PPSA - Pharmacy Logistics Services

Concepts

• courier services
• torquay
• pharmacy services
• pharmacy logistics service
• ppsa
• logistics
• pharmacy
• pharmaceutical products
• other nhs organisations
• other nhs trust sites

Location

Torquay

Description

Provision of a Pharmacy Logistics Service, planned and unplanned transportation ofpharmaceutical products to other NHS Trust sites, other NHS organisations or pop-up satelliteclinics that are performing NHS activity. This will also include transportation of medication topatients’ homes following an NHS Outpatient appointment or patient discharge from Hospital.Transportation will typically span the South West region but may extend to other delivery pointsoutside of the South West region.

Total Quantity or Scope

All suppliers must adhere to all relevant legislation, regulation,national quality standards and industry best practice including any that come into force during thelife of the contract; and will follow best industry practice. This will span; Good DistributionGuidelines, Medicines Health Regulatory Authority, Wholesaler Dealer’s Authorisation (Human)and transportation of controlled drugs. Full details of the procurement will be advised in theInvitation to Tender documents following the Pre Market Engagement event, please see additionalinformation below. This procurement will be managed by the Peninsula Purchasing and SupplyAlliance (PPSA) on behalf of Torbay & South Devon NHS Foundation Trust acting for itself andselected NHS organisations in the South West of England.

CPV Codes

• 64120000 - Courier services
• 85149000 - Pharmacy services
• 33600000 - Pharmaceutical products

Indicators

Other Information

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) has been issued to give interested parties advance notice of this procurement. The purpose of this PIN is to determine suppliers in the market capable of providing a Pharmacy Logistics Service. No tender documentation is available at this stage but any interested parties who respond to this PIN will be invited to a pre-market engagement session.The pre-market engagement session is scheduled for 19 March 2024. Please note this will be a face to face session with slots allocated on a first come first served basis. The slots will be conducted on a 1:1 with information sent to interested parties.This PIN does not constitute a call for competition.Please note this invitation has been issued purely as an information seeking exercise and is not part of any procurement process. The Trusts are not liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise. Interested parties should note that a response to this Prior Information Notice does not guarantee being invited for further discussion. In addition it does not guarantee that an invitation to tender for any future services will be advertised, nor that such a procurement exercise will take place or that any proposals offered would be accepted.