Official UK procurement notice
Supply of Cochlear Implants
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis requirement is for the purchase, provision and support of Cochlear Implants, Sound Processors and associated accessories for NHSS.
CPV: Cochlear implant
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 4 suppliers · 4 bids received (1.0 per place) · 4 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1This requirement is for the purchase and provision of Cochlear Implants, Sound…AwardedRenewalPublished value£13,500,000
This requirement is for the purchase and provision of Cochlear Implants, Sound Processors and associated accessories for NHSS.
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)
- Implementation & Product Support: 25%
- Customer Service: 5%
- price: 70%
Published award criteria (3)
- Implementation & Product Support: 25
- Customer Service: 5
- Price: 70
- Economic & financial standing
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
(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 SPD(Scotland)and the financial period of reporting is the previous 3 financial years.
Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance of 2 million pounds sterling (This requirement relates to SPD 4B.5.1a) and
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Public Liability Insurance of 5 million pounds sterling (This requirement relates to SPD 4B.5.1b)
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Supply of Cochlear Implants” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 4 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
- 25 Aug 2021, 08:45 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Dec 2021, 12:25 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 27 Sept 2021 – …
- Authority reference
NP527/21- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-030935- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d926Find 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 dispatches 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 amend 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 maybe awarded by the courts where the Framework Agreement has been entered into are limited to the award of damages.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:676867)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 27 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 27 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
Timeline
27 Sept 2021 → 27 Dec 2021 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown27 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened27 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
- Notice published13 Dec 2021, 12:25 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until27 Dec 2021, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete13 Dec 2021, 12:25 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 030935-2021-NP527/21-1
- Signed
- 6 Dec 2021
- Value
- £13,629,460
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Court HouseReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
4 commercial parties on the notice- Advanced Bionics UKFramework contractor
- Cochlear Europe LtdFramework contractor
- MED-ELFramework contractor
- Oticon LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.