Published date: 22 December 2020

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.


Closing: 29 December 2020, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Pharmaceutical products - 33600000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£500,000

Procurement reference

CF-0080900D0O000000rwimUAA1

Published date

22 December 2020

Closing date

29 December 2020

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

15 February 2021

Contract end date

30 June 2021

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

This is an accelerated procedure.

Justification

The Covid-19 outbreak has given rise to an\r

urgent need for the supply of hydrocortisone injection because\r

the Authority needs to be in a position to\r

treat the population as required. This does\r

not give the Authority sufficient time to\r

comply with the standard open procedure\r

time scales for this procurement. The\r

Authority considers this to be a state of\r

urgency which it has duly substantiated.\r

Accordingly, the Authority is using the\r

accelerated time limits permitted under the\r

Public Contract Regulations 2015\r

(Regulation 27(5) for the open procedure)\r

in respect of this procurement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Procurement exercise for a contract(s) for the supply of hydrocortisone injection. This procurement exercise may result in one or more contracts for the provision of hydrocortisone sodium succinate 100mg powder for solution for injection vials or hydrocortisone sodium succinate 100mg powder and solvent for solution for injection vials. The approximate volumes required by the Authority are up to 450,000 vials. Deliveries will be required no later than 30 June 2021, with an option to extend the contract for up to an additional 4 months. The award of lots is not appropriate to this procurement as the requirement is for specific medicines.

About the buyer

Contact name

Loretta George

Address

39 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0EU
GB

Email

Loretta.George@dhsc.gov.uk