This is an Invitation to Offer (ITO) for a Pharmaceutical Header Standing Offer Arrangement (PHA) with Queensland Health. The tender is for pharmaceutical products classified under specific therapeutic classes: analgesia, poisoning toxicity, diagnostic agents, and musculoskeletal system surgical preparations. Offers must be lodged by Monday, 15 June 2026, at 2:00 PM AEST. The evaluation criteria include clinical suitability, functionality, comparative cost, supply requirements, supplier capability, risk management, and commitment to economic, environmental, and social objectives. Mandatory criteria include ASIC current company extract, insurances, quality assurance, adherence to the Queensland Government Supplier Code of Conduct, TGA certifications, and coloured artwork/images for all products. Suppliers may be required to provide samples, which must correspond with the goods supplied. Samples must be delivered within 3 business days of request to a specified location. Offers must remain valid for a minimum of 12 months. All offers must be submitted electronically via the VendorPanel website. Contact person for inquiries is Sharyn Waldock.
The bid notice states that offers must be lodged by 2:00 PM AEST on Monday, 15 June 2026.
The bid notice states that warranties are ongoing and are provided as at the date of the supplier's offer and on an ongoing basis until the later of the principal notifying the supplier that its offer has been rejected and expiry or termination of any SOA entered pursuant to the SOA invitation process and any contract established under the SOA relevant period.
The bid notice states that the principal is not evaluating offers on the sole criterion of price. The criteria against which the suppliers offer will be evaluated includes: clinical suitability of products, functionality of products, comparative cost of offers, ability to meet principals supply requirements, suppliers capability, experience and past performance, risk management strategies, and suppliers commitment to economic, environmental, sustainable and social objectives.
The bid notice states that the following are mandatory criteria: ASIC current company extract, insurances (public product liability and workers compensation), quality assurance (QA) as per AS/NZS ISO 9001:2016 or licence to wholesale or TGA licence to manufacture, adherence to the Queensland Government Supplier Code of Conduct, TGA certifications for all products, and coloured artwork/images for all products.
The bid notice states that as part of its offer, the supplier must provide samples if requested of the required goods in accordance with this clause. Any goods supplied under a SOA formed with the supplier must correspond with the sample submitted with the offer.
The bid notice states that in addition to any other remedies available to it under law or contract, the principal may, in its absolute discretion but is not required to, immediately disqualify a supplier from the invitation process, or terminate a SOA with the supplier which is subsequently entered into as a result of the invitation process, where it believes the supplier has breached any warranty in this clause.
