Published date: 30 November 2020

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 17 December 2020, 1am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Pharmacy services - 85149000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£1,200,000 to £1,200,001

Procurement reference

BCHC-19-0049 Supply & Implement an Electronic Prescribing Administration System

Published date

30 November 2020

Closing date

17 December 2020

Closing time

1am

Contract start date

1 April 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

1)The purpose of this procurement is to supply and implement an effective and affordable EPMA system which will start to create the desired future working environment across all its locations within 12 months from the date of contract award of April 2021. Existing systems in use include R4 by Carestream Dental, Ascribe by EMIS and RiO EPR by Servelec.

2)The contract period will be five fixed years plus two optional years consisting of two periods of up to twelve months in each. The expected start date for the contract is April 1st 2021

3)The tender award process will be through further competition using the NHS SBS Healthcare Clinical Information System : Lot 6 : Prescribing Systems and those suppliers awarded to that Lot. Suppliers not awarded under this Lot will not be considered.

4)The tender will be awarded on a single supplier basis only for the entire period of the contract.

5) Access to all information relating to this tender is through the Trust e-tendering portal : https://procontract.due-north.com/register

6)All bids and supplier clarifications will only be accepted through the above portal , any bids or queries submitted outside or directly to a Trust member will be rejected and/or not actioned.

7)The deadline for the submission of bids is 17.12.20 at 12 noon and no further extensions will be permitted

8)Supplier clarification deadline is December 10th 2020 after which no further clarifications wil be accepted.

About the buyer

Contact name

Stephen Kitson

Address

3 Priestley Wharf
BIRMINGHAM
B74BN
England

Email

Stephen.Kitson@bhamcommunity.nhs.uk