United Kingdom-Runcorn: Pharmaceutical products – Framework Lead

The current contract for Pharmaceutical products – Framework Lead is projected to end on 21-NOV-18 and may be available for retender.
Description:
Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:: Strategic stockpile of medicines 2015.

Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Supplies
Purchase
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: To a location in England to be notified to the successful bidder(s) following award to framework agreement.
NUTS code

Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with several operators
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in years: 4
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 5 000 000 and 10 000 000 GBP

Short description of the contract or purchase(s): This procurement exercise is intended to establish a framework agreement against which Public Health England would call off their requirements for the stockpile of emergency medicines. This includes the provision of: ciprofloxacin tablets, dicobalt edetate, obidoxime and Prussian blue (ferric hexacyanoferrate).
Deliveries will be required over a period of 2 years, with an option to extend for up to a further 2 years.

Information about variants: Variants will be accepted: no