Published date: 3 March 2017

This notice was replaced on 13 September 2017

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Awarded contract (published 13 September 2017)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Pharmacy services - 85149000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£75,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_132648/569636

Published date

3 March 2017

Closing date

19 April 2017

Contract start date

1 July 2017

Contract end date

30 June 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Framework agreement for the provision of homecare medicines services specifically to
members of East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub's Pharmacy
Procurement Model and members of NHS Commercial Solutions.

The framework is broken into 4 lots which will cover provision of:
- Low-tech Homecare medicines services
- Mid-tech Homecare Medicines Services
- High-tech Homecare Medicines Services for Antibiotic Products
- High-tech Homecare Medicines Services.

Services are to be provided in line with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Professional Standards for Homecare. Estimated cost excluding VAT: Range between 75 000 000 and 200 000 000.

This Framework Agreement will include, and be for the benefit of publically funded (both wholly and partially funded) entities in the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. This will include, but is not limited to: Acute, Ambulance, Mental Health, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Health and Care Trusts, Area Teams, Local Authorities and Special Health Authorities, HSC in Northern Ireland, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales, including any successor or emerging organisations, which will include but is not limited to the emerging landscape of combined health and social care commissioners and providers. Please follow the links below to identify specific organisations:
• NHS trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx
• Clinical Commissioning Groups: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CCGListing.aspx
• Area Teams: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AreaTeamListing.aspx
• Local Authorities: https://www.lgbce.org.uk/records-and-resources/local-authorities-in-england
• Special health authorities: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx
• HSC in Northern Ireland: http://online.hscni.net/other-hsc-organisations
• NHS Scotland: http://www.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/
• NHS Wales: http://www.wales.nhs.uk/ourservices/directory

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Homecare Medicines Services

  • Early engagement
  • Published 29 November 2016

Links

Additional text

Tender documents are available on the East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub's Bravo Solution eSourcing portal: eoecph.bravosolution.co.uk
Bidders must undertake a simple registration to the BravoSolution portal. All correspondence regarding this tender must be submitted via the BravoSolution messaging function.

About the buyer

Contact name

East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub

Address

Victoria House, Capital Park, Fulbourn
Cambridge
CB21 5XB
England

Email

joe.bassett@eoecph.nhs.uk

Website

www.eoecph.bravosolution.co.uk