Published date: 16 August 2019

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 17 April 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Pharmaceutical products - 33600000

  • Storage and warehousing services - 63120000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£7,753,898

Procurement reference

Department of Health

Published date

16 August 2019

Closing date

17 April 2018

Contract start date

14 June 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract type

Not specified

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.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Essential Medicines Buffer Stock (intravenous (IV) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) fluids) only. NOTE: Published for completeness - the contract award notice was not published at the time of award. It has been published for transparency purposes to provide a record of existing departmental contracts, and this contract award predates the launch of this current version of Contracts Finder.

The Secretary of State for Health, acting through the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) owns an Essential Medicines Buffer Stockpile (EMBS), which was first set up in 2009. The purpose of the EMBS is to have medicines that are routinely used in the NHS, available for release into the UK supply chain in the event of pandemic or other health emergency. The current EMBS contract was finalised in November 2015 and runs for 4 years to November 2019.

Clinical gaps in the current EMBS contract were identified of which the most important gaps are intravenous (IV) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) fluids for which there are at present no contracts or buffer stocks. Creating an Essential Medicines Buffer Stock for IV and PD fluids is the subject of this lot.

The Essential Medicines Buffer Stock for IV and PD fluids will operate differently to other national stockpiles in that the suppliers who win the contracts are required to store and rotate the stock through their normal supply chain to prevent it from expiring. All the stock must be held with at least a 12 month expiry date and it must be held within the UK. The Contract will be for a period of up to 19 months with the option to extend a further 12 months at the Authorities discretion

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Essential Medicines Buffer Stock of Intravenous and Peritoneal Dialysis fluids

  • Opportunity
  • Published 12 March 2018

Attachments

Additional text

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Award information

Awarded date

3 September 2018

Contract start date

28 September 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Total value of contract

£7,753,898

This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.

BAXTER HEALTHCARE (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

Address

CAXTON WAY
THETFORD
NORFOLK
IP24 3SE
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 461365

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

B Braun Healthcare Ltd

Address

Thorncliffe Park
Sheffield
S35 2PW

Reference

Companies House number: 2296559

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

About the buyer

Address

39 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0EU
England

Email

sam.richman@dh.gsi.gov.uk