Official UK procurement notice
NP42223 Provision of Pharmaceutical Goods and Services to Prisons in NHS Scotland.
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Public Contract is for the supply of pharmaceutical goods and services to prisons and community custody units located within nine health boards across NHSScotland.
CPV: Pharmaceutical products · Prison services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Authority has awarded one Supplier to provide the good and services to all noted…AwardedRenewalPublished value£17,400,000
The Authority has awarded one Supplier to provide the good and services to all noted Participating Authorities (the Contractual structure is such that separate Contracts for each Participating Authority have been formed on the basis of the one Specification, and the one set of Terms and Conditions).
The Public Contracts are for the provision of pharmacy products and related services to all prisons and community custody units throughout Scotland in order to meet the pharmaceutical care needs of patients to agreed professional standards.
The Supplier appointed to the Contracts will source and supply all required medicines and pharmaceutical supplies, dispense and deliver the Goods to all prisons and community custody units across Scotland and provide a professional pharmaceutical service to patients in these prisons.
The estimated value referred to in Section II.1.7 and V.2.4. does not include spend for the following medicines; Hepatitis C, Nicotine Replacement Therapy, Buvidal or Espranor. These medicines have an estimated total annual value of 5 900 000 (GBP) that the Supplier appointed to the Contract will be required to source.
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).
Published sub-criteria (11)
- Supply and Dispensing - Sourcing of Medicines: 5%
- Supply and Dispensing - Order Receipt and Dispensing/Stock Supply Process: 5%
- Supply and Dispensing - Delivery Solution: 5%
- Supply and Dispensing - Reporting Capabilities: 5%
- Professional Service - Patient Medication Record Creation and Maintenance: 5%
- Professional Service - Pharmaceutical Care Review Process & Reporting: 5%
- Professional Service - Clinical Governance Adherence: 5%
- Risk and Deliverability - Contingency Planning: 10%
- Risk and Deliverability - Implementation Process: 5%
- price: 45%
- Sustainability - Transport: 5%
Published award criteria (11)
- Supply and Dispensing - Sourcing of Medicines: 5%
- Supply and Dispensing - Order Receipt and Dispensing/Stock Supply Process: 5%
- Supply and Dispensing - Delivery Solution: 5%
- Supply and Dispensing - Reporting Capabilities: 5%
- Professional Service - Patient Medication Record Creation and Maintenance: 5%
- Professional Service - Pharmaceutical Care Review Process & Reporting: 5%
- Professional Service - Clinical Governance Adherence: 5%
- Risk and Deliverability - Contingency Planning: 10%
- Risk and Deliverability - Implementation Process: 5%
- Sustainability - Transport: 5%
- Price: 45
- Suitability
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in breach of any situation referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
- Economic & financial standing
The turnover of the economic operator in respect of its most recent full financial year must have been equal to or more than 20 000 000 (GBP).
Minimum: The economic operator must provide either of the below within the Qualification Envelope of the ITT under the Economic and Financial Standing :- (1) an extract from its audited accounts in respect of its most recent full financial year stating the turnover of the economic operato… - Technical & professional ability
(a) All of the Goods supplied under the Contract must be stored in and distributed from a site holding an MHRA Wholesaler Dealers Authorisation which covers P, POM and GSL medicines.
(b) Potential Suppliers and any sub-contractor(s) must possess valid certification of BS EN ISO9001 or equivalent.
(c) All of the dispensed Goods supplied under the Contract will be dispensed in a pharmacy which at the time of dispensing is registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
(d) All of the Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technician staff used to service this Contract will be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
(e) All direct prisoner contact will be undertaken by staff that, at the time of service provision, are members of the relevant Protecting Vulnerable Group scheme and all other staff involved in the delivery of this Contract, including all sub-contractors and couriers that, at the point of service provision, have Standard Disclosure clearance in accordance with the prevailing regulations.
(f) Potential Suppliers are required to provide evidence that their organisation has taken steps to build their awareness of the climate change emergency and how they will respond.
(g) Potential Suppliers and any sub-contractor(s) must possess a waste carriers licence.
(h) Potential Suppliers and any sub-contractor(s) must possess a waste management licence.
Minimum: (a) Confirmation that the storage and distribution site(s) that will supply all medicines hold a current and valid MHRA Wholesaler Dealers Authorisation registration certificate must be included in the Qualification Envelope of the ITT under Technical and Professional ability: Qu…
- Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 50 of 100: the paper moves it further than the discount.
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
- Open 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
- 15 Feb 2023, 11:48 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 May 2023, 15:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 2 Mar 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-013482- Accelerated
Due to the previous inability to award a contract as no tenders or requests to participate were received, the accelerated procedure was used due to the urgent requirement to assess potential commercial solutions for the provision of pharmaceutical services and supplies to prisons in Scotland and allow the safe transition of services to a new Supplier.
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a5d5Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the courts:
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.
The bringing of court proceedings against the Authority after the Contracts have been entered into will not affect the Contracts unless grounds for the imposition of special penalties under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 can be established. Otherwise the remedies that may be awarded by the courts where the Contracts have been entered into are limited to the award of damages.
Publisher note: The estimated value referred to in Section II.1.7 and V.2.4 cover(s) the thirty six (36) month Contract duration and the three (3) individual twelve (12) month extension periods of the Contract. (SC Ref:730370)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Mar 2023, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 2 Mar 2023, 16:00 GMT
Timeline
2 Mar 2023 → 11 May 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline2 Mar 2023, 16:00 GMT
- Bids opened2 Mar 2023, 16:00 GMT
- Notice published11 May 2023, 15:06 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete11 May 2023, 15:06 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| M&D Green Dispensing Chemist LtdSME | £36,012,978 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 013482-2023-1 · M&D Green Dispensing Chemist LtdSME
- Signed
- 21 Apr 2023
- Value
- £36,012,978
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Court HouseReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- M&D Green Dispensing Chemist LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.