Published date: 23 June 2023

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Opportunity (published 23 June 2023, last edited 23 June 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

NE15 8NY

Value of contract

£20,000

Procurement reference

CF-1530000D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

23 June 2023

Closing date

7 July 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

21 July 2023

Contract end date

1 February 2024

Contract type

Not applicable

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

NHSBSA (as a Special Health Authority Department of Health and Social Care) receives details relating to NHS Advanced and Essential Services outlined in the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework and the Drug Tariff via its Manage Your Service Portal (MYS Portal) to reimburse Community Pharmacy Contractors in England. NHS England (NHSE) has commissioned NHSBSA to deliver these services in respect of the Discharge Medicines Service (DMS).

This opportunity is for Suppliers who already provide software to pharmacies, to develop an API for DMS, to enable the transmission of data from the Supplier's software to the MYS Portal and receipt into the Supplier's software of response data from the MYS Portal.

Suppliers will be paid a fixed fee of £20,000 excluding VAT for the successful development, testing and go-live of the API when completed in accordance with NHSBSA standards and completion dates.

The proposed timeline is as follows:
- Tender issued: 23 June 2023
- Supplier clarification questions submitted: 12:00 on 30 June 2023
- Tenders due: 12:00 on 7 July 2023
- Contract commences: 21 July 2023

- Present the Software (the user interface) to the Authority in confirmation that it has developed the Software to incorporate all fields and capture all data required by the Authority in the Services Specification, and that are necessary to enable the Pharmacy Contractor to provide the DMS Services to citizens by 14 December 2023
- Confirm that the Software can make a suitable report available to the Pharmacy Contractors that informs them of the level of activity they've input for each claim period and will enable the Pharmacy Contractor to provide the required data to the relevant Trust by 11 January 2024
- Acceptance Tests complete by 18 January 2024
- Successful transmission of a live service message via the API by 25 January 2024
- Live message transmission commencement and service payment window opens by 1 February 2024


The following requirements apply to all Suppliers:
1. They are a current supplier of dispensing or clinical services.
2. They can deliver the requirements and key (testing and development) milestones within the timescales set out herein.
3. They agree that the fixed fee of £20,000 excluding VAT will only be paid on successful development, testing and go-live of the API.
4. They will enter into the NHSBSA Non-Processor Agreement and Software Development and Support Agreement.
5. They will support ongoing changes to the service up to twice annually for the duration of the existing CPCF agreement.

To access all documentation, suppliers must register an interest via https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome and search opportunities using system reference C167878.


More information

Additional text

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:
Phone: 0800 9956035
E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk


About the buyer

Contact name

Commercial Services

Address

Goldcrest Way
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE15 8NY
United Kingdom

Email

nhsbsa.commercialservicesteam@nhs.net