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Published 21 Nov 2022, 11:15 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Contract for the supply of Prussian blue (ferric hexacyanoferrate) 2023

Official notice

Authority: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency (Central government)

GoodsRestricted procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£1published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 22 Dec 2022awarded 27 Mar 2023
Awarded to Dunelm Pharmaceuticals Limited
Contract term 1 yr 2 moends 31 Jul 2024 · starts 1 Jun 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contract for the supply of Prussian blue (ferric hexacyanoferrate)

CPV: Pharmaceutical products

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The provision of Prussian blue (ferric hexacyanoferrate), to be held in the emergency…Awarded 1 yr 2 mo

The provision of Prussian blue (ferric hexacyanoferrate), to be held in the emergency planning stockpile to be deployed in certain emergency situations. Deliveries will be required during 2023 and 2024. Additional information: Value - The contract value is withheld from publication pursuant to regulation 50(6)(a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) as its release would be contrary to the public interest.

Contract period: 1 Jun 2023 – 31 Jul 2024 (1 yr 2 mo)
Delivery: UK · England
Variant bids: not allowed

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
Quality: 10%Price: 80%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Risk: 10%
  • Price: 80%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
  • Quality: N/A
  • Delivery: N/A
  • Risk: 10
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 80
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
21 Nov 2022, 11:15 GMT
Last source update
13 Apr 2023, 12:01 BST
Authority reference
CM/EMP/23/C82839
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-010624
Classification (CPV)
Pharmaceutical products
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0386e1 Find a Tender

Publisher note: The contract is for the benefit of the Authority and NHS bodies along with any other non-NHS bodies which are necessary for the delivery of services or goods to NHS bodies, local authorities, other government departments and their executive agencies or non-departmental public bodies charged with the delivery of healthcare or health related services in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories including, without limitation, the National Assembly for Wales, the Northern Ireland Assembly, and Scottish Ministers.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
22 Dec 2022, 13:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
150 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Timeline

22 Dec 2022 → 1 Jun 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    22 Dec 2022, 13:00 GMT
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    9 Jan 2023
  3. Notice published
    13 Apr 2023, 12:01 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Jun 2023, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    13 Apr 2023, 12:01 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £11 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Mar 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Dunelm Pharmaceuticals LimitedSME£1 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsHealth Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London, London, SW1P 3JRContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body LondonContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria