Awarded contract

Anaesthetic Gases (Sevoflurane & Isoflurane)

Details

Buyer: NHS National Services Scotland
Supplier(s): Abbvie Ltd, Baxter Healthcare Ltd, Piramal Critical Care Ltd
Value: £4,056,000
Topic: Pharmaceutical products
Published: 12 December 2024
Source: uk:public_contracts_scotland

Tender description

Supply of Anaesthetic Gases (Sevoflurane & Isoflurane) to NHS Scotland. Lot 1: Sevoflurane Inhalational Anaesthetic, 250ml (including loan of vaporisers) The Framework Agreement is for the supply of Sevoflurane Inhalational Anaesthetic, 250ml to NHS Scotland, including the loan of vaporisers for the administration of Sevoflurane for the duration of the Framework Agreement. The Authority intends to award this Lot as a Ranked multi-supplier framework per product line. Full details of goods and volumes can be found within the ITT documents. Lot 2: Sevoflurane Inhalational Anaesthetic, 250ml, (bottle only) The Framework Agreement is for the supply of Sevoflurane Inhalational Anaesthetic, 250ml to NHS Scotland, for the duration of the Framework Agreement. It is envisaged that a maximum of three (3) suppliers will be awarded to the Framework Agreement. This Lot does not include a requirement for the provision of loaned vaporisers. Full details of goods and volumes can be found within the ITT documents. Lot 3: Isoflurane Inhalational Anaesthetic, 250ml (bottle only) Supply of Isoflurane Inhalational Anaesthetic, 250ml (bottle only) to NHS Scotland, for the duration of the Framework Agreement. The Authority intends to award this framework as a single-supplier framework per product line. Full details of goods and volumes can be found within the ITT documents

Timeline

Completed: Award date2 December 2024
Completed: Award published12 December 2024
Current notice

About the buyer

NHS National Services Scotland is a national healthcare body serving NHS Scotland, and its National Procurement arm is Scotland's largest procurement organisation. Tenders are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland under the buyer name Common Services Agency. Suppliers apply for those tenders to get onto a national framework. Each contract record on the register names the framework, its dates, the winning suppliers and the National Procurement contract owner. The National Distribution Service then delivers stock to hospital wards and community centres across NHS Scotland. Innovative products can be submitted through an online innovation portal.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS National Services Scotland's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, IT services and transport equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

33600000 · Pharmaceutical products

Decision makers

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