The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through the Department of Health and Social Care
2nd Floor, Rutland House
Runcorn
WA7 2ES
Lynne.Nichols@dh.gsi.gov.uk
https://dh.bravosolution.co.uk


Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the supply of Antibiotics and IV Fluids
CM/EMI/15/5462


The establishment of a dynamic purchasing system (DPS) to allow for the purchase and stockpile of antibiotics and IV Fluids for the treatment of influenza related secondary bacterial infections.

2018-05-01
2016/S 090-161095



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The Secretary of State for Health acting as part of the crown through the commercial medicines unit (part of the Department of Health)
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: https://cmu.bravosolution.co.uk
Electronic access to information: https://cmu.bravosolution.co.uk
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://cmu.bravosolution.co.uk


The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the crown through the department of health and social care
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: https://dh.bravosolution.co.uk
Electronic access to information: https://dh.bravosolution.co.uk
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://dh.bravosolution.co.uk


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The conditions of contract which will govern each purchase under the DPS can be found at Document 3 of the pre-qualification documentation available on Bravo Solution website. Please see paragraph III.2.1 for details of how to register with Bravo Solution and view the documentation.


The conditions of contract which will govern each purchase under the DPS can be found at Document 3 of the SQ documentation available on Bravo Solution website. Please see paragraph III.2.1 for details of how to register with Bravo Solution and view the documentation.


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The conditions of contract which will govern each purchase under the DPS can be found at Document 3 of the pre-qualification documentation available on Bravo Solution website. Please see paragraph III.2.1 for details of how to register with Bravo Solution and view the documentation.


The conditions of contract which will govern each purchase under the DPS can be found at Document 3 of the SQ documentation available on Bravo Solution website. Please see paragraph III.2.1 for details of how to register with Bravo Solution and view the documentation.


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Any Offeror may be disqualified who does not respond to the following in the requisite manner.
1) Submission of expression of interest, supplier selection information and procurement specific information.
This procurement exercise will be conducted on the eTendering portal at: www.cmu.bravosolution.co.uk Offerors wishing to be considered for this procurement exercise must register, and provide additional procurement specific information (if requested) through the eTendering portal as follows:
1.1) If not already registered, Offerors should register on the etendering portal at: https://cmu.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register:
— accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”,
— enter your correct business and user details,
— note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete,
— you will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).
1.2) Once registered, candidates must express interest as follows:
a— login to the eTendering portal,
b— select “Response to PQQ”,
c— select “PQQs Open To All Suppliers”,
d— access listing related to this procurement — “Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the supply of Antibiotics and IV Fluids” and view details,
e— click on “Express Interest” button at the top of the page.
1.3) Once you have expressed interest, the PQQ will move to “My PQQs”, where you can download additional documentation (if required), and construct your reply as instructed. You must then publish your reply using the publish button.
Offerors should note that acceptance of the conditions of contract at Document 3 is a mandatory requirement for selection.
For any support in registering on the portal or submitting your expression of interest /PQQ document, please contact the eTendering help desk at +44 800 368 4850 or help@bravosolution.co.uk
2) General supplier information:
To manage and assess supplier information the contracting authority requests offerors provide their company profile in the governments supplier information database (sid4gov) as follows:
2.1) If not already registered, offerors must go to the following web page: https:// sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ and select “Register for sid4gov” at the bottom of the page. Key in details as requested to search for your company. If you do not have a D-U-N-S® Number, click on the link at the right of the page to obtain a number from Dun and Bradstreet (D&B). Offerors must obtain a D&B D-U-N-S® Number to enable registration on sid4gov.
This normally is provided within 48 hours but may take up to 5 days (turnaround times will vary from country to country), so please ensure this step is completed as soon as possible.


Any offeror may be disqualified who does not respond to the following in the requisite manner.
1) Submission of expression of interest, supplier selection information and procurement specific information.
This procurement exercise will be conducted on the eTendering portal at: https://dh.bravosolution.co.uk Offerors wishing to be considered for this procurement exercise must register, and provide additional procurement specific information (if requested) through the eTendering portal as follows:
1.1) If not already registered, Offerors should register on the etendering portal at: https://dh.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register:
— accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”,
— enter your correct business and user details,
— note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete,
— you will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).
1.2) Once registered, candidates must express interest as follows:
a— login to the eTendering portal,
b— select “Response to SQ”,
c— select “SQs Open To All Suppliers”,
d— access listing related to this procurement — “Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the supply of Antibiotics and IV Fluids” and view details,
e— Click on “Express Interest” button at the top of the page.
1.3) Once you have expressed interest, the SQ will move to “My SQs”, where you can download additional documentation (if required), and construct your reply as instructed. You must then publish your reply using the publish button.
Offerors should note that acceptance of the conditions of contract at Document 3 is a mandatory requirement for selection.
For any support in registering on the portal or submitting your expression of interest /SQ document, please contact the eTendering help desk at +44 800 368 4850 or help@bravosolution.co.uk
2) General supplier information:
To manage and assess supplier information the contracting authority requests offerors provide their company profile in the governments supplier information database (sid4gov) as follows:
2.1) If not already registered, offerors must go to the following web page: https:// sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ and select “Register” at the top right of the page. Key in details as requested to search for your company. If you do not have a D-U-N-S® Number, click on the link at the right of the page to obtain a number from Dun and Bradstreet (D&B). Offerors must obtain a D&B D-U-N-S® Number to enable registration on sid4gov.
This normally is provided within 48 hours but may take up to 5 days (turnaround times will vary from country to country), so please ensure this step is completed as soon as possible.


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Please refer to the selection criteria contained in the PQQ documentation available through Bravo Solution.


Please refer to the selection criteria contained in the SQ documentation available through Bravo Solution.


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Please refer to the selection criteria contained in the PQQ documentation available through Bravo Solution.


Please refer to the selection criteria contained in the SQ documentation available through Bravo Solution.


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Suppliers who pass the PQQ evaluation stage will be notified whether e-auctions will be used.


Suppliers who pass the SQ evaluation stage will be notified whether e-auctions will be used.


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Commercial medicines unit employees.


Department of health and social care employees.

Due to a change of e-tendering portal the authority is publishing the corrigendum to advise suppliers of: the new e-tendering portal address, reference to Pre-Qualifying Questionnaire (PQQ) has been updated to reflect the terminology used in the new portal i.e. selection questionnaire (SQ).