Injection Equipment Paraphernalia

Organisation

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as Public Services Delivery Scotland) (PSD Scotland)

1 South Gyle Crescent., Edinburgh, EH12 9EB

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Application Deadline

19 November 2026

28 days left

Estimated Value

£4,000,000

WAC Reference

WAC-676124

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