Official UK procurement notice
NHSS Aroma Coffee · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply of Coffee, tea, associated products and equipment for production of coffee, tea etc. for all or any participating NHS Scotland Health board, Special Board, NHS England, NHS Wales, Northern Ireland
CPV: Coffee, tea and related products
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Scope for the supply of Coffee and related products; machines to be used within all
Scope for the supply of Coffee and related products; machines to be used within all
healthcare environments available to all entities pursuant to the National Health Service
(Scotland) Act 1978, i.e. All NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Health Boards, and the
Authority or other NHS Organisations established pursuant to NHS (Scotland Act 1978) and
any Integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working)
Scotland Act 2014. All Scottish Hospices and the following further Authorities NHS Wales,
NHS England and Northern Ireland,(collectively hereafter referred to as ‘Participating
Authorities’).
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- 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
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Jun 2022, 10:17 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Aug 2023, 08:41 BST
- Authority reference
NP838- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-024880- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034603Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This VEAT notice is to advise the need for modification to meet the additional demands of the Scottish Health and Social Care sector to maintain necessary supply and remove unnecessary disruption from the Authority at this time in line with Unforeseeable circumstances (regulation 72(1)(c) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Health Board Aroma operations are still in recovery (returning to full service) The reopening process and uncertain timescales have affected the ability to tender along with Health Board resource to be able to support.
Tender process is planned to commence by end of 2023 subject to the Aroma operations future plans.
- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public
Contracts(Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014,may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
Publisher note: This notice is to advise the need for modification to meet the additional demands of the Scottish Health and Social Care sector to maintain necessary supply and remove unnecessary disruption from the Authority at this time in line with Unforeseeable circumstances (regulation 72(1)(c) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Health Board Aroma operations are still in recovery (returning to full service) The reopening process and uncertain timescales have affected the ability to tender along with Health Board resource to be able to support. Tender process is planned to commence by end of 2023 subject to the Aroma operations future plans (SC Ref:742106)
Notice history
2 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Jul 2022- Buyer details updated1 Jul 2022, 16:46 BST
- Buyer details updated5 Jul 2022, 15:08 BST
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2022-07: 1 release · 1 Jul 2022
- 2022-06: 1 release · 14 Jun 2022
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast5 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 4 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £280,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Contract 022680-2023-NP838/17-1
- Signed
- 6 Jun 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
NHSS Aroma Coffee
- Signed
- 22 Jun 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
- Change The change to this contract is an additional 12 month extension. All terms & conditions of contract remain in place, Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Due to the current and developing situation regarding Covid-19, the priorities for NSS, NHS Scotland and likely those suppliers who would wish to be part of a tender process, have changed, As a result it is a necessary step to delay commencing any new tender process until end of 2022
NHSS Aroma Coffee
- Signed
- 22 Jun 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
- Change The change to this contract is an additional 6 month extension. All terms & conditions of contract remain in place, Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Due to the current and developing situation regarding Covid-19, the priorities for NSS, NHS Scotland and likely those suppliers who would wish to be part of a tender process, have changed, As a result it is a necessary step to delay commencing any new tender process until end of 2023
Contract 016222-2022-NP838/17-1
- Signed
- 6 Jun 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Commercial Lease Vehicles
- Signed
- 22 Jun 2020
- Value
- £3,700,000
- Status
- active
- Change The change to this contract is an additional 12 month extension. All terms & conditions of contract remain in place, Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: The additional demands of the Scottish Health and Social Care sector during the Covid-19 pandemic (and recovery of services) to maintain necessary supply and remove unnecessary disruption from the Authority at this time in line with Regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. The priorities for NSS, NHS Scotland and likely those suppliers who would wish to be part of a tender process (due to severe market conditions) have changed, as a result it is a necessary step to delay start of new tender process necessitating a 12 month extension to current framework revising expiry to September 2023 The global market for vehicles is currently suffering severe disruption to an extent that it is understood from supplier and market feedback that a tender process could not be completed at this time. Tender process is planned to commence by spring 2023.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Court of SessionReview contact point
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
7 commercial parties on the notice- Arnold Clark Vehicle ManagementFramework contractor
- Athlon Mobility Services UK LtdFramework contractor
- Fraikin LtdFramework contractor
- KINTO UK LtdFramework contractor
- LeasePlan UK Ltd trading as Automotive LeasingFramework contractor
- Matthew AlgieFramework contractor
- Matthew Algie & Co LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.