Published date: 21 September 2018

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: 19 October 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

  • Miscellaneous health services - 85140000

  • Pharmacy services - 85149000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£967,786 to £1,935,572

Procurement reference

20180921173042-18

Published date

21 September 2018

Closing date

19 October 2018

Contract start date

1 April 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2023

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?

Yes

Description

The London Boroughs' of Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark are seeking to commission high quality sexual and reproductive health services across the three boroughs to improve contraceptive access and reproductive health outcomes for local residents. Organisations wishing to tender must demonstrate they can deliver high quality sexual and reproductive health services that will be:
• a provider of community pharmacy registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and with open access premises located in either the boroughs of Lambeth, Lewisham or Southwark
• delivered by pharmacists with a current and applicable patient group directive.
• provided five days or more per week
The services have been divided into three Lots, namely Lot 1 Lambeth, Lot 2 Lewisham and Lot 3 Southwark. The Lots are further broken down in to specific areas as detailed in the procurement documents to support the spread of providers and promote access for residents across each local authority.
The total number of providers sought in each local authority are as follows;
Lambeth - 20
Lewisham - 18
Southwark -15
The Council reserves the right to appoint additional pharmacy providers who meet the minimum quality threshold to even out any geographical gaps that may arise after the proposed number of pharmacies stated above are selected for contract award. Each provider can only apply for the Lot in which their pharmacy will be located. As per boroughs' statutory Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment and national commissioning arrangements, local authorities only commission pharmacies within their borough boundaries. If you are part of a larger company or partnership of companies, you are required to submit a separate and specific tender for each individual pharmacy.
The estimated contract value are as follows:
Lot 1 Lambeth -£185,201 per annum (across 20 providers)
Lot 2 Lewisham - £173,692 per annum (across 18 providers)
Lot 3 Southwark - £125, 000 per annum (across 15 providers)
There is no guarantee of specific business and providers awarded contracts will be paid on activity. The contract term is two years with the option for two, one year extensions.
Lambeth Council is leading the procurement on behalf of the three local authorities and each local authorities will award separate contracts.
The anticipated contract start date is the 1st of April 2019.
This tender will managed by email inbox. Please email PublicHealthProcurement@lambeth.gov.uk to receive the Invitation to Tender documents and for any other communication relating to the procurement. The deadline for tender submissions is 5pm 19th of October 2018. The London Borough of Lambeth reserves the right to reject tender submissions for any or all Lots received after the deadline. Bidders should assume that any later tender submissions will be rejected. The London Borough of Lambeth reserves the right to not award any or all contracts for any or all Lots.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Carole Ferguson

Address

Lambeth Town Hall
Brixton Hill
London
SW21RW
ENG

Telephone

+44 2079266157

Email

cferguson@lambeth.gov.uk

Website

www.lambeth.gov.uk