Pharmaceutical Services Framework Agreement

A Prior Information Notice
by NORTH OF ENGLAND COMMERCIAL PROCUREMENT COLLABORATIVE (NOE CPC) (HOSTED BY AND ACTING THROUGH LEEDS AND YORK PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST.)

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
not specified
Value
£-£500M
Sector
HEALTH
Published
30 Apr 2021
Delivery
not specified
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

United Kingdom and any of the crown dependencies (including but not limited to, the Isle of Man)

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

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.

Lot Division

1 Outsourced Pharmacy Services

• 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

2 Mental Health and Community Pharmacy Services

See Lot 1

3 Inpatient Dispensing (including ward supply and ward stock)

See Lot 1

4 Discharge Prescriptions

See Lot 1

5 Home Delivery for Outpatients

See Lot 1

6 Medication Compliance Aids

See Lot 1

7 Electronic Dispensing Services

See Lot 1

CPV Codes

  • 85149000 - Pharmacy services
  • 85111200 - Medical hospital services
  • 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
  • 85112200 - Outpatient care services
  • 85121000 - Medical practice services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** 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

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