Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
East Midlands Pharmacy Collaborative
Level 3, London Road Community Hospital, London Road
Derby
DE74 2NJ
UK
Telephone: +44 1332787861
E-mail: ravi.gautam@nhs.net
Fax: +44 1332787861
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.derbyhospitals.nhs.uk/primary/pharmacy/empc/
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Framework Agreement for the supply of Viscoelastics
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33600000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
This contract is for the provision of a service to supply Viscoelastic products for use in participating Trusts.
Sodium Hyaluronate / Hyaluronates are gel like substances (viscoelastics) which are used as a surgical aid in ophthalmology. This project will review the use of viscoelastics with EMPC member Trusts within the East and West Midlands and look to provide a cost/service improvement through an OJEU tender process.
EMPC, acting on behalf of participating Trusts, reserves the right to award to more than one supplier to achieve the aims of this tender.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
582 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33600000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This tender is to establish a framework agreement for the supply of Viscoelastic to participating trusts, in line with the agreed specification. Estimated usage is 15420 syringes per year by our member Trusts.
East Midlands Pharmacy Collaboration (EMPC) is a procurement collaborative hosted by Royal Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, acting as an agent on behalf of its Member Organisations. The member organisations currently working with EMPC and who may purchase under any contract awarded through this process are found at http://www.derbyhospitals.nhs.uk/primary/pharmacy/empc/.
The following bodies with consent from EMPC may also have access to this Framework Agreement:
The public and voluntary sector bodies to whom the use of this framework agreement will be open include all contracting authorities in the United Kingdom as defined in Regulation 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as well as all contracting authorities and entities in the European Union as defined in the Annexes to Commission Decision 2008/963/EC as may be updated from time to time. In particular, it is envisaged that this framework agreement will be used by the following entities in the United Kingdom as described below.
(particularly where such entities are of a health and/or social care nature):
All National Health Service (NHS) bodies in England, including but not limited to:
— acute trusts (a list of which can be found at.
http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/acutetrustlisting.aspx;
— health and care trusts (a list of which can be found at.
http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx
— mental health trusts (a list of which can be found at.
http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/MentalHealthTrustListing.aspx;
— clinical commissioning groups (a list of which can be found at.
http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CCGListing.aspx;
— ambulance trusts (a list of which can be found at.
http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AmbulanceTrustListing.aspx;
— area teams (a list of which can be found at.
http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AreaTeamListing.aspx; Special health authorities
http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx;
NHS England (formerly the NHS Commissioning Board); and clinical senates and strategic clinical networks.
Her Majesty's Prison Service (as detailed at www.justice.gov.uk/about/hmps).
The above list includes each organisation's successors and assigns, any equivalent organisations and any associated organisations created as a result of any organisational changes.
In addition, the use of this framework agreement will be open to any bodies or organisations operating in the United Kingdom and/or any country in the European Union which are of a health and/or social care nature or which have a similar procurement need in respect of any goods or services to any of the above listed organisations.
Furthermore, and if provided for in the contract documents, EMPC may extend the scope and benefit of the framework agreement to any private sector (i.e. all non-public sector) organisations operating in the United Kingdom and/or any country in the European Union which are of a health and/or social care nature who may also use this framework agreement.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 40 %
Quality criterion: Security of Supply
/ Weighting: 20 %
Quality criterion: Products
/ Weighting: 15 %
Quality criterion: Service
/ Weighting: 15 %
Quality criterion: Quality Control
/ Weighting: 10 %
Price
/ Weighting:
40 %
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2017/S 178-364006
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: D82.D49.396
Title: Framework Agreement for the Supply of Viscoelastic
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
15/12/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 9
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 9
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Alcon Eye Care UK Ltd
Park View Riverside Way Watchmoor Park Camberley
Surrey
GU15 3YL
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
AMO United Kingdom Ltd
Abbott House Vanwall Business Park Vanwall Road
Maidenhead
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Bausch & Lomb UK Ltd
106-112 London Road Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames
KT2 6TN
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Beaver Visitec International Sales Ltd
85c Park Drive Milton Park Abingdon Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
OX14 4RY
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Carl Zeiss Ltd
509 Coldhams Lane
Cambridge
CB1 3JS
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Lenstec (Barbados) Inc
Lenstec House
Wakefield
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
SD Healthcare Limited
Manchester
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Vision Matrix Ltd
Vision Matrix Ltd
Harrogate
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Vision Pharmaceuticals Ltd T/a Spectrum
Vision Pharmaceuticals Ltd T/a Spectrum
Macclesfield
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 756 272.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
EMPC is a procurement collaborative hosted by Derby Hospitals NHS Trust, acting as an agent on behalf of its.
Member Organisations. The member organisations currently working with EMPC and who may purchase under any contract awarded through this process are as follows:
— United Lincolnshire Hospitals.
— Northampton General Hospital.
— Kettering General Hospital.
— Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
— Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
— University Hospitals of Leicester.
— Nottingham University Hospitals.
— Chesterfield Royal Hospital.
— Walsall Manor Hospital.
Other Member Trusts:
— Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
— Nottinghamshire Healthcare.
— Northampton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Variants may be accepted at the member organisations' discretion provided that they meet the core requirements as set out in the Invitation to Tender. Tenders and all supporting documents must be priced in Sterling and completed in English (or full English translation provided at no cost). Any contract entered into be considered a contract made in England according to English Law and which shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. The member organisations and EMPC are not and shall not be liable for any costs by those expressing an interest or concern for this contract opportunity. The member organisations and the host member reserves the right at all times acting in its absolute discretion, not to award a contract, to make what changes to the structure, format, procedures, CPV codes and timing of the procurement process and to cancel or vary the process in its entirety or any part of it.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
East Midlands Pharmacy Collaborative
London Road Community Hospital
Derby
DE1 2QY
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
East Midlands Pharmacy Collaborative will incorporate a minimum 10 calendars day standstill period at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the EMPC before the contract is entered into. Applicants have two working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing, and that information has to be provided a minimum of three working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be requested via the Bravo eTendering system uaing the messaging facility within the appropriate ITT. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed for are at risk from harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
25/01/2018