Published date: 12 October 2017

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: 25 October 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

  • Miscellaneous health services - 85140000

Location of contract

B69 3DE

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

PH0157-2

Published date

12 October 2017

Closing date

25 October 2017

Contract start date

9 November 2017

Contract end date

2 April 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Using the guidance provided in the information pack for Local Authorities , Sandwell Council seek to employ a suitable organisation to develop and publish their revised pharmaceutical needs assessment.
A local pharmaceutical needs assessment (PNA) is a comprehensive assessment of the current and future pharmaceutical needs of the local population for community pharmacy, dispensing and appliance contractors and (where relevant) doctors' services and should identify where there are gaps in provision.
The NHS (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013, effective from 1 April 2013, now require each health and wellbeing board (HWB) to:
 Make a revised assessment as soon as is reasonably practicable after identifying changes to the need for pharmaceutical services which are significant and
 Publish a new PNA no later than 1 April 2018.

More information

Links

Additional text

The Quotation Document(s) will be made available to suppliers who Express Interest on the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Tendering Portal. To access the portal please click the following link https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc

You will be required to log into an existing account or register a new one. Once logged in, from the top menu bar click on "Tenders" to list all the current opportunities. Once you have found the relevant opportunity you should click on "View Details" in order to Express Interest.

Closing date for submission of quotations is 25 October 2017 at 13:00 hours

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Richard Arm

Address

Freeth Street
Oldbury
West Midlands
B69 3DE
United Kingdom

Telephone

0845 352 7688

Email

richard_arm@sandwell.gov.uk