Seasonal Influenza Vaccines
A Tender Notice
by THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) (NSS)
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Supply)
- Duration
- 1 year
- Value
- ___
- Sector
- HEALTH
- Published
- 08 Jan 2024
- Delivery
- To 21 Mar 2025 (est.)
- Deadline
- 24 Jan 2024 14:00
Concepts
Location
Goods should be delivered to the Authority's nominated storage and distribution provider. Details will be shared with awarded Contractor(s) in due course.
2 buyers
- NHS National Services Scotland NSS Edinburgh
Description
Supply of influenza vaccines for use in the NHS Scotland 2024/25 Seasonal Flu Programme.
Lot Division
1 | Influenza Vaccine for adults aged 65 years and above, as recommended by JCVI for 2024/25 Supply of influenza vaccines as recommended by JCVI for adults aged 65 years and above to NHS Scotland for use in the 2024/25 NHS Scotland Seasonal Flu Programme. The Authority intends to award this Lot as a Commitment Contract to a single supplier. Any Bidder that submits a bid for the same vaccine for both Lot 1 and Lot 2 will only be eligible for award to one of those Lots. Full details of the Goods and volumes can be found within the ITT documents. |
2 | Influenza Vaccine for Persons aged 18 to 64 years, as recommended by JCVI for 2024/25 Supply of influenza vaccines as recommended by JCVI for adults aged 18 to 64 years to NHS Scotland for use in the 2024/25 NHS Scotland Seasonal Flu Programme. The Authority intends to award this Lot as a Commitment Contract to a single supplier. Any Bidder that submits a bid for the same vaccine for both Lot 1 and Lot 2 will only be eligible for award to one of those Lots. Full details of the Goods and volumes can be found within the ITT documents. |
3 | Cell-culture Influenza Vaccine for children aged 6 months to 17 years, as recommended by JCVI for 2024/25 Supply of cell-culture influenza vaccines as recommended by JCVI for children aged 6 months to 17 years to NHS Scotland for use in the 2024/25 NHS Scotland Seasonal Flu Programme. The Authority intends to award this Lot as a Commitment Contract to a single supplier. Full details of the Goods and volumes can be found within the ITT documents. |
Award Criteria
Delivery Schedule | 10.0 |
PRICE | 90.0 |
CPV Codes
- 33651660 - Influenza vaccines
Indicators
- Bids should cover one or more lots.
- Bids should cover the whole contract.
- Renewals are not available.
- Professional qualifications are sought.
- Award on basis of price.
Legal Justification
Vaccine manufacturers have advised that Contracts for supply of flu vaccines for the 2024/25 flu programme must be awarded no later than February to secure the required volumes/capacity with their manufacturing sites.
Other Information
The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 12345. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-pr... A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: It is a mandatory requirement that potential contractors agree to support the concept, provision, and ongoing development of community benefits provision in relation to this contract. Potential contractors are required to agree to this mandatory requirement. They are also requested to provide a summary of the community benefits that have recently been delivered within Scotland, if at all, and what impact and outcomes these have achieved. Potential contractors are required to summarise any proposed community benefits that will be developed and delivered as part of this contract if successful or, alternatively, potential contractors confirm that they will engage with the NHS Scotland’s Community Benefits Gateway (CBG). This gateway, developed through requests from suppliers seeking opportunities to support the delivery of community benefits within the contracting region, provides information on community benefit opportunities. The CBG is a free and easy to use online service that connects NHS Scotland suppliers with third sector community organisations within Scotland and will be used for tracking and reporting and is an approved compliant route to the realisation of community benefits. For further information please visit NHSS Community Benefit Gateway (https://www.nss.nhs.scot/procurement-and-logistics/sustainability/access-our-com...). (SC Ref:753913)
Reference
- FTS 000574-2024