Contract

Pharmaceutical Public Health Advice

  • Middlesbrough Council
  • Medicines Optimisation Support

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-009010

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-044acc

Published 20 March 2024, 1:10pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Middlesbrough Council

Town Hall,Cleveland

MIDDLESBROUGH

TS12QQ

Contact

Sam Haran

Email

Sam_Haran@middlesbrough.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1642729447

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKC12 - South Teesside

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/

one.1) Name and addresses

Medicines Optimisation Support

Fountain Court, Grange Road

Middlesbrough

TS1 2DT

Contact

Sam Haran

Email

Sam_Haran@middlesbrough.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1642729447

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKC12 - South Teesside

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Pharmaceutical Public Health Advice

Reference number

PH007/2024

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

NECS will provide specialist pharmaceutical advice to support Public Health South Tees, who is responsible for all contracting, financial and commissioning support to pharmaceutical service providers. The NECS Medicines Optimisation team will continue to deliver the following services to support the Public Health team in the management of these contracts.

Commissioned Services and In-House Services:

 Pharmaceutical advice regarding the appropriate use of medicines with the development of service specifications, service review of contracts, formulary management and prescribing guidance for the following local commissioned services:

o Smoking cessation services

o Sexual health services

o Substance misuse services

o Local influenza and COVID-19 Vaccine programmes

o In-house Heath Visitors and School Nurses

o Any commissioned or in-house service which the Public Health team would like to commission that is new and not existing, which benefits from specialist clinical advice.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £127,842

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKC12 - South Teesside

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

NECS will provide specialist pharmaceutical advice to support Public Health South Tees, who is responsible for all contracting, financial and commissioning support to pharmaceutical service providers. The NECS Medicines Optimisation team will continue to deliver the following services to support the Public Health team in the management of these contracts.

Commissioned Services and In-House Services:

 Pharmaceutical advice regarding the appropriate use of medicines with the development of service specifications, service review of contracts, formulary management and prescribing guidance for the following local commissioned services:

o Smoking cessation services

o Sexual health services

o Substance misuse services

o Local influenza and COVID-19 Vaccine programmes

o In-house Heath Visitors and School Nurses

o Any commissioned or in-house service which the Public Health team would like to commission that is new and not existing, which benefits from specialist clinical advice.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 03/04/2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

19 March 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

NECS

John Snow House

Durham, County Durham

DH1 3YG

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKC - North East (England)
Companies House

654442045

The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £127,842

Total value of the contract/lot: £127,842


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 03/04/2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Decision makers: Middlesbrough Council and Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council (including South Tees Public Health)

We used a provider assessment document.

Contact: sam_haran@middlesbrough.gov.uk

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Middlesbrough Council

Fountain Court, Grange Road

Middlesbrough

TS1 2DT

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/