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Medicines Management Service

UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST

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22 Apr 2021 at 12:18

Award

19 Apr 2021 at 14:49

Summary of the contracting process

The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is currently engaged in the procurement process for a Medicines Management Service, classified under health and social work services. The contract, valued at £29,500,000, aims to establish an integrated IT solution with robotic and automated medicines storage and delivery over a period of 15 years. The procurement method is limited, facilitated through an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Key contacts for this tender can be reached directly through Mr David Streets at the Trust, located in Leicester, UK.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialised in healthcare technology and services, particularly those offering innovative IT and robotics solutions for medicines management. Companies with expertise in automated systems, logistics, and pharmaceutical services would be ideal contenders to compete for this contract. Given the Trust's prior engagement with the successful suppliers, organisations that can demonstrate advanced technology and compliance with NHS requirements may find a strategic advantage in this procurement.

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Notice Title

Medicines Management Service

Notice Description

Medicines Management Service

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Trust intends to award a contract to to IBSL (UK) LTD and Deenova SrL (the "Suppliers") for the provision of a Medicines Management Service which is an integrated IT, robotic and automated medicines storage and delivery solution that includes: * the provision of an off-site Unit Dose Laboratory (UDL) including enabling works * provision of UDL staff, * all enabling works at the Trust * installation and maintenance of automated medicines cabinets on wards * integration with the Trust pharmacy ordering and receipt system * integration with the Trust e-prescribing system * integration with the Trust patient admission, discharge and transfer system * integration with the Trust pharmacy ordering and receipt system * equipment and hardware (robotics, carts, trolleys, devices) * enabling works - through a sub-contractor, to be approved by the Authority * transportation from the UDL to the Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital & Glenfield Hospital (any other sites in the future that may be under the control of the Trust) * training of Trust staff For the avoidance of doubt the contract will have an enabling phase and the 15 year term shall not start until the "Services Commencement Date" when the Trust will pay a monthly service charge in line with the Contract. The Trust will enter into a contract following a minimum 10 day standstill period starting the day after this notice is published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Procurement Information

The Trust is awarding a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union. It considers that the contract with the Suppliers falls outside the scope of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the "Regulations"), because the award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union is permitted pursuant to Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Regulations i.e. where the works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator by reason of absence of competition for technical reasons, and no reasonable alternative or substitute exists. For the reasons explained below, the Trust is of the view that the Contract can only be awarded to the Suppliers because competition is absent for technical reasons, and no reasonable alternative or substitute exists. Following a successful pilot at the Leicester General Hospital the Trust published a Prior Information Notice 2015/S 234-425081 to establish the level interest and ability in the market place to support the Trust to deliver a Trust wide solution. Following that PIN, a number of potential suppliers expressed an interest, only 4 then provided a proposal and 2 of those were not able to provide a solution. The Trust considered the relevant market and took the view that if it had sought to procure the services covered by the contract by way of an advertised procurement process, competition would have been absent for technical reasons because no supplier in the relevant market other than the Suppliers would, in practice, have been able to put forward a viable bid that would have met the Trust's lawful requirements. This is because this is the first solution (as described at II2.4 above) of its kind within the NHS in the UK. The Suppliers hold the exclusive UK license for the software solution and the hardware required to deliver the solution required by the Trust. The Trust considers that it would have been unrealistic to have expected any suppliers other than the Suppliers to have the intellectual property rights to be able to deliver the solution and fulfil the Trust's requirements. The Trust also considers that the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a79b
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008613-2021
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£29,500,000 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
22 Apr 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
5 Apr 20214 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST
Contact Name
Mr David Streets
Contact Email
david.j.streets@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1162588540

Buyer Location

Locality
LEICESTER
Postcode
LE3 8TB
Post Town
Leicester
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland
Delivery Location
TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire

Local Authority
Blaby
Electoral Ward
Glenfield Faire
Westminster Constituency
Mid Leicestershire

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

DEENOVA

IBSL (UK

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