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Published 6 Apr 2022, 16:28 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Medicine Supply Services into Prisons and Wathwood Hospital

Official notice

Authority: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£7,500,000exc. VAT40% below published estimate
Submissions closed 6 May 2022awarded 9 Jun 2022
Awarded to Bestway National Chemists Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Nottinghamshire Healthcare holds main contracts with NHS England for the delivery of healthcare in a number of prison establishments. The Forensic Division is also responsible for Wathwood Hospital which is a 76 bedded medium secure unit belonging to Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. It is located at Wath-upon-Dearne to the north of Rotherham and caters for individuals who require assessment and treatment of mental health difficulties in a secure environment

The purpose of this project is to engage a professional pharmacy provider to deliver a pharmacy medicines supply service that is safe, patient-centred, efficient, cost effective and complies with relevant statutory requirements.

  • Recurrence: Either Three, Four or Five years (if options to extend taken)

CPV: Pharmacy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The purpose of this project is to engage a professional pharmacy provider to deliver a…AwardedRenewalPublished value£7,500,000

The purpose of this project is to engage a professional pharmacy provider to deliver a pharmacy medicines supply service that is safe, patient-centred, efficient, cost effective and complies with relevant statutory requirements.

Delivery: East Midlands · Prison establishments and Wathwood Hospital
Extensions: original for 36 months+12+12Variant 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: 45%Price: 45%Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality: 45
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 45
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As per tender documents

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 45 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
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · Either Three, Four or Five years (if options to extend taken)
First published
6 Apr 2022, 16:28 BST
Last source update
7 Jul 2022, 11:27 BST
Award evaluation window
6 May 2022 – …
Authority reference
PN1143
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-018603
Classification (CPV)
Pharmacy services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032aef Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

As per tender documents

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will allow a standstill period at the point the decision regarding the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The standstill period shall be in accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 Regulations 49, Directives (2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council) Part C Annex V. The Regulations provides for aggrieved parties who have been harmed, or are at risk of harm by a breach of the Regulations to take legal action. Any such action must be started in the High Court within the applicable limitation period. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow aggrieved parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into service from which information about the lodging of.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.procurenotts.co.uk/DisplayModules/TradeModules/Negotiations/Opportunities/ListEvents.aspx ↗

Submission deadline
6 May 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
6 May 2022, 13:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

6 May 2022 → 7 Jul 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    6 May 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    6 May 2022, 13:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    7 Jul 2022, 11:27 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    7 Jul 2022, 11:27 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £4,500,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Jun 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Bestway National Chemists Ltd£4,500,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Provision of Medicine Supply Services into Prisons and Wathwood Hospital · Bestway National Chemists Ltd

    Signed
    9 Jun 2022
    Value
    £4,500,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentRegional or local authorityHealth 200 Lichfield Lane, Mansfield, East Midlands, NG18 4RGContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • NHC Trust HQReview body Nottingham

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

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