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# Wound Closure Products

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wound-closure-products-ocds-h6vhtk-030f10). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** National Service Scotland - National Procurement: "Wound Closure Products". Published status: awardUpdate. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** RECORDED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [National Service Scotland - National Procurement](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-service-scotland-national-procurement-GB-FTS-41871)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Surgical staples, Surgical sutures
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-030f10`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wound-closure-products-ocds-h6vhtk-030f10#tl-md)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 33141122
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The supply of Sutures, Skin Adhesive (External use only), Surgical Adhesive (Internal use only), Skin Staplers and Extractors to NHS Scotland.
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- **Contract Period:** 01/12/2021 to 30/11/2022

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Wound Closure Products (active)
  - Award id: `002167-2022-NP514/13-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Advanced Medical Solutions, B. Braun Medical Limited, ConMed Linvatec UK (+5 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-4099`, `GB-FTS-36060`, `GB-FTS-24198`, `GB-FTS-41872`, `GB-FTS-6236`, `GB-FTS-139438`, `GB-FTS-41873`
  - Value: £21,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Wound Closure Products (active)
  - Signed Value: £21,000,000
  - Signed Date: 15/11/2013

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002167-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-01-25T14:25:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T15:29:07.942Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-030f10