Published date: 30 March 2016

This notice was replaced on 30 March 2016

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 21 February 2017)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Wipes - 33141118

  • Sharps containers - 33141123

  • Syringes - 33141310

    • Medical needles - 33141320

    • Medical kits - 33141620

    • Various medicinal products - 33690000

Location of contract

RG1 2LU

Value of contract

£80,000 to £260,000

Procurement reference

RBC 00000011

Published date

30 March 2016

Closing date

3 May 2016

Contract start date

1 August 2016

Contract end date

30 September 2017

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Reading Borough Council (RBC) is commissioning a service for the provision of needle exchange packs and related paraphernalia to their community pharmacists and specialist drug agencies in the Reading borough area.

This Invitation to Tender (ITT) has been prepared by RBC's Public Health - Drug and Alcohol Team (DAAT) in order to establish a contract with a sole supplier to provide appropriate needle exchange packs and associated items to the Council.

RBC is committed to providing a comprehensive range of injecting equipment to their service users and to ensuring that this equipment is available from a range of locations throughout the Borough. The Council also aims to consult service users in how this provision can best suit their needs and expectation and hope to achieve a high return rate of used equipment.
Currently this service is being provided by an external provider under interim contract arrangements whilst the tendering exercise is being conducted.



 

More information

Links

Additional text

The procurement documents are available to interested parties via the Council's e-tendering system (In-Tend) at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/readingbc (Project Reference No. RBC 00000011 refers).
For this particular project contractors will need to be registered on the Council's e-tendering system (In-Tend) using the following Proclass category codes:
311200 - Healthcare - Drugs
151510 - Healthcare - Public Health


Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No https://in-tendhost.co.uk/readingbc/aspx/

About the buyer

Contact name

John Littlefair

Address

Bridge Street
Reading
Berks
RG1 2LU
United Kingdom

Telephone

0118 9372568

Email

john.littlefair@reading.gov.uk