Awarded contract

LSL/MED/0135 - Supply of Pfizer Branded Pharmaceuticals

  • Ministry of Defence, DE&S, LDOC, CMO Commercial

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice reference: 2022/S 000-025801

Published 14 September 2022, 2:06pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Ministry of Defence, DE&S, LDOC, CMO Commercial

MOD Abbey Wood, Cedar 2a, Mailpoint #3237

Bristol

BS34 8JH

Contact

Lana Douglass

Email

lana.douglass101@teamleidos.mod.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.leidos-supply.uk/jaggaer-one

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Defence


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

LSL/MED/0135 - Supply of Pfizer Branded Pharmaceuticals

Reference number

LSL/MED/0135

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 33600000 - Pharmaceutical products

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

Leidos Supply Ltd. intends to award a single source framework for the provision of Pfizer Branded Pharmaceutical Products for the UK Ministry of Defence. The agreement will be for the duration of 3 years.

It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 32 (2)(b)(iii) of Directive 2014/24/EC of the European Parliament (Regulation 32(2)(b) of Public Contracts Regulations 2015. These products are manufactured by Pfizer and are only available through a contract direct with Pfizer.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £4,500,000 / Highest offer: £5,000,000 taken into consideration

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 33600000 - Pharmaceutical products

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Team Leidos are proud to be delivering the logistics commodities and services transformation (LCS(T)) Delivery partner Contracts (LCS (T)/0001 dated 16.4.2015) on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence (the ‘Prime Contract’). Delivery of other parts of the LCS(T) contract are delivered by Leidos Europe Ltd (LEL) and other partners (together ‘Team Leidos’).

Please note all information provided to organisations or individuals that respond to this notice should be treated as Confidential, and not shared further without express written permission from Leidos Supply Ltd.

Negotiated procedure without prior publication

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:

protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights

Explanation:

Leidos Supply Ltd intends to award a single source framework for the provision of Pfizer Branded Pharmaceutical Products for the UK Ministry of Defence. The agreement will be for the duration of 3 years.

It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 32(2)(b)(iii) of Directive 2014/24/EC of the European Parliament (Regulation32(2)(b) of Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This is because the manufacturer has the exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights in respect to these products.

The products covered by this framework are manufactured solely by Pfizer Ltd, available to contract direct with Pfizer Ltd. and distributed through Alliance Healthcare, who are Pfizer Ltd’s only authorised distributor.

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

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 four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Negotiated without a prior call for competition

  • The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development
  • The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
    • protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights

Explanation:

Negotiated procedure without prior publication

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:

protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights

Explanation:

Leidos Supply Ltd intends to award a single source framework for the provision of

Pfizer Branded Pharmaceutical Products for the UK Ministry of Defence. The agreement will be for the duration of 3 years.

It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 32(2)(b)(iii) of Directive 2014/24/EC of the European Parliament (Regulation32(2)(b) of Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This is because the manufacturer has the exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights in respect to these products.

The products covered by this framework are manufactured solely by Pfizer Ltd, available to contract direct with Pfizer Ltd. and distributed through Alliance Healthcare, who are Pfizer Ltd’s only authorised distributor.

four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract/concession

Contract No

LSL/MED/0135

Title

LSL/MED/0135 - Supply of Pfizer Branded Pharmaceuticals

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

13 September 2022

five.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

Pfizer Ltd.

Walton Oaks, Dorking Road

Walton-on-the-Hill

KT20 7NS

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £4,500,000 / Highest offer: £5,000,000 taken into consideration

five.2.5) Information about subcontracting

The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Leidos Supply Ltd.

Bristol

Country

United Kingdom