Pharmaceuticals: - 0602398

The objective of NSW Health is to secure the supply of pharmaceuticals and to effectively manage all aspects of costs associated with the purchase and supply to NSW Health facilities. This includes, but is not limited to, delivery.

This Request For Tender (RFT) covers the supply of Deliverables outlined herein, including the Specification at Annexure 1 to Part B, on the conditions stated in Part D. SCCB Contract Ref: 079/901

The Deliverables are to be supplied to the New South Wales public health system, and the Customers listed at Schedule 9 of Part D.

The State Contracts Control Board (the Board) is responsible for the conduct of the tender process, assisted by NSW Procurement - Contracting Services.

The objective of NSW Health is to secure the supply of pharmaceuticals and to effectively manage all aspects of costs associated with the purchase and supply to NSW Health facilities. This includes, but is not limited to, delivery, distribution and management of Deliverables, invoicing and payment of Drugs.

Offers will be encourage that support these objectives from traditional and other sources capable of achieving these benefits.

This RFT covers all drug forms, strengths and presentations as required to meet NSW Healths needs.

NSW Health has undertaken detailed review and analysis of the complete expenditure for pharmacy. This review has determined that a single contract for all NSW Health facilities for all forms and strengths and presentations is required.

This arrangement will be for a single price across all NSW Health facilities. There will be no separate purchase arrangements for products covered under this contract.

This RFT requires pricing to be submitted on the basis of Ex Works and Free Into Store. Failure, by the Tenderer, to submit both Ex-Works and Free into Store pricing may render the Tender ineligible for consideration. NSW Health will then consider the most efficient and cost effective supply arrangements.

Consideration will also be given to offers for a range of nominated products (bundled offerings) that tenderers are able to supply. Tenderers may nominate bundles and specify price discounts for bundled offerings (to be identified in the Pricing Schedule - Part C), available to all Customers listed at Schedule 9 of Part D.

A key requirement of the eventual contract suppliers will be the requirement of all Contractors to provide detailed expenditure data for all NSW Health facilities as detailed herein. This will be closely monitored to ensure all parties are meeting their obligations under this contract.

The Board intends to arrange contracts on the basis of a sole supplier for each of the Deliverables identified in the Price Schedule at Part C. The Board may, however, elect to arrange contracts with a number of suppliers for each of the Deliverables, as deemed appropriate, where consideration of risks to supply has determined that multiple suppliers are required.

In recognition of different pricing strategies that tenderers may wish to apply as a prospective sole supplier versus one of a number of suppliers on a panel-type arrangement for each of the Deliverables, tenderers are invited to submit prices in the Price Schedule at Part C on the following bases:

Sole supplier for the tendered Deliverable; and

One of a number of suppliers for the tendered Deliverable

NSW Regions: Central West, Far West, Hunter, Illawarra, Mid North Coast, Murray, Murrumbidgee, Northern, North Western, Richmond Tweed, South Eastern, Sydney

Open Tenders - An invitation to tender by public advertisement with no restriction placed on who may tender. Tenderers will normally be required to demonstrate in their tender that they have the necessary skills, resources, experience, financial capacity, and in some cases licences, accreditations, etc., to fulfil the tender requirements.

RFT06023980-Summary File_PartsABonly.pdf (842 KB)

• Standing Offer Notices:
  • 0602398

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Documents available for this RFT (as issued on 22/12/2006):

Only softcopy (electronic downloadable files) of the RFT documentation is available.

This documentation is in a ".DTT" format file named 0602398.DTT
It requires Dmax Lite v5 software to open and read and also to respond with a tender.

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Obtaining the RFT Documents:

First time visitors to this web site who wish to download will need to self-register on this web site to gain access to RFT documents, or the software.

• A full soft copy of the RFT documents can be downloaded from this web site.
• You must download to your own computer all the files provided (including any addenda), by clicking on the blue DOWNLOAD A SOFT COPY - Free link at the bottom of this page and following the on-screen instructions.
  
  

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Obtaining the required Dmax Lite software:

The RFT documents are made available in ".DTT" format only. This format is specific to the software, 'DMax Lite', that is manufactured by 'DecisionMax Pty Ltd'.

Please note and act on the following -

To open the RFT documents and to prepare your tender you will need to use the 'Dmax Lite' software.

If you do not already have a current and licenced copy of 'Dmax Lite' software, a copy of the software can be purchased and downloaded from this web site through the blue link provided below for downloading a soft copy

Interested but not sure whether you wish to participate?

There is a 'Summary file' made available which provides Part A & B of the RFT documents. If after viewing the viewable file you not not wish to participate you need not respond to any addenda or notices subsequently issued.

To use the DMAX software for your tender a full version must be downloaded and a licence must be purchased.

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Lodging a tender:

Your completed tender, in the required software format MUST be lodged electronically via this RFT web page.
Click on the blue "LODGE A RESPONSE" link at the bottom of this page and follow the on-screen instructions.
As the tenderer you must be a registered user of this tendering web site.

A separate Tenderer Identification document is included which should be lodged completed together with, but not packaged within, the DMax tender lodgment file.

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