Official UK procurement notice
Sodium Chloride 0.9% for injection
Authority: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through Public Health England (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProcurement exercise for a contract(s) for the supply of sodium chloride 0.9% for injection
CPV: Pharmaceutical products
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The provision of Sodium Chloride 0.9% for injection to be used in response to the…Published value£1,188,000
The provision of Sodium Chloride 0.9% for injection to be used in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Deliveries will be required in 2021.
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 (5)
- Quality: 40%
- Risk: 10%
- Delivery Date: 15%
- Price: 25%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
- Quality: 40
- Risk: 10
- Delivery Date: 15
- Social Value: 10
- Price: 25
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 13 Apr 2021, 15:46 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 19 Apr 2021 – …
- Authority reference
CM/PHV/21/25304- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-006859- Accelerated
The COVID-19 outbreak has given rise to an urgent need for an additional supply of these goods. This does not give the authority sufficient time to comply with the standard open procedure timescales for this procurement. Accordingly, the authority is using the accelerated time limits permitted under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (regulation 27(5)) in respect of this procurement.
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a23cFind a Tender
Publisher note: Responding to this notice: suppliers who do not respond to this procurement exercise in the following manner may be disqualified from the procurement process provided that the following conditions will operate in addition to and not replace any other conditions stated in the procurement documents which may result in disqualification.1) Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information. This procurement exercise will be conducted on the eTendering portal at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Candidates wishing to be considered for this procurement exercise must register and provide additional procurement specific information (if requested), through the eTendering portal as follows:1.1) if not already registered, candidates should register on the eTendering portal at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome and click the link to register:— ‘accept the terms and conditions’,— enter your correct business details,— click ‘Submit’ when complete,— you will shortly receive an email from the Salesforce platform asking you to finalise your registration;1.2) once registered, candidates must express interest as follows:(a) login to the eTendering portal,(b) select ‘View our Live Opportunities’,(c) select the opportunity that you are interested in,(d) ‘Register interest’,(e) select ‘confirm’,(f) once you have expressed interest, it will move to ‘My Proposals and Quotes’, where you can download additional documentation (if required) and construct your reply as instructed. You must then publish your reply using the ‘Publish’ button;1.3) for any support in registering on the portal or submitting your expression of interest please contact the Atamis Help-desk at +44 8009956035 or [email protected]) General supplier information. To manage and assess supplier information the contracting authority requests candidates provide their company profile in the Governments supplier information database, supplier registration, as follows2.1) If not already registered, candidates must go to the following web page https://supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk and select ‘Register’ at the top right of the page. Key in details as requested to search for your company. If you do not have a D-U-N-S Number, click on the link at the right of the page to obtain a number from D&B. Candidates must obtain a Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) D-U-N-S Number to enable registration on supplier registration.2.2) Once registration is complete you are able to create and update your registered company profile. Candidates should ensure all the mandatory fields of their supplier registration profile are completed and up to date for each procurement exercise. D&B data will be supplied automatically by D&B.2.3) For further help or information concerning supplier registration, please contact the Helpdesk at:[email protected] or telephone +44(0)1614137982.The Contract(s) that are concluded as a result of this procurement exercise is for the benefit of the Authority and NHS bodies along with any other non-NHS bodies which are necessary for the delivery of services or goods to NHS bodies, local authorities, other government departments and their executive agencies or non-departmental public bodies charged with the delivery of healthcare or health related services in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories including without limitation, the National Assembly for Wales, the Northern Ireland Assembly, and Scottish Ministers. The resulting products delivered against the Contract(s) may be made available to the UK devolved administrations, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories to undertake their respective vaccination programmes.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://health.atamis.co.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
- 19 Apr 2021, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 30 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 19 Apr 2021, 13:00 BST
Timeline
19 Apr 2021 → 27 Jul 2021 · 4 dates- Submission deadline19 Apr 2021, 13:00 BST
- Bids opened19 Apr 2021, 13:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Jul 2021, 00:00 BST
- Notice published27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Jun 2021- Status changed to complete21 Jun 2021, 16:16 BST
- Procurement method changed21 Jun 2021, 16:16 BST
- Published value published: £1,188,00027 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST
- Status changed to active27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST
- Deadline moved to 19 Apr 2021, 13:00 BST27 Jul 2021, 18:14 BST-2 days · was 22 Apr 2021
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineDeadline for EOI date · IV.2.2. | 19 Apr 2021 | 22 Apr 2021 | +3 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. Braun Medical Limited | £396,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Kent Pharma Ltd | £1,123,200 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 014075-2021-1 · B. Braun Medical Limited
- Signed
- 13 May 2021
- Value
- £396,000
- Period
- … – 30 Sept 2021
- Status
- active
Contract 014075-2021-2 · Kent Pharma Ltd
- Signed
- 13 May 2021
- Value
- £1,123,200
- Period
- … – 30 Sept 2021
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- B. Braun Medical LimitedAwarded supplier
- Kent Pharma LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria