- Scope of the procurement
- Lot 1. Outsourced Pharmacy Services
- Lot 2. Mental Health and Community Pharmacy Services
- Lot 3. Inpatient Dispensing (including ward supply and ward stock)
- Lot 4. Discharge Prescriptions
- Lot 5. Home Delivery for Outpatients
- Lot 6. Medication Compliance Aids
- Lot 7. Electronic Dispensing Services
Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) (hosted by and acting through Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.)
Savile Street East,
Sheffield
S4 7UQ
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/noecpc
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Pharmaceutical Services Framework Agreement
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85149000 - Pharmacy services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NOE CPC are seeking engagement with providers of Pharmaceutical Services to the NHS with a view to helping inform the outputs of a future procurement of a framework agreement for these and other aligned services. Our intention at present is to award a multi-lotted framework agreement, for the services detailed below: • Outsourced Pharmacy Services• Mental Health and Community Pharmacy Services• Inpatient Dispensing (including ward supply and ward stock)• Discharge Prescriptions• Home Delivery for Outpatients• Medication Compliance Aids• Electronic Dispensing ServicesWe are in the very early stages of consideration of this agreement, and would welcome feedback from the providers of these services as to the merits of this approach, including any perceived barriers to engagement with such a process, whether the services included are sufficiently extensive/comprehensive or whether there are any other elements we should be looking to include. All information received at this stage will of course be handled confidentially, with a view to informing our next steps and the ultimate outputs from this agreement. Further engagement may take place following the responses to this PIN, prior to the commencement of a competitive process. Feedback at this stage is being requested by means of a message to our procurement portal.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £500,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Outsourced Pharmacy Services
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85111200 - Medical hospital services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
United Kingdom and any of the crown dependencies (including but not limited to, the Isle of Man).
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
NOE CPC are seeking engagement with providers of Pharmaceutical Services to the NHS with a view to helping inform the outputs of a future procurement of a framework agreement for these and other aligned services. Our intention at present is to award a multi-lotted framework agreement, for the services detailed below: • Outsourced Pharmacy Services• Mental Health and Community Pharmacy Services• Inpatient Dispensing (including ward supply and ward stock)• Discharge Prescriptions• Home Delivery for Outpatients• Medication Compliance Aids• Electronic Dispensing Services
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Mental Health and Community Pharmacy Services
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85111200 - Medical hospital services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
See Lot 1
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
See Lot 1
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Inpatient Dispensing (including ward supply and ward stock)
Lot No
3
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85111200 - Medical hospital services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
See Lot 1
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
See Lot 1
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Discharge Prescriptions
Lot No
4
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
See Lot 1
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
See Lot 1
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Home Delivery for Outpatients
Lot No
5
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85112200 - Outpatient care services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
See Lot 1
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
See Lot 1
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Medication Compliance Aids
Lot No
6
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85121000 - Medical practice services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
See Lot 1
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
See Lot 1
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Electronic Dispensing Services
Lot No
7
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85111200 - Medical hospital services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
See Lot 1
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
See Lot 1
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
28 April 2021
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Suitably qualified providers to review and provide feedback on the draft specification published on the NOE CPC electronic tendering portal, In-tend.https://in-tendhost.co.uk/noecpc/aspx/HomeSuppliers must register their expression of interest via the NOE CPC electronic tendering portal.If your organisation is not registered follow the ‘Register’ tab otherwise follow the ‘Login’ link and enter email address and password.When registered you can view the tender opportunity by following the steps outlined below:1. From the header select Tenders then Forthcoming;2. To narrow the list of forthcoming opportunities use the Customer filter and select NOE CPC;3. View the project Pharmaceutical Services Framework Agreement and click on View Details for an overview of the opportunity; then4. Click on Express Interest