Contract notice

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

I.2) Joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:

https://nhsengland.bravosolution.co.uk

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:

https://nhsengland.bravosolution.co.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions

I.5) Main activity

Health

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.2) Description

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.2) Administrative information

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

VI.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

VI.3) Additional information

Responding to this notice. Any supplier may be disqualified who does not respond to the following in the requisite manner:

1) Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information. This procurement exercise will be conducted on the eTendering portal at: www.nhsengland.bravosolution.co.uk

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: 1.1) If not already registered, Candidates should register on the eTendering portal at:

https://www.nhsengland.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register: accept the terms and conditions and click continue, enter your correct business and user details, note the username you chose and click save when complete, you will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).

1.2) Once registered, candidates must express interest as follows:

a) login to the eTendering portal;

b) Select Response to ITT;

c) select ITTs Open To All Suppliers;

d) access listing related to this procurement NHS Framework Agreement for Aflibercept injection and Ranibizumab injection and view details;

e) click on Express interest button at the top of the page;

f) Once you have expressed interest, the ITT will move to My ITTs, where you can download additional documentation (if required), and construct your reply as instructed. You must then publish your reply using the Publish button.

1.3) For any support in registering on the portal or submitting your expression of interest please contact the eTendering Help-desk

At +44 800 368 4850 or: help@bravosolution.co.uk

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, sid4gov, as follows:

2.1) If not already registered, Candidates must go to the following web page: https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ and select Register for sid4gov at the bottom of the page. Key in details as requested to search for your company. If you do not have a D-UN-S® Number, click on the link at the right of the page to obtain a number from D and B. Candidates must obtain a Dun and Bradstreet (D and B) D-U-N-S® Number to enable registration on sid4gov.

2.2) Once registration is complete you are able to create and update your sid4gov company profile. Candidates should ensure all the mandatory fields of their sid4gov profile are completed and up to date for each procurement exercise. D and B data will be supplied automatically by D and B.

2.3) For further help or information concerning Sid4gov, please contact the sid4gov Helpdesk at: support@nqc.com or telephone +44 (0) 845 299 2994.

The framework agreement is for the benefit of other participating NHS bodies (whether acting individually, or on behalf of, or together as members of any consortia) along with any other non-NHS bodies which the participants deem necessary for the delivery of services or goods to NHS bodies, local authorities, other government departments or non-departmental public bodies charged with the delivery of healthcare or health related services. Variants: An Offerer is permitted to submit any number of variants to the Authority (subject to the minimum requirements set out in the ITO Terms of Offer Document 2, paragraph 8.2.1)

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

29/06/2018