Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf
London
E14 4PU
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://mhra.bravosolution.co.uk/
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Applications or, where applicable, tenders must be submitted electronically via
https://mhra.bravosolution.co.uk/
Applications or, where applicable, tenders must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal Agency/Office
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Concession for Printing and Marketing of the British Pharmacopoeia
Reference number
P5801
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79970000 - Publishing services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (the Agency) is an Executive Agency of the Department of Health. We protect and improve the health of millions of people every day through the effective regulation of medicines and medical devices, underpinned by science and research.
The British Pharmacopoeia (BP) is the official collection of standards for UK medicinal products and pharmaceutical substances. It is produced by the British Pharmacopoeia Commission Secretariat of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, in accordance with regulation 317(1) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012, and makes an important contribution to public health by setting publicly available standards for the quality of medicines.
The Agency requires the appointment of a Concessionaire to be responsible for the printing, publishing, distribution, marketing and selling of the BP and BAN publications.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This concession is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72413000 - World wide web (www) site design services
- 79342000 - Marketing services
- 79811000 - Digital printing services
- 79824000 - Printing and distribution services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - UNITED KINGDOM
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The British Pharmacopoeia (BP) is the official collection of standards for UK medicinal products and pharmaceutical substances. It is produced by the British Pharmacopoeia Commission Secretariat of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, in accordance with Regulation 317(1) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 and makes an important contribution to public health by setting publicly available standards for the quality of medicines.
Since 1864, the BP has been providing authoritative standards for medicinal products and pharmaceutical substances and it continues to play an important role in the standard-setting process worldwide. Now used in over 100 countries, the BP remains an essential reference for all individuals and organisations working within pharmaceutical research and development, manufacture and testing around the globe. All monographs and requirements of the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) are also reproduced in the BP.
The BP is published annually with three in-year updates, currently in both hardcopy and electronic formats; the latter is available as a download product as well as accessed via a single-user licence or a multi-user license arrangement. In addition, there is the requirement for the publication of the British Approved Names (BAN) which provides the official, non-proprietary, or generic names given to pharmaceutical substances, published annually.
The Agency requires the appointment of a concessionaire to be responsible for the printing, publishing, distribution, marketing and selling of the BP and BAN publications. A core part of the requirement is the provision and maintenance of a website, which operates as a portal to access the electronic formats of the BP, as well as acting as a source of added value material and a sales platform for the BP chemical reference standards, orders for which are fulfilled by the Agency. The link to the current website is https://www.pharmacopoeia.com/, and this web address is owned by the Agency. The legacy publication content is available as an XML dataset with a DTD and shall be provided to the service provider.
The concessionaire would have responsibility for business development and marketing of the product, with the strategic approval of the Agency, and also shall be expected to invest in the services to deliver continuous improvement and innovation throughout the life of the contract. The concessionaire will also need to carefully manage sales and distribution of BP publications to our global user base which is currently conducted through established reseller networks.
The Agency wishes to award one concession contract to one contracting party; collaborations with other organisations to bring together the range of expertise (via sub-contracting/consortium arrangements) would be acceptable, with the concessionaire ensuring effective and seamless delivery. The appointed concessionaire shall retain the revenue from the service/sales as its fees minus the payment of agreed royalty fees to the Agency. The concessionaire shall have exclusivity on the sales of the BP and BAN. Pricing strategies shall be reviewed and agreed by both parties. This contracting approach is the same as the current set-up. We expect to award and agree a contract September 2021 to facilitate sufficient lead time for implementation and the publication of the BP 2023 in August 2022.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Concession is awarded on the basis of the criteria stated in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the concession
Duration in months
60
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions, indication of information and documentation required
See procurement documents for information
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Section four. Procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for submission of applications or receipt of tenders
Date
28 April 2021
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
London
Country
United Kingdom