Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS) · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £1,800,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Health & social care · Homedelivery of provisions (CPV 85312200)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 022505-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Jan 2026
- Published12 Mar 2026Published 41 days after the contract date
Description
This Framework agreement is for a Homecare Delivery Service to supply and deliver Blood Clotting Factors to patients in NHS Scotland. This includes the dispensing and delivery of the prescribed medicines, any ancillary products as required, to patients in their homes or other agreed designated delivery points, and to provide and remove sharps containers as detailed within the specification contained within the tender documentation. This tender is for approximately 250 patients across NHS Scotland resulting in approximately 2000 deliveries per annum. The number of patients and deliveries will vary through the duration of the framework agreement. The framework agreement will be awarded as an unranked multi-supplier framework to a maximum of four (4) suppliers.
About the suppliers
Healthcare at Home: every public contract they have won.
HealthNet Homecare: every public contract they have won.
Lloyds Clinical: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02764914).
Polar Speed Distribution: every public contract they have won.