Published date: 28 July 2017

This notice was replaced on 5 February 2018

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 5 February 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.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

F10709

Published date

28 July 2017

Closing date

23 August 2017

Contract start date

1 December 2017

Contract end date

30 November 2020

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Fareham and Gosport and South Eastern CCGs wish to commission a patient management system to deliver continence and stoma prescribing

• improve patient care, quality, safety and patient experience;
• reduce wastage;
• provide better value and efficiencies to the current ordering system;
• improve adherence to best practice;
• reduce inappropriate prescribing;
• to improve quality whilst safely reducing cost.

The continence element of the service will commence 1 December 2017; the centralised ordering service for stoma products is anticipated to commence 1 April 2018 but no later than 1 September 2018.

Bidders will need to take into account that Portsmouth CCG may wish to participate in the service at a later date, during the life of the contract.

To bid for this requirement you will need to access the eTender Portal:

1. Browse to the SoEPS Commissioning Support portal
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning

2. If you are not already registered, Click the "Register" link on the left-hand side of the page.
3. Enter your correct business and user details.
4. Note the email address and password chosen and Click "Register My Company" when complete.
5. Login to the portal with the username/password.
6. You will be prompted to change your password on first login.

7. Hover your mouse over the "Tenders" button on the main toolbar and choose the relevant option:
• "My Tenders" shows a list of the opportunities in which you have already expressed an interest or to which you have been invited
• "Awarded" shows a list of tenders awarded on the system (where these are were open to all)
• "Current" shows a list of all the advertised opportunities on the system (i.e. open to all) in which you are able to express an interest
• "Forthcoming" shows a list of pipeline projects (including those in which providers can still express an interest - i.e. deadlines not yet reached)
8. Click on the "View Details" button for relevant opportunity to access the content, clicking "Express an Interest" where required to do so.
9. Click the relevant procurement as required then click the "Opt-In" at the bottom of the page to start building your submission to the procurement stage. This will move the project over to your "My Tenders" page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only).

About the buyer

Address

South of England Services
Southampton
SO30 2FY
England

Email

carolswann@nhs.net