Published date: 2 October 2018

Last edited date: 2 October 2018

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 13 July 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Administrative healthcare services - 75122000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_174218/699419

Published date

2 October 2018

Closing date

13 July 2018

Contract start date

7 August 2018

Contract end date

8 February 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Sub OJEU

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

As part of the review of evidence on dependence, and the short term discontinuation or longer term withdrawal symptoms associated with prescribed medicines, PHE wishes to commission an external partner to undertake a Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) which includes a call for papers, and to synthesise the findings into one report that:
a) Describes the harms associated with dependence, and the short term discontinuation and longer term withdrawal symptoms from the following prescribed medicines: opioids for chronic pain (excluding end of life /palliative care/cancer pain), benzodiazepines, Z-drugs, gabapentin and pregabalin (excluding epilepsy treatment), and antidepressants

b) Describes the factors that contribute to the risk of harms associated with dependence and and the short term discontinuation or longer term withdrawal symptoms from the medicines listed in the review.

c) Identifies effective and cost effective approaches to the prevention and treatment of dependence and and the short term discontinuation or longer term withdrawal symptoms from the medicines listed in the review.

d) Summarises evidence about patients' own experiences of the harms caused by prescribed medicines specifically relating to dependence and and the short term discontinuation or longer term withdrawal symptoms from the medicines listed in the review.

e) Identifies and describes existing examples of best practice (e.g. services providing withdrawal support) and evaluates the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the UK health/social service delivery models that prevent or treat dependence and the short term discontinuation or longer term withdrawal symptoms associated with the medicines listed in the review (as well as health service delivery models in other countries that might inform UK provision).

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Award information

Awarded date

3 August 2018

Contract start date

7 August 2018

Contract end date

8 February 2019

Total value of contract

£95,680

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Royal College of Physicians

Address

11 St Andrews Place, Regents Park, London, ALTRO, NW1 4LE, UNITED KINGDOM

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Tim Purchase

Address

Salisbury
Salisbury
SP4 0JG
England

Telephone

01980 612648

Email

tim.purchase@phe.gov.uk