Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
South East London Integrated Care Board
160 Tooley Street
LONDON
SE1 2TZ
Contact
Kiran Uppal
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKI6 - Outer London – South
South East London Integrated Care Board, UK
SEL ICB
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.selondonics.org/icb/
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
Bromley Tailored Dispensing Service
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Tailored Dispensing Service (TDS) was commissioned in 2018, through an AQP exercise and contracts were awarded for 3 years with an option to extend for 2 further years, which has now been enacted.
In order to access the TDS service, a referral is sent to the TDS pharmacy from the Bromley Medicine Optimisation Service (BMOS). BMOS will have received a referral from a GP, hospital, community service, or other member of health or social care staff, who feel that their patient would benefit from having a reasonable adjustment aid dispensed.
BMOS comprises of a holistic assessment, usually in the patient's own home, of the patient's medicines routine to identify and address medicines compliance issues.
The Bromley TDS is provided by 40 community pharmacies. The contract is activity and defined tariff based. The annual contract value is £308,000. This value will be inclusive of all activity, consumables, tariffs, and all associated management fees for both the Lead Provider and the TDS Contractors
The TDS currently provide a service that:
• Supports patients to manage their own medicines and maintain independence.
• Improves patients' understanding of their medicines and improve adherence.
• Undertakes clinical medication review of patients identified as having a medicines-related problem.
• Reduces the number of inappropriate drugs prescribed using evidence-based tools.
• Reduces the number of adverse drug events experienced.
• Reduces medicines waste.
• Works collaboratively with other health and social care professionals to support and implement personalised tailored interventions for individual patient needs.
• Continuously works with the ICB and social care to develop and implement guidance/policies on medicines administration support.
• Reduces the risks of harm caused by medicine regimens or inadvertent reconciliation errors.
This VEAT is to inform the market of the ICB's intention to direct award a contract to the South East London Community Pharmacy Fed.
The Fed is to provide a management role and will sub-contract to individual community pharmacies, ensuring continuity of current service provision and providing an opportunity for new TDS providers to deliver services as a sub-contractor to the South East London Community Pharmacy Fed.
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: £1,540,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKI61 - Bromley
Main site or place of performance
Bromley Borough
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Tailored Dispensing Service (TDS) was commissioned in 2018, through an AQP exercise and contracts were awarded for 3 years with an option to extend for 2 further years, which has now been enacted.
In order to access the TDS service, a referral is sent to the TDS pharmacy from the Bromley Medicine Optimisation Service (BMOS). BMOS will have received a referral from a GP, hospital, community service, or other member of health or social care staff, who feel that their patient would benefit from having a reasonable adjustment aid dispensed.
BMOS comprises of a holistic assessment, usually in the patient's own home, of the patient's medicines routine to identify and address medicines compliance issues.
The Bromley TDS is provided by 40 community pharmacies. The contract is activity and defined tariff based. The annual contract value is £308,000. This value will be inclusive of all activity, consumables, tariffs, and all associated management fees for both the Lead Provider and the TDS Contractors
The TDS currently provide a service that:
• Supports patients to manage their own medicines and maintain independence.
• Improves patients' understanding of their medicines and improve adherence.
• Undertakes clinical medication review of patients identified as having a medicines-related problem.
• Reduces the number of inappropriate drugs prescribed using evidence-based tools.
• Reduces the number of adverse drug events experienced.
• Reduces medicines waste.
• Works collaboratively with other health and social care professionals to support and implement personalised tailored interventions for individual patient needs.
• Continuously works with the ICB and social care to develop and implement guidance/policies on medicines administration support.
• Reduces the risks of harm caused by medicine regimens or inadvertent reconciliation errors.
This VEAT is to inform the market of the ICB's intention to direct award a contract to the South East London Community Pharmacy Fed.
The Fed is to provide a management role and will sub-contract to individual community pharmacies, ensuring continuity of current service provision and providing an opportunity for new TDS providers to deliver services as a sub-contractor to the South East London Community Pharmacy Fed.
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
3 years + 2 years
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:
The rationale for the direct award to the South East London Community Pharmacy Fed is based on the following service requirements/criteria:
• Local provider within the London Borough of Bromley.
• The South East London Community Pharmacy Fed is an organisation across south east London with community pharmacy contractors being members.
• All pharmacy contractors in Bromley are, will be, or are eligible to become members of the South East London Community Pharmacy Fed and thereby TDS providers.
• All pharmacies will have a choice of whether they want to be full members or affiliated members:
Full members - actively engaged in the South East London Community Pharmacy Fed
Affiliated members - part of the South East London Community Pharmacy Fed just to provide services.
• Therefore, the commissioned lead provider must already have existing established relationship with the pharmacies in Bromley to ensure continuity current arrangement and minimise any disruptions to supply.
• The lead provider must have a detailed understanding of community pharmacy services, the NHS England community pharmacy contractual framework, and future developments for community pharmacy.
• The lead provider must have a detailed understanding of risks, issues and opportunities within community pharmacy in south east London and Bromley
• The lead provider must be able to establish and manage sub-contracts with all current TDS providers, as well as community pharmacy providers in Bromley that wish to start TDS and can meet the service requirements.
• The lead provider must be able to engage all Bromley community pharmacy contractors (both TDS and non-TDS) in communications, education and training opportunities.
• The lead provider must be able to collate all TDS activity, finance and performance data, collated from PharmOutcomes and report the aggregated data to the Commissioner.
• The lead provider must ensure that all reporting templates are uploaded and updated on PharmOutcomes
• The lead provider must be able to submit all necessary reporting and invoicing within the agreed timescales
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/concession
Title
The Bromley Tailored Dispensing Service
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28 April 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
South East London Community Pharmacy Fed Ltd
1st Floor Office, 89 Station Road, West Wickham
Bromley
BR4 0PX
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI61 - Bromley
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £1,540,000
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £1,540,000
five.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS London Commercial Hub - hosted by NHS NEL
London
Country
United Kingdom