Published date: 18 March 2022
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.
Contract summary
Industry
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000
Location of contract
NE15 8NY
Value of contract
£40,000
Procurement reference
CF-0692400D0O000000rwimUAA1
Published date
18 March 2022
Closing date
24 March 2022
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
25 March 2022
Contract end date
30 June 2022
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Other
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
NHSBSA a Special Health Authority and Arm's Length Body of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). NHSBSA receives details relating to NHS Advanced and Essential Services outlined in Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) and the Drug Tariff via their Manage Your Service (MYS) portal to reimburse Community Pharmacy Contractors in England. Requirement is for suppliers providing software to pharmacies, to provide data feeds to NHSBSA via APIs from their software. Suppliers will sign-up to facilitate delivery of the Community Pharmacy Consultation Service (CPCS) and Smoking Cessation Service (SCS) ("Services") for those pharmacies that wish to use it. Facilitation will enable the transmission of data from the software to the MYS portal via each Services' API and enable receipt into the software of response data from MYS. Suppliers will be paid a fixed fee (£5,000 ex VAT) for successful development, testing and go-live of APIs when completed in accordance with NHSBSA standards and completion dates. Suppliers will sign-up to a non-negotiable Non-Processor Agreement (NPA) and Development Agreement.
Development timescales for Lot 1 CPCS API are:
Invitation to EoI and Tender: 18/03/2022
Deadline for submission of bidder clarifications: 22/03/2022
Deadline for submission of EoI and Tender Response (qualification envelope): 12:00 noon 24/03/2022
NHSBSA issues notice of decision to enter into agreement: 25/03/2022
Testing Complete: 27/03/2022
Live Service Commencement Date: 01/04/2022
Development timescales for Lot 2 SCS API are:
Pub of Invitation to EoI and Tender: 18/03/2022
Deadline for submission of bidder clarifications: 25/03/2022
Deadline for submission of EoI and Tender Response (qualification envelope): 12:00 noon 30/03/2022
NHSBSA issues notice of decision to enter into agreement: 01/04/2022
Testing Complete: 24/04/2022
Live Service Commencement Date: 30/06/2022
Suppliers must demonstrate, by completing the qualification envelope (see below re NHSBSA e-tendering solution), that they already have the following capabilities within their systems:
Use of an existing MYS API for Advanced Services
Access to The Personal Demographics Service (PDS)
Use of the Directory of Service (DoS) API (applicable to CPCS only)
Summary Care Record (SCR) 1-click functionality is preferable, but not essential.
They must also complete (in accordance with timescales above):
The qualification envelope.
NHSBSA assurance Testing.
Signed NPA.
Successful transmission of a live service message via each API.
Successful claim against live service made by Pharmacy.
To access all documentation suppliers must register an interest via https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. To access the documentation suppliers must search opportunities using system reference C71583 for Lot 1 CPCS and C71706 for Lot 2 SCS.
About the buyer
Contact name
Commercial Services
Address
Stella House, Goldcrest Way
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE15 8NY
GB
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