Official UK procurement notice
Surgical Sutures · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service·Consortium: 11 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSurgical Sutures
- Recurrence: Award Notice October 2025
CPV: Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products · Surgical sutures
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 99 suppliers · 11 bids received (0.1 per place) · 10 appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Surgical SuturesAwardedRenewalPublished value£13,000,000
Surgical Sutures. Additional information: The estimated value in II.1.7 above includes the initial framework period of 2 years, plus the option to extend for any period up to and including 24 months. This value also includes a potential increase in services of 50 percent and a potential extension clause of up to 18 months as provided for in the tender documents. Note – there is no guarantee of uptake or minimum demand.
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).
- Price
- “Surgical Sutures” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 99 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- Yes · Award Notice October 2025
- First published
- 19 Feb 2025, 12:24 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Aug 2025, 08:41 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 24 Mar 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-051104- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e3e4Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Note – there is no guarantee of uptake or minimum demand. NOTE- In section 1.2 it states that this is a joint procurement. This is not a joint procurement and the framework will be awarded on behalf of the participants listed in section 1.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 24 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 24 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
24 Mar 2025 → 24 Mar 2026 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown24 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened24 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published26 Aug 2025, 08:41 BST
- Bids must remain valid until212 days ago24 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Aug 2025- Status changed to complete26 Aug 2025, 08:41 BST
- Buyer details updated26 Aug 2025, 08:41 BST
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
- Signed
- 18 Aug 2025
- Value
- £13,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11bids · 11 electronic · 10 from abroad | 8 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
10 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Belfast Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority
- Business Services OrganisationContracting authority
- NI Ambulance Service TrustContracting authority
- Northern Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority
- Northern Ireland Ambulance Service TrustContracting authority
- Procurement and Logistics ServiceContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawHealth
- South Eastern Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority
- Southern Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority
- Western Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service [BSO PaLS]Mediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Framework contractors & participating bidders
10 commercial parties on the notice- 1 STOP MEDICAL SUPPLIES LTDFramework contractor
- ADVANCED MEDICAL SOLUTIONS LtdFramework contractor
- CRITICAL HEALTHCARE LIMITEDFramework contractor
- EBRINGTON NI LTDFramework contractor
- JOHNSON JOHNSON MEDICAL LTDFramework contractor
- MEDIWORLD LIMITEDFramework contractor
- MEDTRONIC LIMITEDFramework contractor
- REFLEX MEDICAL LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Uniphar Medtech Ltd t/a M.E.D. SurgicalFramework contractor
- VVS DISTRIBUTION LTDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.