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Published 22 Jan 2025, 15:53 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Wound Retractors/Protectors · UK public procurement notice

Authority: Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service·Consortium: 7 public authorities

Framework agreementGoodsOpen procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN0)

Framework ceiling (notional)£985,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue

Submissions closed 24 Feb 2025awarded 20 May 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Wound Retractors/Protectors

CPV: Medical equipments · Operating theatre devices and instruments

How this framework works

From the published notice

Places: up to 10 suppliers · 2 bids received (0.2 per place) · 2 appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1Wound Retractors/ProtectorsAwardedRenewalPublished value£985,000

Wound Retractors/Protectors. 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.

Delivery: Northern Ireland

Extensions: This chance for renewal is not guaranteed and will be reviewed closer to the end of the framework periodVariant bids: not allowedElectronic catalogue: required

33100000 Medical equipments

What it takes to win
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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 more

How bids were scored

Price

What this means for your bid

“Wound Retractors/Protectors” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 10 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
First published: 22 Jan 2025, 15:53 GMT
Last source update: 27 May 2025, 12:39 BST
Award evaluation window: 24 Feb 2025 – …
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-027709
Classification (CPV): Medical equipmentsOperating theatre devices and instruments
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN0)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04d585 Find a Tender

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

Run through: portal not identified

Language: EN

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗

Appointment period ends: 24 Feb 2025, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel: {"written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bids opened: 24 Feb 2025, 15:30 GMT

Timeline

24 Feb 2025 → 23 Aug 2025 · 4 dates

Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
24 Feb 2025, 15:00 GMT
Bids opened
24 Feb 2025, 15:30 GMT
Notice published
27 May 2025, 12:39 BST
Bids must remain valid until
23 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 May 2025

Status changed to complete
27 May 2025, 12:39 BST
Buyer details updated
27 May 2025, 12:39 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Suppliers appointed 2admitted to the panel · see the list ↓

Bids received 22 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 20 May 2025

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

Contract
Signed
20 May 2025
Value
£985,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad	2	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

7 public bodies on the notice

Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth 77 Boucher Crescent, Belfast, UK, BT12 6HUContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

Belfast Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority Belfast, UKContact email
Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service [BSO PaLS]Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth Belfast, UKContact name, email Published organisation website ↗
Northern Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority Antrim, UKContact email
South Eastern Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority Belfast, UKContact email
Southern Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority Portadown, UKContact email
Western Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority Londonderry, UKContact email

Framework contractors & participating bidders

2 commercial parties on the notice

APPLIED MEDICAL UK LIMITEDFramework contractor 40-41 Park End Street, OXFORD, UK, OX1 1JDContact email, phone
Uniphar Medtech Ltd t/a M.E.D. SurgicalFramework contractor Unit 3, Northern Cross Business Park, Finglas, D11 WY11, DUBLIN, IE, D11 WY11Contact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.