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Published 13 Dec 2021, 12:09 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Sodium Chloride 0.9% for injection

Official notice

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

GoodsOpen procedureAccelerated
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£400,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 30 Dec 2021
Contract term 6 moends 30 Jul 2022 · extension options published · starts 1 Feb 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Procurement exercise for a contract(s) for the supply of sodium chloride 0.9% for injection

CPV: Pharmaceutical products

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The provision of Sodium Chloride 0.9% for injection to be used in response to the… 6 moPublished value£400,000

The provision of Sodium Chloride 0.9% for injection to be used in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Deliveries will be required in 2022.

Contract period: 1 Feb 2022 – 30 Jul 2022 (6 mo)
Delivery: UK · To a location in the England to be notified to the successful bidder following contract award.
Extensions: The contract has the option to be extended for up to an additional 3 monthsVariant 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: 65%Price: 25%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Quality: 25%
  • Risk: 10%
  • Delivery date: 30%
  • Price: 25%
  • Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
  • Quality: 25
  • Risk: 10
  • Delivery date: 30
  • Social value: 10
  • Price: 25
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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 · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Closed
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
13 Dec 2021, 12:09 GMT
Last source update
13 Dec 2021, 12:09 GMT
Award evaluation window
30 Dec 2021 – …
Authority reference
CM/PHV/22/55319
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-030931
Accelerated

Sodium chloride 0.9 % for injection is required urgently to support the deployment of some covid-19 vaccines. The Covid-19 pandemic and identification of new variants requires continuous review and changes to vaccination programme, and recent events have not provided the authority with sufficient time to comply with the standard Open Procedure time scales for this procurement. Accordingly, the authority is using the accelerated time limits for the open procedure permitted under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (Regulation 27(5)) to conduct this procurement.

Classification (CPV)
Pharmaceutical products
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03004a Find a Tender

Publisher note: Responding to this notice: suppliers who do not respond to this procurement exercise in the following manner may be disqualified from the procurement process provided that the following conditions will operate in addition to and not replace any other conditions stated in the procurement documents which may result in disqualification.<br/>1) Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information. This procurement exercise will be conducted on the eTendering portal at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Candidates wishing to be considered for this procurement exercise must register and provide additional procurement specific information (if requested), through the eTendering portal as follows:<br/>1.1) if not already registered, candidates should register on the eTendering portal at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome and click the link to register:<br/>— ‘accept the terms and conditions’,<br/>— enter your correct business details,<br/>— click ‘Submit’ when complete,<br/>— you will shortly receive an email from the Salesforce platform asking you to finalise your registration;<br/>1.2) once registered, candidates must express interest as follows:<br/>(a) login to the eTendering portal,<br/>(b) select ‘View our Live Opportunities’,<br/>(c) select the opportunity that you are interested in,<br/>(d) ‘Register interest’,<br/>(e) select ‘confirm’,<br/>(f) once you have expressed interest, it will move to ‘My Proposals and Quotes’, where you can download additional documentation (if required) and construct your reply as instructed. You must then publish your reply using the ‘Publish’ button;<br/>1.3) for any support in registering on the portal or submitting your expression of interest please contact the Atamis Help-desk at +44 8009956035 or support-health@atamis.co.uk<br/>2) General supplier information. To manage and assess supplier information the contracting authority requests candidates provide their company profile in the Governments supplier information database, supplier registration, as follows<br/>2.1) If not already registered, candidates must go to the following web page https://supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk and select ‘Register’ at the top right of the page. Key in details as requested to search for your company. If you do not have a D-U-N-S Number, click on the link at the right of the page to obtain a number from D&B. Candidates must obtain a Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) D-U-N-S Number to enable registration on supplier registration.<br/>2.2) Once registration is complete you are able to create and update your registered company profile. Candidates should ensure all the mandatory fields of their supplier registration profile are completed and up to date for each procurement exercise. D&B data will be supplied automatically by D&B.<br/>2.3) For further help or information concerning supplier registration, please contact the Helpdesk at:support@nqc.com or telephone +44(0)1614137982.<br/>Other contracting authorities<br/>The contract(s) is for the benefit of the contracting 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. The resulting products delivered against the contract(s) may be made available to the UK devolved administrations, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories to undertake their respective vaccination programmes.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://health.atamis.co.uk ↗

Submission deadline
30 Dec 2021, 13:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
30 days from the deadline
Bids opened
30 Dec 2021, 14:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

13 Dec 2021 → 1 Feb 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    13 Dec 2021, 12:09 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    30 Dec 2021, 13:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    30 Dec 2021, 14:00 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    1 Feb 2022

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 email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body LondonContact email

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