Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Supply Chain Operated by DHL Supply Chain Limited acting as agent of Supply Chain Coordination Ltd (SCCL)
Skipton House, 80 London Road
London
SE1 6LH
UK
Contact person: Sukhy Rai
E-mail: sukhy.rai@supplychain.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKI4
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health/about/procurement
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal agency/office
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Combined Safety Syringes and Needles for COVID-19 Vaccination Programme - Morbidly Obese Requirement
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33141320
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Public Health England (PHE) and Supply Chain Coordination Limited (SCCL) wish to procure a stockpile of products to be distributed for future vaccines in relation to the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme.
Product to be procured is as follows:
Safety Hypodermic needle and syringe 25G or 23G x 8mm (1.5 inch) with 1ml polypropylene barrel syringe with graduations at 0.1ml and markers at least at 0.05ml with contained needle and no more than 35 microlitres of dead volume.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
778 200.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Various Locations in the UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The procurement for Syringes and Needles is for the administration of future pandemic vaccine candidates that are not yet available, but form part of the UK's overall vaccine programme. These products will be distributed by Public Health England.
The Supplier(s) awarded to this Contract will be required to deliver the required volume of the awarded products as stated within the tender documents to prescribed Movianto UK (or other nominated) Depots.
It is anticipated that the following volumes will be required:
Product volume requirement for morbidly obese (longer needle) is 7,800,000 eaches (2,250,000 x3 deliveries) split across 60% and 40% awarded volume.
Applicants will be required to submit samples in the form of 1 x UOS of Ward Ready Products (“products for verification”) for each product bid against the evaluated Product Line(s) by mid June 2021.
NHS Supply Chain anticipates appointing the highest scoring Applicant who meet the minimum requirements, which are set out in the tender documents to the relevant Product Line.
Applicants may bid for one or more Product Lines, however it should be noted that where they are the highest scoring Applicant for the 60% volume line their offer for the associated 40% volume line, if bid, will not be considered for evaluation. However, NHS Supply Chain reserves the right to award the full 100% volume to one Applicant in the event no other compliant bids are received. Please refer to the tender documents for further information in respect of the Award.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2021/S 000-012384
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: Project_120
Title: Combined Safety Syringes and Needles for COVID-19 Vaccination Programme - Morbidly Obese Requirement
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
16/08/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 24
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 23
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 22
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 24
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Owen Mumford Limited
Woodstock
UK
NUTS: UKJ14
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Reliance Medical Ltd
Talke
UK
NUTS: UKG23
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 778 200.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/09/2021