Contract for Medical Consumables for the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Programme (PIPP)

Descriptions

As part of the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Programme (PIPP) the Department of Health and the Supply Chain Coordination Limited (SCCL) wish to procure an emergency stockpile of Medical Consumables to be distributed in the event of a pandemic flu outbreak or any other health related emergency across the UK.The purpose of the contract is to ensure that there is a stockpile of these products that will only be distributed in the case of a flu pandemic or other health related emergency. The stock will be delivered by the supplier(s) to DHL (or other nominated) Depot for deep storage across a number of locations in the UK in but not limited to:Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Lancashire, Merseyside, Suffolk, Derbyshire, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.In the event of a pandemic or other health related emergency the PIPP stock will be distributed by NHS Supply Chain on the instructions of the Department of Health.