 days ago20 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published228 days ago9 Mar 2026, 11:22 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until112 days ago2 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete9 Mar 2026, 11:19 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast20 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 20 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £12,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
1 level Spinal Fusion – ceiling price applies
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Enhanced Service & Innovation Lot (Unscored)
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Spinal Fusion and/or Corpectomy including multi-level rods, cages etc.
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Discectomy, Laminectomy & spinal decompression without fusion.
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Spinal deformity in children/adolescents/adults, Scoliosis
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Vertebroplasty. Kyphoplasty
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Navigation and Intra-operative Imaging Equipment
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bone Graft & Biomaterials
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Other Spinal & Scoliosis items not covered by previous lots (Unscored)
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Combination Lot – Spinal & Scoliosis Lot Combinations (Unscored)
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
1 level Spinal Fusion – ceiling price applies
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Enhanced Service & Innovation Lot (Unscored)
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Spinal Fusion and/or Corpectomy including multi-level rods, cages etc.
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Discectomy, Laminectomy & spinal decompression without fusion.
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Spinal deformity in children/adolescents/adults, Scoliosis
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Vertebroplasty. Kyphoplasty
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Navigation and Intra-operative Imaging Equipment
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bone Graft & Biomaterials
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Other Spinal & Scoliosis items not covered by previous lots (Unscored)
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Combination Lot – Spinal & Scoliosis Lot Combinations (Unscored)
- Signed
- 10 Feb 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · 1 level Spinal Fusion – ceiling price applies | 9bids · 9 electronic | 5 | — | — |
| 2 · Spinal Fusion and/or Corpectomy including multi-level rods, cages etc. | 12bids · 12 electronic | 5 | — | — |
| 3 · Discectomy, Laminectomy & spinal decompression without fusion. | 8bids · 8 electronic | 2 | — | — |
| 4 · Spinal deformity in children/adolescents/adults, Scoliosis | 11bids · 11 electronic | 4 | — | — |
| 5 · Vertebroplasty. Kyphoplasty | 9bids · 9 electronic | 3 | — | — |
| 6 · Navigation and Intra-operative Imaging Equipment | 9bids · 9 electronic | 3 | — | — |
| 7 · Bone Graft & Biomaterials | 15bids · 15 electronic | 7 | — | — |
| 8 · Other Spinal & Scoliosis items not covered by previous lots (Unscored) | 9bids · 9 electronic | 3 | — | — |
| 9 · Combination Lot – Spinal & Scoliosis Lot Combinations (Unscored) | 5bids · 5 electronic | 1 | — | — |
| 10 · Enhanced Service & Innovation Lot (Unscored) | 6bids · 6 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Court HouseMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Framework contractors & participating bidders
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Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria