Notice Information
Notice Title
PPSA - Pharmacy Logistics Service
Notice Description
Provision of a Pharmacy Logistics Service, planned and unplanned transportation of pharmaceutical products to other NHS Trust sites, other NHS organisations or pop-up satellite clinics that are performing NHS activity. This will also include transportation of medication to patients' homes following an NHS Outpatient appointment or patient discharge from Hospital. Transportation will typically span the South West region but may extend to other delivery points outside of the South West region. All suppliers must adhere to all relevant legislation, regulation, national quality standards and industry best practice including any that come into force during the life of the contract; and will follow best industry practice. This will span; Good Distribution Guidelines, Medicines Health Regulatory Authority, Wholesaler Dealer's Authorisation (Human) and transportation of controlled drugs. Full details of the procurement will be advised in the Invitation to Tender documents following the Pre Market Engagement event, please see additional information below. This procurement will be managed by the Peninsula Purchasing and Supply Alliance (PPSA) on behalf of Torbay & South Devon NHS Foundation Trust acting for itself and selected NHS organisations in the South West of England. Additional information: This notice has been issued to give interested parties advance notice of this procurement. The purpose of this notice is to determine suppliers in the market capable of providing a Pharmacy Logistics Service. No tender documentation is available at this stage but any interested parties who respond to this notice will be invited to a pre-market engagement session. The pre-market engagement session is scheduled for 19 March 2024. Please note this will be a face to face session with slots allocated on a first come first served basis. The slots will be conducted on a 1:1 with information sent to interested parties. This notice does not constitute a call for competition. Please note this invitation has been issued purely as an information seeking exercise and is not part of any procurement process. The Trusts are not liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise. Interested parties should note that a response to this notice does not guarantee being invited for further discussion. In addition it does not guarantee that an invitation to tender for any future services will be advertised, nor that such a procurement exercise will take place or that any proposals offered would be accepted.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-a7769908-7237-41eb-8017-c409140bb807
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/37c21b32-60c5-4a11-bb27-41a0d26a0662
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
64 - Postal and telecommunications services
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
33600000 - Pharmaceutical products
64120000 - Courier services
85149000 - Pharmacy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £4,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 Mar 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 13 Mar 2024Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- TORBAY & SOUTH DEVON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- TORQUAY
- Postcode
- TQ2 7AN
- Post Town
- Torquay
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK4 Devon
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK42 Torbay
- Delivery Location
- TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Torbay
- Electoral Ward
- Tormohun
- Westminster Constituency
- Torbay
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/37c21b32-60c5-4a11-bb27-41a0d26a0662
1st March 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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