Tender

Aseptic Services to provide Parenteral Nutrition, Biologicals and Chemotherapy products.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

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10 Jul 2023 at 11:57

Summary of the contracting process

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust has issued a tender for Aseptic Services to provide Parenteral Nutrition, Biologicals and Chemotherapy products. The service provider will be responsible for preparing and delivering drugs within a sterile environment from a MHRA compliant facility near the OX3 9DU postcode. The contracting authority may directly purchase drugs or have the supplier purchase them on their behalf. Key dates include the tender closing on August 5, 2023, with amendments made to the tender deadline and title.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses in the medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products industry to provide aseptic services to the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. Companies well-equipped to handle sterile drug manufacturing and delivery within proximity to OX3 9DU should consider bidding. The procurement process is currently at the tender stage, offering a 10-year contract term with a total value of GBP 200,000,000. Suppliers must adhere to selection criteria requiring professional qualifications and financial guarantees.

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Notice Title

Aseptic Services to provide Parenteral Nutrition, Biologicals and Chemotherapy products.

Notice Description

The aseptic service provider will be required to prepare and deliver drugs and associated services within a sterile environment by microbiologists, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who make up the bespoke patient doses from base drugs.<br/>The supplier will be expected to provide the service from a fully staffed MHRA compliant manufacturing facility, within 30 minutes of the OX3 9DU postcode.<br/>OUH may purchase the drugs directly, that will be 'handled' by the supplier, or instruct the supplier to purchase them on the Trusts behalf to then be rebated on a monthly basis to deliver the compound service.<br/>The supplier will be required to manufacture named patient supply and batch supplies of Parenteral Nutrition, Biologicals and Chemotherapy, Essentially, the supplier will receive raw materials (un-compounded drugs) and process them into tangible products as per the Trusts requirements.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) is seeking an Aseptic Service Provider to manufacture, prepare, and deliver drugs and associated services.
The supplier will be expected to provide the service from a fully staffed, Sterile MHRA compliant manufacturing facility, using qualified microbiologists, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who manufacture the bespoke patient doses from base drugs.
Daily deliveries of 'fresh product' to the Trust's sites will be required and sometimes several times a day, due to this the Trust will require the Aseptic Service Provider facility to be based within a 30-minute distribution location due to the expiry of certain drug doses.
The supplier will be required to manufacture named patient supply and batch supplies of Parenteral Nutrition, Biologicals and Chemotherapy. Essentially, the supplier will receive raw materials (un-compounded drugs) and process them into tangible products as per the Trusts' requirements, with the current levels detailed below:
This will be for Adults, Paediatric and Neonatal patients.
Current annual volume of work is:
-- 3 471 Adult standard TPN bags,
-- 517 Adult standard TPN bags with tailored additions,
-- 2 060 Adult bespoke TPN bags,
-- 750 Paediatric TPN Bags as a mixture of batches of standard formulations and tailor-made bags named for patients,
-- 4 584 Neonatal TPN bags as a mixture of: standard bags of the shelf, batches of standard formulations and tailored bags named for patients,
-- 30 602 named patient cancer chemotherapeutic doses,
-- 4 144 named patient mono-clonal antibodies,
OUH may purchase some of the drugs directly, that will be 'handled' by the supplier, or instruct the supplier to purchase them on the Trusts' behalf to then be rebated monthly to deliver the compound service.
The contract will be awarded to the successful supplier for a term of 10 years
Additional CPV Codes;
33600000- Pharmaceutical products
33140000- Medical consumables
85149000 - Pharmacy services
33616000 - Vitamins
33617000- Mineral supplements
33692200- Parenteral nutrition products
33692300- Enteral feeds
3369250- Injectable solutions
33692700 - Glucose solutions
15880000 - Special nutritional products. Additional information: Suppliers must use the project reference C104601 in all correspondence. Suppliers must follow the instructions fully. Suppliers are responsible for their own tender costs.
The Authority will not be responsible for any such costs, or any costs if the procurement is abandoned and/or the contract is not awarded.
The agreement duration will be 120 months. The Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest offer or any offer either in part, each item for this purpose being treated as separately.
The Authority will not accept completed SQs after the stated closing date.
All tender costs and liabilities incurred by bidders shall be the sole responsibility of the bidders.
The Authority reserves the right to award the contract in whole, in part for different lots, or annul the tendering process and not award any contract.
All documents to be priced [where applicable] in sterling and all payments made in sterling.
In relation to Section II.1.9 above - variants will be accepted to the extent permitted in the ITPD.
The draft specification is available to bidders who access the procurement documents at SQ stage. The draft contract and procurement documents for additional stages will be issued to the bidders selected at SQ Stage.

Expressions of interest which are submitted without the information requested may not be considered.
The Authority reserves the right not to proceed with the process at any stage of the procurement process and shall not be responsible for any abortive bid costs incurred.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03e038
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021296-2023
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive dialogue
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products

33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

15880000 - Special nutritional products

33000000 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

33140000 - Medical consumables

33600000 - Pharmaceutical products

33616000 - Vitamins

33617000 - Mineral supplements

33692200 - Parenteral nutrition products

33692300 - Enteral feeds

33692500 - Injectable solutions

33692700 - Glucose solutions

85149000 - Pharmacy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£200,000,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
£150,000,000 £100M-£1B
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Jul 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
5 Aug 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
31 Jul 2025 - 31 Jul 2035 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
Contact Name
Lucy Barker
Contact Email
lucy.barker@ouh.nhs.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
OXFORD
Postcode
OX3 9DU
Post Town
Oxford
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
Delivery Location
TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC

Local Authority
Oxford
Electoral Ward
Headington Hill & Northway
Westminster Constituency
Oxford East

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