Official UK procurement notice
Womens Health — UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)
What is being bought12 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionFramework agreement for the provision of Womens Health Products (Speculums, Pessaries and Cervical Medical Devices) (‘Products’) 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 or other NHS Organisations) and all joint integration boards established under the Public Bodies (joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014. All Scottish hospices. These products will be predominately supplied via the NDS (National Distribution Site)
CPV: Other gynaecologicals
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 60 suppliers
Lots and requirements (12)Procurement structure
12 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1SpeculumsPublished value£54,445
- Variant bids
- not allowed
- Electronic catalogue
- required
Lot #2Pessary CubesPublished value£23,460
- Variant bids
- not allowed
- Electronic catalogue
- required
Lot #3Pessary Incontinence DishPublished value£4,752
- Variant bids
- not allowed
- Electronic catalogue
- required
Lot #4Pessary DonutPublished value£6,772
- Variant bids
- not allowed
- Electronic catalogue
- required
Lot #5Pessary GellhornPublished value£92,510
- Variant bids
- not allowed
- Electronic catalogue
- required
Lot #6Pessary PVC RingsPublished value£14,496
- Variant bids
- not allowed
- Electronic catalogue
- required
Lot #7Pessary Silicone RingsPublished value£88,324
- Variant bids
- not allowed
- Electronic catalogue
- required
Lot #8Pessary ShaatzPublished value£52,275
- Variant bids
- not allowed
- Electronic catalogue
- required
Lot #9Pessary Acetal Copolymer ShelfPublished value£21,666
- Variant bids
- not allowed
- Electronic catalogue
- required
Lot #10Pessary Silicone ShelfPublished value£90,968
- Variant bids
- not allowed
- Electronic catalogue
- required
Lot #11Cervical Ripening Balloon (Dual) with StyletPublished value£270,444
- Variant bids
- not allowed
- Electronic catalogue
- required
Lot #12Cervical Rotating Biopsy PunchPublished value£154,944
- Variant bids
- not allowed
- Electronic catalogue
- required
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 — 20%
- price — 70%
- Sustainability — 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Service — 20
- Sustainability — 10
- price — 70
- Economic & financial standingSee contract/tender documentation which incorporates requirements of the SPD (Scotland) and the financial period for reporting is the previous 3 financial years
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) runs Medicinal products for the genitourinary system and hormones (CPV 3364) tenders for its clients — and who usually turns up
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) procures on behalf of other bodies; its record below covers every client it has tendered for, next to the Scotland market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Medicinal products for the genitourinary system and hormones (CPV 3364) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: the procurement agent running this notice. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested frameworks and DPS only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)
Runs tenders for other bodies; the client is named in the notice, not in this record. framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 16 in division 33 (1 without competition) · 28 in all categories (3 without competition)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 33), last 36 months: 28 lots. All 28 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 33), last 36 months: 28 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 1 pairs. Small sample.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no award dates published.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 71 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 33), last 36 months: 16 notices.
Scotland · Medicinal products for the genitourinary system and hormones (CPV 3364)
framework/DPS notices delivered in Scotland in 36 months: 223 in division 33 (171 competed, 3 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 33), last 36 months: 955 lots. 9 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5) and 946 from older notices (bids received, middle 7).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 33), last 36 months: 955 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Nothing published for this region in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 33), last 36 months: 3 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 33), last 36 months: 955 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 33), last 36 months: 154 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
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
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 6 Oct 2026, 11:26 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Oct 2026, 11:26 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 16 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT — …
- Authority reference
NP671/26- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07817d
- 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 notification 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 why the economic more…
operator was unsuccessful. The notification will incorporate a ‘standstill period’ of a minimum of 10 clear calendar days (or a minimum of 15 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. Economic operators are entitled to write to the authority after receipt of the notification should they require further clarification. The authority will respond within 15 days of such a written request, but it should be noted that receipt by the authority of such request during the standstill period may not prevent the authority from awarding the framework agreement following the expiry of the standstill period. Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the courts: An economic operator that suffers or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts(Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the court of session.
Publisher note: The estimated 3,500,000 GBP value referred to in this notice is based on HB spend data from the NDS. Lot 1 - 54445 GBP Lot 2 - 23460 GBP Lot 3 - 4752 GBP Lot 4 - 6772 GBP Lot 5 - 92510 GBP Lot 6 - 14496 GBP Lot 7 - 88324 GBP Lot 8 - 52275 GBP Lot 9 - 21666 GBP Lot 10 - 90968 GBP Lot 11 - 270444 GBP Lot 12 - 154944 GBP per annum over the planned 4 year framework duration and no guarantees can be provided that the anticipated value will be met. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 32628. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: The Statement of Requirements will detail the Community Benefit background and objectives. The contract will mandate that suppliers respond in its tender outlining current Community Benefits and proposals if successful and mandating that they support the overall Community Benefit concept and process including a contract and supplier management process post award. (SC Ref:841192)
How to participate & submission route
Apply via Public Contracts Scotland- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Appointment period ends
- 16 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 16 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT
Timeline
3 published dates · Europe/London- Notice publishedearlier today6 Oct 2026, 11:26 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsin 41 days · period end, not a bid countdown16 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Bids openedin 41 days16 Nov 2026, 10:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Court of SessionReview contact point
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria