NP48823 Homecare Delivery Service for NHS Commissioned Services

A Contract Award Notice
by THE COMMON SERVICES AGENCY (MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS NHS NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND) ("NSS")

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Framework (Services)
Duration
4 year (est.)
Value
£28M
Sector
HEALTH
Published
17 Nov 2023
Delivery
To 27 Oct 2027 (est.)
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

All entities constituted pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, and any Integrated Joint Boards established pursuant to the new Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014

Geochart for 2 buyers and 13 suppliers

2 buyers

7 suppliers

Description

A Framework Agreement for the supply and delivery of medications to patients in their own homes, or other designated delivery points on behalf of NHS Scotland.

Lot Division

1 Low Tech Service

The provision of a Homecare Delivery Service to deliver a range of medications described as Low Tech and includes a number of / ranges of oral medicines (in particular, antivirals and medicines used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension, as a minimum). This includes the dispensing and supply of the prescribed medicines and the delivery to patients in their homes or other agreed designated delivery points, as detailed within the specification contained within the tender documentation. This Lot is for approximately 2,500 patients across NHS Scotland resulting in approximately 10,000 deliveries per annum. The number of patients and deliveries will vary throughout the duration of the framework agreement. The framework agreement is awarded as an unranked multi-supplier framework to seven (7) suppliers.
2 Mid Tech Service

The provision of a Homecare Delivery Service to deliver a range for medicines described as Mid Tech and includes a number of injectable medications, mostly in the form of pre-filled syringes or pre-filled pens, and may include a number of the Anti- TNF inhibitors injections (i.e. biosimilars prescribed within gastro intestinal, rheumatology and dermatology therapies), as well as multiple sclerosis, erythropoietin, and osteoporosis, although not limited to just this range for patients in NHS Scotland. Mid Tech also includes a range of oral cancer medicines where a priority service is required with a faster turnaround time after phlebotomy blood tests are confirmed. This includes the dispensing and supply of the prescribed medicines, ancillary products as required, the delivered to patients in their homes or other agreed designated delivery points, and the supply and removal of sharps containers as detailed within the specification contained within the tender documentation. This tender is for approximately 22,500 patients resulting in approximately 70,000 deliveries per annum across NHS Scotland. The number of patients and deliveries will vary throughout the duration of the framework agreement. The framework agreement will be awarded as an unranked multi-supplier framework to eight (8) suppliers.

Award Detail

1 Alcura (Northampton)
  • Mid Tech Service
  • Num offers: 8
  • Value: £24,210,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
2 Calea (Cheshire)
  • Mid Tech Service
  • Num offers: 8
  • Value: £24,210,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
3 Fresenius Medical Care (Nottinghamshire)
  • Mid Tech Service
  • Num offers: 8
  • Value: £24,210,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
4 Healthnet Homecare (Leeds)
  • Mid Tech Service
  • Num offers: 8
  • Value: £24,210,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
5 Lloydspharmacy Clinical Homecare (Harlow)
  • Mid Tech Service
  • Num offers: 8
  • Value: £24,210,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
6 Polar Speed (Leighton Buzzard)
  • Mid Tech Service
  • Num offers: 8
  • Value: £24,210,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
7 Healthcare At Home (Staffordshire)
  • Mid Tech Service
  • Num offers: 8
  • Value: £24,210,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
8 Alcura (Northampton)
  • Low Tech Service
  • Num offers: 7
  • Value: £3,500,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
9 Fresenius Medical Care (Nottinghamshire)
  • Low Tech Service
  • Num offers: 7
  • Value: £3,500,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
10 Healthnet Homecare (Leeds)
  • Low Tech Service
  • Num offers: 7
  • Value: £3,500,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
11 Lloydspharmacy Clinical Homecare (Harlow)
  • Low Tech Service
  • Num offers: 7
  • Value: £3,500,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
12 Polar Speed (Leighton Buzzard)
  • Low Tech Service
  • Num offers: 7
  • Value: £3,500,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.
13 Healthcare At Home (Staffordshire)
  • Low Tech Service
  • Num offers: 7
  • Value: £3,500,000 [share]
  • Awarded to group of suppliers.

Award Criteria

Delivery Service 15.0
Communication with the Participating Authorities 10.0
Account Management 10.0
Business Continuity Plans 10.0
Communication with the Patient 5.0
Carbon Reduction Plan 5.0
Packaging and Recycling 5.0
PRICE 40.0

CPV Codes

  • 85149000 - Pharmacy services
  • 33600000 - Pharmaceutical products

Indicators

  • Award on basis of price.

Other Information

The estimated values referred to in Section II.1.5 and within all Lots covers the forty eight (48) month contract duration and the twenty four (24) month extension period of the framework agreement. (SC Ref:749228)

Reference

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