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Contract for the supply of ciprofloxacin and doxycycline.

Contract notice

Supplies

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

The Secretary of State for Health acting through the Commercial Medicines Unit (part of the Department of Health)
Castle View House, East Lane
For the attention of: Lynne Nichols
WA7 2AA Runcorn
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1928794653
E-mail:
Fax: +44 1928794658

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: https://cmu.bravosolution.co.uk

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.3)Main activity
Health
Other: Public Procurement
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Contract for the supply of ciprofloxacin and doxycycline.
II.1.2)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 Enlgand to be notified to the successful bidder(s) following contract award.

NUTS code UK

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves a public contract
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Supply of ciprofloxacin tablets and suspension and doxycycline to the Department of Health.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

33651100

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.1.8)Lots
This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
The quantity required will be stated in the invitation to tender documents.
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: yes
Description of these options: Bidders may offer for one or more of the antibiotics described in II.1.5.
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 12 (from the award of the contract)

Information about lots

Lot title: Ciprofloxacin
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

33651100

3)Quantity or scope
The quantity required will be stated in the invitation to tender documents.
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this may be done in whole or in part via electronic means using the Internet.
The list of antibiotics presentations, strengths and pack sizes and indicative volumes will be included in the Invitation to Tender. Bidders may offer for one or more of those antibiotics.
Lot title: Doxycycline
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

33651100

3)Quantity or scope
The quantity required will be stated in the invitation to tender documents.
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this may be done in whole or in part via electronic means using the Internet.
The list of antibiotics presentations, strengths and pack sizes and indicative volumes will be included in the Invitation to Tender. Bidders may offer for one or more of those antibiotics.

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
Parent company or other guarantees may be required in certain circumstances. See the invitation to offer for further details.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
No special legal form is required but, if a contract is awarded to a consortium of economic operators, the members of that consortium may be required to form a legal entity before entering into the contract and may be required to provide parent or directors' guarantees or, if not required to form a legal entity, members of a consortium may be required to accept joint and several liability both to the Contracting Authority under the contract.
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Any supplier may be disqualified who does not respond to the following in the requisite manner:
1) Entering general PQQ supplier information
The CMU (part of the Department of Health) utilises the NHS Supplier Information Database (sid4health) to manage and assess general pre-qualification information in the form of a profile. Candidates are requested to provide their profile in sid4health as follows:
i) Candidates must obtain a Dun & Bradstreet (D&B;) D-U-N-S® Number to enable registration on sid4health. This normally is provided within 48 hours but may take up to 5 days*, so please ensure this step is completed as soon as possible. The D-U-N-S® number is the standard supplier coding for the NHS and must be obtained for use in all trading with the NHS. Check to see if your company has a D-U-N-S® Number on the Sid4health registration page.

* The D-U-N-S® Number registration turnaround time quoted is for UK subjects. Non UK subjects (businesses registered outside of the UK), should use www.dnb.com and choose the country in which the business is registered from the selection at the top of the Home page and then search for DUNS request form. If unable to find a DUNS request form please contact the local Customer Services team. Turnaround times will vary from Country to country.

ii) Candidates must go to the following web page http://www.sid4health.nhs.uk/home.action. Select the Register Organisation on the left of the page and then select Organisation Type supplier. Key in details as shown to search for your D-U-N-S® Number. If you are not on their database click on the link at the bottom of the page to obtain a number from D&B.;

iii) Once registration has been authorised by the sid4health administrator and after receiving logon details, access the Profile Management area and create and validate your sid4health company profile. (Candidates must publish at least one validated profile to make their profile available for buyers to view generally - see the Help page on sid4health within Profile Management for more details).
iv) Candidates should ensure all the mandatory fields of their sid4health profile are completed. Failure to comply with the completion of all mandatory fields could result in the elimination from the procurement process at this PQQ stage. D&B; data will be supplied automatically by D&B.;
v) Once a candidate has ensured that all the required fields are completed for this PQQ and the profile has been validated, they must add the profile to the Request to Participate list ID’d T1200_250 and named pqq_29018 contract for the supply of ciprofloxacin and doxycycline. Select ‘View all request to participate lists’ on the left menu and search/select this list. Select the Join button to the right of the list and then select the validated profile to allocate to this procurement (you may have more than one validated profile as you may have different information held against your profile for different procurements) (Please note the number on the Request To Participate list name should be the same as that generated by the Bravo PQQ creation i.e. the pqq_29018. It is easiest to copy and paste this straight from Bravo).

vi) Where access to Sid4health is unavailable, please contact the sid4health Helpdesk at: .

2) submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information

This procurement exercise will be conducted on the CMU (part of the Department of Health) eTendering portal at www.cmu.bravosolution.com.uk. Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement specific information (if required) through the CMU (part of the Department of Health) eTendering portal as follows:

i) Candidates should register on the CMU (part of the Department of Health) eTendering portal at https://www.cmu.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register:

- Accept the terms and conditions and click continue,
- Enter your correct business and user details,
- Note the username you chose and click save when complete,
- You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).
ii) Once registered, candidates must express your interest as follows:
a. login to the CMU (part of the Department of Health) eTendering portal
b. select Response to OJEU advert and PQQ
c. select PQQs Open To All Suppliers
d. access listing related to this contract pqq_29018 contract for the supply of ciprofloxacin and doxycycline and view details
e. click on express interest button in the actions box on the left-hand side of the page.
iii) Once you have expressed interest, the PQQ will move to My PQQs, where you can download additional documentation (if required in III.2.1.1.ii above), and construct your reply as instructed. You must then publish your reply using the publish button.

iv) For any support in submitting your expression of interest please contact the ETendering Help-desk at +44 8003684850 or .

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As per requirements to complete sid4health profile - see III.2.1 for more information on how to complete sid4health profile.
Please refer to PQQ evaluation approach document, which can be accessed once you have expressed an interest within the Bravo portal under pqq_29018.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Please refer to PQQ evaluation approach document, which can be accessed once you have expressed an interest within the Bravo portal under pqq_29018.
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Restricted
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
CM/EMP/12/5311
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior information notice

Notice number in the OJEU: 2011/S 31-051141 of 15.2.2011

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
13.2.2012 - 12:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
English.
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.3)Additional information
If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this may be done in whole or in part via electronic means using the Internet.

Potential suppliers should note that, in accordance with the Government’s policies on transparency, the CMU (part of the Department of Health) intends to publish the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ), the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document, and the text of any contract awarded, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the CMU (part of the Department of Health). Further information on transparency can be found at: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/guidance-transparency.

VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Contracting Authority will incorporate a standstill period at the point the decision regarding the award of the contract is communicated to Offerors. The Contracting Authority draws Offerors attention to their rights under the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 as amended by the Public Contracts (amendment) Regulations 2009.
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
13.1.2012