United Kingdom-Newcastle upon Tyne: Pharmaceutical products

Type of document: Invitation to tender
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2016/S 121-214541/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Restricted procedure
Regulation of procurement: EU – with participation by GPA countries
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Supplies
Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Postal address: Regent Point, Regent Farm Road, Gosforth
Town: Newcastle upon Tyne
Postal code: NE3 3HD
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Alan Brinton
Telephone: +44 1912137648
Email: alan.brinton@nuth.nhs.uk
Nuts code: UKC
Internet address(es):
Main address:

The contract is awarded by central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge,at:
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted:
electronically via:
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: The aseptic preparation, dispensing and home delivery of IV antibiotics with the dispensing and home delivery of inhaled therapy for Cystic Fibrosis patients.

Reference number: T/16/018
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 33600000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description: Supply of ready made IV antibiotics and inhaled therapy for Cystic Fibrosis patients. To provide contingency for Newcastle Specials during planned or emergency close-down to supply IV antibiotics to Cystic Fibrosis patients.
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 150000 Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
33670000, 85141210

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKC
Main site or place of performance:
North East (England).

II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
Expressions of interest are invited for a contract for the aseptic preparation, dispensing and home delivery of IV antibiotics with the dispensing and home delivery of inhaled therapy for 20 Cystic Fibrosis patients over a 3 year period with an option to extend for up to 2 further periods of 12 months. Provide contingency to Newcastle Specials during planned and emergency close-down to supply IV antibiotics to Cystic Fibrosis patients for the contract period.
II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewalyes Description of renewals:1.11.2016 to 31.10.2019 with an option to extend for 2 x 12 months.

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity,including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:Execution of the service is reserved for Pharmacists that are registered with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of GB. Dispensing premises must be registered with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of GB.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria: As set out in the pre qualification questionnaire which is available from the Delta e-Sourcing system.
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability:
List and brief description of selection criteria: (a) A list of the works carried out over the past 5 years, accompanied by certificates of satisfactory execution for the most important works. These certificates shall indicate the value, date and site of the works and shall specify whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade and properly completed. Where appropriate, the competent authority shall submit these certificates to the contracting authority direct;
(b) An indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the economic operator’s undertaking, especially those responsible for quality control and, in the case of public works contracts, those upon whom the contractor can call in order to carry out the work;
(c) Where the products or services to be supplied are complex or, exceptionally, are required for a special purpose, a check carried out by the contracting authorities or on their behalf by a competent official body of the country in which the supplier or service provider is established, subject to that body’s agreement, on the production capacities of the supplier or the technical capacity of the service provider and, if necessary, on the means of study and research which are available to it and the quality control measures it will operate.

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Restricted procedureIV.1.8) Information about the 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:2014/S 241-424475
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 2016-07-21
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date: 2016-07-25
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:EN

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement: yes
IV.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.3) Additional information:
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
GO Reference: GO-2016621-PRO-8390035.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Postal address: Regent Point, Regent Farm Road
Town: Newcastle upon Tyne
Postal code: NE3 3HD
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1912137524
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2016-06-21