Notice Information
Notice Title
Homecare Services for the supply of Parenteral Nutrition bags
Notice Description
This Framework Agreement is for the Homecare Service for the supply of Parenteral Nutrition bags, compounded or supplied as standard multi chamber or supplemented, or as simple fluid bags manufactured under Special license in accordance with each individual patient's prescription, dispensed and delivered to them at home, or other designated delivery points on behalf of NHS Scotland.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This Framework Agreement is for the provision of a Homecare Service for the supply of Parenteral Nutrition bags, compounded or supplied as standard multi chamber bags or supplemented, or as simple fluid bags individually dispensed and delivered to them at home along with the regular supply of the associated ancillaries delivered to patients in their own homes, or other designated delivery points on behalf of NHS Scotland. It also includes the collection and removal of waste from a patient, and has the option to supply additional nursing support services. Full details for the service are detailed within the 'Service Specification' attached within the tender documentation. This tender is for approximately 260 patients across NHS Scotland resulting in the requirement to manufacture or supply approximately 75,000 nutrition bags and make approximately 7,000 home deliveries per annum. The number of patients, compounded bags and deliveries will vary throughout the duration of the framework agreement. The framework agreement will be awarded as a multi-supplier unranked Framework to a maximum of four (4) suppliers. Full details of the Goods and Services can be found within the ITT documents.
Renewal: This framework includes the option to extend for period(s) up to a total of twenty-four (24) months upon giving not less than three (3) months written notice, such notice to expire no later than the date the Framework Agreement is due to expire.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0478a0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001646-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
-
- CPV Codes
33600000 - Pharmaceutical products
33612000 - Medicinal products for functional gastrointestinal disorders
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- £60,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £60,000,000 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Jan 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 31 Jul 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 16 Dec 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- 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
- Mrs Lorna Mairi Gibson
- Contact Email
- mairi.gibson@nhs.scot
- Contact Phone
- +44 1698794544
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH12 9EB
- 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
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