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The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")

Intravenous & Topical Fluids

Medical Equipment & PharmaCPV 33600000
Value£39.7m
Deadline27 Jul 2026
Published26 Jun 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 26 Jun 20263 days leftCloses 27 Jul 2026
Who to contact
siobhan.ramage@nhs.scot
+44 1698794410

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£39.7mtotal contract value
median £123k
this tender£0£42.8m

This is a large award for Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 9,456 valued Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

This Framework Agreement is for the supply of Intravenous & Topical Fluids to health boards across NHS Scotland.

The Goods have been split into five (5) categories, each of which is identified as a "Lot".

Full details of each Lot is contained in section II.2 of this notice.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

This Framework Agreement is for the supply

This Framework Agreement is for the supply of Intravenous & Topical Fluids to health boards across NHS Scotland.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

4580 daysof bid-team effort
£30.8k£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bda2
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
060102-2026
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