Injection Equipment Paraphernalia
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland) · Scotland · up to £4,000,000
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What the buyer wants
Procurement of individual items, pre-packed equipment for single use by people who use drugs including performance and image enhancing drugs, and Naloxone products for approved services across NHS Scotland and related authorities.
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSDS)) (‘the authority') acting through its division Procurement, Commissioning and Facilities is undertaking this procurement of supply and delivery of Individual Items and prepacked
equipment for single use for people who use drugs including performance and image enhancing drugs as defined in section 5.2 of the IEP guidance IEP-in-Scotland-GPG-SDF-PHS-Oct-2021.pdf and for Naloxone products for administering by approved services on behalf of all
entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service(Scotland) Act 1978 (i.e. All NHS Scotland Health Boards, Special Health Boards and the Authority of other NHS Organisation established
pursuant to the NHS (Scotland) Act 1978), any integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014 (collectively hereafter referred to as 'Participating Authorities’
Description as published on Find a Tender: read the official notice.
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Services required
- Supply and delivery of medical needles, syringes, foil, sharps containers, pharmaceutical products, and related paraphernalia
- Supply and delivery of Naloxone products compliant with UK Government guidelines
- Provision of innovative harm reduction products for people who use drugs
What you will need to show
- Compliance with IEP guidance definitions — Suppliers must provide products as defined in the IEP guidance referenced in the notice, ensuring items meet the specific definitions and descriptions provided.
- Compliance with UK Government Naloxone guidelines — Naloxone products supplied must conform to UK Government guidelines for use by individuals in the community.
Lots
- Pre-packed equipment for single use for people who use drugs including Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs as defined in section 5.2.14 of the IEP guidance IEP-in-Scotland-GPG-SDF-PHS-Oct-2021.pdf — We require Pre-packed equipment for single use for people who use drugs including Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs as defined in section 5.2.14 of the IEP guidance IEP-in-Scotland-GPG-SDF-PHS-Oct-2021.pdf and as listed in the 'pack contents description' document included within the tender document pack.
- Harm Reduction Innovation Lot (to include inhalation devices pertinent to changes under consideration by the Authority) (unscored). — Innovations relating to Harm Reduction and safer drug use, for use by people who use drugs as defined in section 5.2 of the IEP guidance IEP-in-Scotland-GPG-SDF-PHS-Oct-2021.pdf in line with any advances in legislation in this regard during the lifetime of the framework. The Innovation Lot allows a supplier to highlight any products for which the framework/Lot definitions are applicable, but are not yet ready for market and thus not able to be included at time of tender, but expected to be ready for market within the lifecycle of this framework. This Lot is intended to help to streamline inclusion on the framework as soon as mandatory conditions are met. e.g. addition to guidelines Please Note: THIS IS AN UNSCORED LOT. Bidders to this lot will have to be awarded to one or more of lots 1-3 on this framework to be awarded to this lot.
- Individual Items for use by people who use drugs as defined in section 5.2 of the IEP guidance IEP-in-Scotland-GPG-SDF-PHS-Oct-2021.pdf — We require all relevant individual items to be issued to people who use drugs. Paraphernalia to include, but not limited to – needles, syringes, foil, water for injection, pre-injection wipes, Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid, filters, sharps containers and spoons, hand hygiene wipes, as defined by the IEP Guidance for Scotland for 2021.
- Combination Lot — The combination Lot allows a supplier to make any reasonable offer of a discounted pricing structure to NHS boards, in return for value or volume commitment in sum, in part, or in collaboration with other geographically local boards, for an agreed time period. NHS National Procurement supports any suppliers commitment deals through promoting offers available via internal documents to all NHS boards. Suppliers reserve the right to amend previously agreed offers, if the board-committed value or volumes over agreed time fall short. Please Note: THIS IS AN UNSCORED LOT. Bidders to this lot will have to be awarded to one or more of lots 1-3 on this framework to be awarded to this lot.
- Naloxone products supplied to approved services which conform to UK Government Guidelines. — NHS Scotland requires compliant to Government guidelines injection and/or nasal spray Naloxone products as follows: - Naloxone Hydrochloride 1 mg/ml PFS (2ml) licenced for use by individuals in the community, such as Prenoxad, or equivalent. - Naloxone 1.8 mg nasal spray, solution in a single-dose container licenced for use by individuals in the community, such as Nyxoid, or equivalent.
Key facts
- Buyer: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)
- Estimated value: up to £4,000,000
- Deadline: 19 November 2026
- Location: Scotland
- Published on: Find a Tender — read the official notice
- First seen by Tenderoo: 22 October 2026
- CPV: 33141320, 24300000, 39223100, 33141310, 33157400, 38544000, 44174000, 33141123, 33600000
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