LSL/MED/0135 - Supply of Pfizer Branded Pharmaceuticals

Description

Leidos Supply Ltd. intends to award a single source framework for the provision of Pfizer Branded Pharmaceutical Products for the UK Ministry of Defence. The agreement will be for the duration of 3 years. It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 32 (2)(b)(iii) of Directive 2014/24/EC of the European Parliament (Regulation 32(2)(b) of Public Contracts Regulations 2015. These products are manufactured by Pfizer and are only available through a contract direct with Pfizer. Lot 1: Team Leidos are proud to be delivering the logistics commodities and services transformation (LCS(T)) Delivery partner Contracts (LCS (T)/0001 dated 16.4.2015) on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence (the ‘Prime Contract’). Delivery of other parts of the LCS(T) contract are delivered by Leidos Europe Ltd (LEL) and other partners (together ‘Team Leidos’). Please note all information provided to organisations or individuals that respond to this notice should be treated as Confidential, and not shared further without express written permission from Leidos Supply Ltd. Negotiated procedure without prior publication The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights Explanation: Leidos Supply Ltd intends to award a single source framework for the provision of Pfizer Branded Pharmaceutical Products for the UK Ministry of Defence. The agreement will be for the duration of 3 years. It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 32(2)(b)(iii) of Directive 2014/24/EC of the European Parliament (Regulation32(2)(b) of Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This is because the manufacturer has the exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights in respect to these products. The products covered by this framework are manufactured solely by Pfizer Ltd, available to contract direct with Pfizer Ltd. and distributed through Alliance Healthcare, who are Pfizer Ltd’s only authorised distributor.