Procurement Summary
Country: United Kingdom
Summary: Contract notice: Syringes
Deadline: 23 Mar 2020
Posting Date: 25 Feb 2020
Other Information
Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 40933612
Document Ref. No.: 091155-2020
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: -
Tender Value: Refer Document
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Object of the contract
Syringes
Description: Contract notice: Syringes
Authority Type: National or federal Agency/Office
Contact Nature: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
Document: Contract notice
Regulation: Not specified
Award criteria: The most economic tender
CPV code: 33141310, 33100000, 33140000, 33141310, 33141320, 33141321, 33141322, 33141323, 33141324, 33141325, 33141326, 33141327, 33141328, 33141329, 33171300, 33141310, 33100000, 33140000, 33141320, 33141321, 33141322, 33141323, 33141324, 33141325, 33141326, 33141327, 33141328, 33141329, 33171300
CPV Description: Syringes.
Medical equipments.
Medical consumables.
Medical needles.
Anesthesia needles.
Arterial needles.
Biopsy needles.
Dialysis needles.
Fistula needles.
Radiology procedural needles.
Vented needles.
Epidural needles.
Amniocentesia needles.
Epidural kits or packs.
Syringes, Needles and Associated Products
NHS Supply Chain seeks to establish A non-exclusive framework agreement for supply to NHS Supply Chain depots via the stock/Blue Diamond routes and to the NHS Supply Chain customer base via the E-Direct Route.
Main Site : Various Locations in the UK.
Syringes and needles products, including:
— hypodermic needles,
— insulin needles,
— biopsy needles,
— hypodermic syringes,
— tuberculin syringes,
— insulin syringes,
— prefilled syringes,
— catheter tip syringes,
— combined needle and syringe products,
— spinal needles and kits (including NRFit),
— epidural needles and kits (including NRFit),
— nerve block/stimulation needles (including NRFit),
— speciality needles,
— intraosseous needles and devices,
— blunt fill drawing up devices,
— oral drug syringes and syringe caps.
All with or without safety devices where appropriate
NHS Supply Chain anticipates appointing all applicants who meet the minimum requirements which are set out in these tender documents and whose total score meets or exceeds a predetermined hurdle (when rounded up or down (as the case may be) to the nearest whole number from 4 decimal places, at tender evaluation stage) to the relevant line of the framework agreement.
A threshold price will be used for some of the evaluated product lines.
Applicants must bid for all evaluated lines that are currently available within their range. NHS Supply Chain intention is to grow the market for this framework agreement and not limit innovation. Therefore, there will be opportunity subject to a successful award for applicants to offer new products that was not available at the time of tender (specifically innovative products but not limited to) across all the lines within contract management full details of the above can be found within the ITT.
Applicants should refer to II.2 of this contract notice for further details in respect of appointment to the framework agreement.
The term of contracts formed under the framework agreement may continue beyond the end of the term of the framework agreement itself.
NHS Supply Chain expects to provide successful suppliers with the opportunity to offer additional savings to customers through the provision of discounted pricing, value added offerings and commitment initiatives.
NHS Supply Chain will share savings information in order to assist its customers with making informed procurement decisions. NHS Supply Chain intends to enter into arrangements under which it will be entitled to purchase supplies and/or services which it will make available for purchase by
1) Any NHS Trust;
2) Any other NHS entity;
3) Any government department, agency or other statutory body (for the avoidance of doubt including local authorities); and/or
4) Any private sector entity active in the UK healthcare sector. Only NHS Supply Chain can order from the framework agreement and enter into contracts under it.
Electronic ordering will be used and electronic invoicing will be accepted and electronic payment will be used. For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding the estimate indicated at II.2), NHS Supply Chain does not guarantee any level of purchase through the framework and advises applicants that the framework shall be established on a non-exclusive basis. Tenders and all supporting documentation for the contract must be priced in sterling and written in English. Any agreement entered into will be considered a contract made in England according to English law and will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. NHS Supply Chain is not liable for any costs (including any third-party costs, fees or expenses) incurred by those expressing an interest, participating or tendering for this contract opportunity. NHS Supply Chain reserves the right to terminate the procurement process (or part of it), to change the basis of, and/or the procedures for the procurement process at any time, or to procure the subject matter of the contract by alternative means if it appears that it can be more advantageously procured by alternative means. The most economically advantageous or any tender will not automatically be accepted. All communications must be made through NHS Supply Chain`s eTendering portal at http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/ using the message centre facility linked to this particular contract notice.
Please note that the maximum number of suppliers as set out in IV.1.3) is an estimate only.
Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information:
This procurement exercise will be conducted on the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal at http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/
Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement-specific information (if required) through the NHS Supply Chain eTendering portal as follows:
Registration.
1) Use URL http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/ to access the NHS Supply Chain Procurement portal.
2) If not yet registered:
— click on the `Not Registered Yet` link to access the registration page,
— complete the registration pages as guided by the mini guide found on the landing page.
Portal access.
If registration has been completed:
— login with URL http://procurement.supplychain.nhs.uk/ISS/,
— click on the `Supplier Dashboard` icon to open the list of new procurement events.
Expression of interest.
— view contract notice content by clicking on the `View Notice` button for the procurement event. This opens a PDF document,
— express an interest by clicking on the `Express Interest` button,
— to start the response process after the expression of interest has been done, select the `My Active Opportunities` option and click on the `Apply` button,
— select the procurement event from the list by clicking on the description,
— in the detail view click on the orange coloured `Framework Agreement` button to start responding to the tender.
Header level requirements:
— applicants are required to read all framework header documents which can be accessed using the `NHS SC Header Documents` button, which is located in the `Select Framework` tab,
— applicants are required to upload the documents requested using the `Supplier Header Documents` button, which is located in the `Select Framework` tab,
— applicants are required to complete all mandatory questions, which can be accessed using the `Framework Questionnaire` tab.
Lot level requirements:
Please note, whilst there are no lots in this framework agreement, `Lot` references are still used within the ISS System.
— a preview of the lot line details can be viewed using the `Lot Header` tab, by selecting the lot and using the `Lot Line Information` button. In order to respond, applicants must select the `Express Intent` button. This expression of intent does not place any obligation on the applicant to respond, the action unlocks the ability to respond,
— complete price offers per line by completing the required fields for the lines the applicant wants to include in the bid using the `Lot Line Detail` tab. There are a number of mandatory fields to complete on a product line basis; these are highlighted in yellow in the `Lot Line Detail` tab,
— applicants are required to answer all mandatory questions found in the `Lot Evaluation Criteria` tab,
— applicants are then required to click on the `Terms and conditions` button in the `Submit individual lot response(s)` tab to view and accept the ISS terms and conditions,
— accept the ISS `terms and conditions` button to access this function,
— submit response, by clicking on the `submit response to selected lot` button in the `submit individual lot response(s)` tab to submit response,
— applicants are able to view their submission using the `supplier submission report` button, found in the `submit individual lot response(s)` tab.
Please refer to Section III.1.1) for additional information.
Internet address (URL): https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health
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