Official UK procurement notice
Needle and Syringe Provision (and waste collection)
Authority: Torbay Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNeedle and Syringe provision (also known as needle exchange) forms part of the wider needle exchange system in Devon and Torbay.
Devon County and Torbay Council’s wish to commission a Supplier to deliver the highest quality services for the provision of needles, syringes and other injecting paraphernalia to the Local Authority-commissioned needle exchange providers in Devon and Torbay, (predominantly pharmacies, but also include specialist treatment services, local homeless hostels and custody suites).
The Authority also requires the provider to deliver (or sub-commission) the collection and safe disposal of used injecting equipment from needle exchange providers.
Please refer to the tender documents for full details of the requirements.
CPV: Health and social work services · Medical needles · Medical waste services · Sharps containers · Syringes
The lotProcurement structure
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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 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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality criterion - Quality: 55%
- Quality criterion - Social Value: 10%
- price: 35%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality criterion - Quality: 55
- Quality criterion - Social Value: 10
- Price: 35
- Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Yes
- First published
- 7 Mar 2023, 11:52 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Sept 2023, 17:08 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 12 Apr 2023 – …
- Authority reference
DN658603- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-027539- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03aea7Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 12 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
Timeline
12 Apr 2023 → 3 Oct 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline12 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened12 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published18 Sept 2023, 17:08 BST
- Contract starts3 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete18 Sept 2023, 17:08 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orion Medical Supplies Ltd | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 027539-2023-1 · Orion Medical Supplies Ltd
- Signed
- 26 Jun 2023
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 2 Oct 2026
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Needle and Syringe provision (also known as needle exchange) forms part of the wider… | 1bids | — | — | £345,490 – £690,981 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £345,490 – £690,981 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Orion Medical Supplies LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.