Official UK procurement notice
Consumables Reagents and Equipment DPS
Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe DPS Agreement will provide the Authority with the opportunity to procure the Goods and/or Services and such other ancillary goods and/or services as covered by the CPV codes in the Contract Notice from various Suppliers to support the Authority's Test and Trace programme and other departments or Executive Agencies of the Department of Health and Social Care incl. PHE and NIHP. This DPS Agreement is a new offering from the Authority and is intended to work in parallel with existing and newly established frameworks. As COVID-19 develops, the Authority is ensuring it has compliant procurement models in place to access the widest and most appropriate technologies and products. Our aim is to continually access products as they come to market to ensure the best testing services are offered to the public. Suppliers can bid for any or all of the Lots: The indicative Goods and Services have been set out below in order to demonstrate the scope of the DPS and are not exhaustive.
- Recurrence: DPS is open.
CPV: All other non-therapeutic products · Analysers · Blood-testing reagents · Chemical products · Clinical products · Diagnostic devices · Diagnostic supplies · Diagnostic systems · Laboratory pipettes and accessories · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) · Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products · Reagents and contrast media · +1 more
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1NHS Test & Trace, part of the Department for Health and Social Care (the Authority) is…RenewalPublished value£4,000,000,000
NHS Test & Trace, part of the Department for Health and Social Care (the Authority) is seeking to establish a DPS for the provision of Consumables, Reagents, Equipment and Ancillary Services.The DPS Agreement will be managed by the Authority and any Call-Off Contract(s) awarded under the DPS Agreement will be managed by the Authority, unless otherwise stated at the point of any Call-Off. The DPS will be split into 5 lotsLot 1 – ConsumablesLot 2 – ReagentsLot 3 – EquipmentLot 4 – Diagnostic Equipment (including analytical equipment, ancillaries etc)Lot 5 – Equipment Support and Maintenance Services. Additional information: Further information can be found by logging into www.atamis.co.uk/salesforce ↗.
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).
- Suitability
Suppliers will be expected to be able to confirm that they are not aware of any prohibition that would prevent them supplying the Goods or Services to Authority.They have the right to supply / distribute the Goods and Services to the Authority e.g legal manufacturer, licence to manufacture or authorised distributor?And where relevant, will be required if they are only applying to Lots for Services and/or sub-categories which include Goods not classed as medical devices that goods will have the necessary regulatory approvals in place before any Call Off Tender e.g CE Mark, UKCA marking or MHRA derogation. All potential suppliers will be required to meet the financial standing as set out in the documentation.
- Economic & financial standing
Contained within procurement documents and SQ Questionnaire. All potential suppliers will be required to meet the financial standing as set out in the documentation.
- Technical & professional ability
Suppliers will be selected by satisfying all required selection criteria stated in the Standard Question ( SQ including financial standing testing as noted).
- “Consumables Reagents and Equipment DPS” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · DPS is open.
- First published
- 8 Mar 2021, 15:24 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Mar 2021, 16:56 GMT
- Authority reference
C23555- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-005669- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02997fFind a Tender
- Performance terms
As laid out in the procurement documents
Publisher note: Individual contracts at call-off will set out any specific requirements regarding e-ordering and e-invoicing.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://health.atamis.co.uk ↗
- Admission period ends
- 8 Apr 2021, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
Timeline
9 Mar 2021 → 8 Apr 2021 · 3 dates- Invitations to tender expected9 Mar 2021
- Notice published19 Mar 2021, 16:56 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown8 Apr 2021, 14:00 BST
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1)
Clarification that this is a DPS with lots as clearly stated throughout the original notice text and tender documentation but not noted in the OJEU publication where is states "is this a DPS with Lots?" the notices reads no and should read yes
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.