Notice Information
Notice Title
Appliance Prescription Management Service
Notice Description
The East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub (the Authority) is procuring a framework agreement for the provision of an Appliance Prescription Management Service for Stoma/Continence Appliances. The aims and objectives of the Framework Agreement is to provide a prescription management service for stoma and/or catheter patients. The service may include care for stoma patients pre-operation and post-operation. The purpose of the PIN is to inform potential suppliers of our intention to procure this service but also to engage suppliers to understand market capability and capacity to deliver the service. This notice is for information only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to not proceed to tender or at its absolute discretion to amend it at the time of issue of any further notice or notices or at any other time. Potential suppliers are asked to take part in a short market engagement questionnaire. The information provided will help to form the way the service specification is designed for the framework agreement. Details of how to access the questionnaire can be found in the following section of this notice: Section 5 Appliance Prescription Management Service for Stoma/Continence Appliances Key Aims and Objectives: - Deliver a high quality appliance prescription management service that will deliver a better quality of life and greater independence to patients. - Deliver a high quality of prescribing control through consistent application of the most up to date and relevant prescribing guidance and an accessory formulary to ensure products and appliances issued are cost-effective and quantities supplied in line with patients' clinical needs. - Reducing wastage throughout the clinical pathway. - Reduce the burden on General Practitioners (GP's) through having specialist nurses managing prescriptions, thereby adding value to the prescribing process. - Ensuring appropriate and correct quantities of products are prescribed to patients which will in turn reduce the amount of time GP's spend on Primary Care Administration. - Deliver a high level of clinical care to the patient. - Ensure that appropriate and effective levels of interaction with the patient are implemented, thereby reducing and eliminating patient complaints, complications and anxiety. - Provide a service that includes easily and readily available community support following discharge, in order to avoid patient A&E attendance and patients accessing urgent healthcare services due to stoma and catheter related complications. The Supplier will adopt and lead a whole-systems approach by working in collaboration with the Participating Authority, Trust, GP's and all stakeholders relevant to the delivery of a safe, high quality and reliable Appliance Prescription Management Service. The supplier will be responsible for the safe and effective management of the entire patient pathway. Additional information: The procurement will cover the following 5 Lots: Lot 1 - Stoma Prescription Service Lot 2 - Catheter Prescription Service Lot 3 - Stoma and Catheter Combined Prescription Service Lot 4 - Stoma Pre- and/or Post-Operative Care Support Lot 5 - Combined Stoma Service - Prescription and Pre- and/or Post-Operative Care Support Suppliers will need to: - Be able to provide the service outlined above and as will be further outlined in the service specification once the procurement is live. - Commence the service by 1 June 2022 (This date is subject to change and is a target date. It may be slightly earlier or later). - Let us know which lots they are interested in bidding for. - Provide details of their preferred commercial model for this market. - Confirm that your organisation is already registered on or will arrange for registration on Atamis https://atamis.cloudforce.com/ This framework agreement is for East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub (EoECPH) Members. EoECPH Members are subject to change throughout the life of the Framework Agreement. Associate membership is available to any publicly funded entities (not already a full or pharmacy EoECPH member) who sign the framework customer access agreement. If you would like to express an interest in this opportunity, please email me at pharmacy@eoecph.nhs.uk and I will send you an expression of interest questionnaire form by return to your email. Your organisation will then need to complete the expression of interest questionnaire and return it to me at pharmacy@eoecph.nhs.uk by no later than 12:00 Noon on Wednesday 26 January 2022. Kindly add the following to the email subject box: Appliance Prescription Management Service EOI. With reference to the value inputted in section 1 of this notice, please be aware that a value is not yet known. If and when a value of the contract is finalised it will be shared on a public procurement platform with bidders.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-4ff485a4-c2af-4d31-aff2-262a53962008
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ccbbd466-8d9f-4cd4-bf94-fd355831fcd4
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planned Procurement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Not specified
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85149000 - Pharmacy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Jan 20224 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 21 Mar 2022Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Jun 2022 - 30 Jun 2026 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- EAST OF ENGLAND NHS COLLABORATIVE HUB
- Contact Name
- East Of England NHS Collaborative Hub
- Contact Email
- pharmacy@eoecph.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- FULBOURN
- Postcode
- CB21 5XB
- Post Town
- Cambridge
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Electoral Ward
- Fen Ditton & Fulbourn
- Westminster Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ccbbd466-8d9f-4cd4-bf94-fd355831fcd4
12th January 2022 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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