Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Bayer Plc
- Value
- £54,711,495
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Medical equipment & pharmaceuticals · Pharmaceutical products (CPV 33600000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 035009-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Nov 2023
- Published28 Nov 2023Published 20 days after the contract date
Description
The Framework Agreement is for the supply of Aflibercept (Eylea®) solution for injection vials to NHS Scotland. The Framework Agreement has been awarded as a single supplier framework agreement. The Framework Participant is required to supply Goods to designated delivery points throughout Scotland for use by Participating Authorities.
About the supplier
Bayer Plc: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00935048).