Awarded contract

NHSSC Led Mini Competition for Safety Finger Lancets Via Lot 2 Blood Lancets of the Blood Draw Tools and Accessories Framework Agreement.

Details

Buyer: NHS Supply Chain
Supplier(s): Balmung Medical Handel GmbH, Owen Mumford Limited
Value: £1,769,170
Topic: Medical consumables
Published: 9 January 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

NHSSC Led Mini Competition for Safety Finger Lancets Via Lot 2 Blood Lancets of the Blood Draw Tools and Accessories Framework Agreement. The aim of the exercise was to provide the Authority with further competition to identify the most economically advantageous suppliers of Safety Fingers Lancets for the Stocked Route of Supply in accordance with this Framework Agreement. The intention was to award to the top 1 ranking supplier of each Basket of Products. Estimated 24 Month volumes below: 75% Volume Share - 24 month usage (eaches) Safety Finger Lancet 21G - 14,280,000 Safety Finger Lancet 23G - 19,755,000 Safety Finger Lancet 28G - 52,640,000 25% Volume Share - 24 month usage (eaches) Safety Finger Lancet 21G - 4,760,000 Safety Finger Lancet 23G - 6,585,000 Safety Finger Lancet 28G - 17,545,000 Bidders that were unsuccessful in this opportunity will have their current codes for these products suspended from the catalogue. All bidders must be able to maintain 8 weeks stockholding in the UK.It is anticipated that call-off contracts will be for a contract term of 24 months, commencing 16/06/2026. Volumes are based on estimated usage for the 24 month period and will be reviewed regularly with the successful bidder(s) and extension volumes will be adjusted based on usage during the initial term. Lot 1: This is a call off contract following a mini competition process aligning with the Core List Project objectives between the period 24 June 2026 and 23 June 2028.The call off contract is awarded via Lot 2 Blood Lancets of the Blood Draw Tools and Accessories framework. The aim of the mini competition was to provide NHS Supply Chain with further competition to identify the most economically advantageous suppliers of Safety Finger Lancets. The mini competition process intention was to award two suppliers to a split share of a basket opportunity included. The opportunity has a total estimated volume commitment of 115,565,000 eaches between the dates above.

Timeline

Completed: Award published9 January 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date15 June 2026

About the buyer

NHS Supply Chain buys as a central healthcare organisation, run by Supply Chain Coordination Limited on behalf of NHS England. Suppliers tender through the Jaggaer eProcurement portal, and opportunities above threshold are advertised on Find a Tender. Successful bids are listed on framework agreements managed by category teams. The NHS Core List aggregates trust demand into national contracts for standard commodities. Category teams coordinate key supply markets with NHS England and clinical networks. Procurement follows the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025.

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 Supply Chain's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, food and drink and furniture and furnishings.

Relevant CPV codes

33140000 · Medical consumables

Decision makers

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