Notice Information
Notice Title
Supply of Dry Ice
Notice Description
SNBTS requires supplies of Dry Ice for the transport of blood products and frozen tissue products such as bone, tendons and heart valves and for distribution of a medicinal products. The use of dry ice during transportation is to ensure that the storage temperature required during transportation can be maintained.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This is a voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice. Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service requires the supply of Dry Ice, without which they are unable to transport life saving blood components, tissues, cells and medicinal products. There are currently no other means available to SNBTS of transporting these items without the use of Dry Ice. A full open procurement process was conducted to identify the most economically advantageous tender, no compliant bids were received. To ensure supply of this critical product, SNBTS are entering into an agreement with the current supplier for continued deliveries of Dry Ice.
Options: SNBTS may extend the contract for up to two (2) twelve (12) month periods.
Renewal: The Contract period shall be for an initial period of 48 months from the date of commencement of the Contract. SNBTS shall be entitled, at its option, to continue the period of the Contract for two (2) twelve (12) month extension periods.
Procurement Information
Justification for selected award procedure:
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0369cb
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010137-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
24 - Chemical products
-
- CPV Codes
24100000 - Gases
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £77,000 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 27 Mar 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 24 Oct 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 1 Mar 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Two (2) twelve (12) month extensions will be allowed.
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Cancelled
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active, Unsuccessful
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) ("NSS")
- Contact Name
- Sheila Ferguson
- Contact Email
- sheila.ferguson2@nhs.scot
- Contact Phone
- +44 1313145542
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH14 4BE
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- Drum Brae/Gyle
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh South West
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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