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Bromley Tailored Dispensing Service

SOUTH EAST LONDON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

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03 May 2023 at 15:41

Summary of the contracting process

The South East London Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract for the Bromley Tailored Dispensing Service to the South East London Community Pharmacy Fed Ltd. The service involves supporting patients in Bromley to manage their own medicines, improve adherence, undertake clinical medication reviews, and reduce medicines waste. The contract, valued at £308,000 annually, is based on an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The lead provider selected, the South East London Community Pharmacy Fed, will manage sub-contracts with current TDS providers and engage Bromley community pharmacies in communications and training opportunities.

This procurement opportunity in the health services sector, specifically tailored dispensing, is currently at the award stage. Businesses involved in community pharmacy services, health care provision, and medicines management would find this tender suitable for bidding. The contract offers continuity of services within the London Borough of Bromley and provides an avenue for new TDS providers to participate as sub-contractors. The procurement method, a limited award procedure, aims to ensure service continuity and minimise disruptions. Key service requirements include established relationships with Bromley pharmacies, detailed understanding of NHS community pharmacy frameworks, and proficient management of sub-contracts and service data reporting.

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Notice Title

Bromley Tailored Dispensing Service

Notice Description

The Tailored Dispensing Service (TDS) was commissioned in 2018, through an AQP exercise and contracts were awarded for 3 years with an option to extend for 2 further years, which has now been enacted. In order to access the TDS service, a referral is sent to the TDS pharmacy from the Bromley Medicine Optimisation Service (BMOS). BMOS will have received a referral from a GP, hospital, community service, or other member of health or social care staff, who feel that their patient would benefit from having a reasonable adjustment aid dispensed. BMOS comprises of a holistic assessment, usually in the patient's own home, of the patient's medicines routine to identify and address medicines compliance issues. The Bromley TDS is provided by 40 community pharmacies. The contract is activity and defined tariff based. The annual contract value is PS308,000. This value will be inclusive of all activity, consumables, tariffs, and all associated management fees for both the Lead Provider and the TDS Contractors The TDS currently provide a service that: * Supports patients to manage their own medicines and maintain independence. * Improves patients' understanding of their medicines and improve adherence. * Undertakes clinical medication review of patients identified as having a medicines-related problem. * Reduces the number of inappropriate drugs prescribed using evidence-based tools. * Reduces the number of adverse drug events experienced. * Reduces medicines waste. * Works collaboratively with other health and social care professionals to support and implement personalised tailored interventions for individual patient needs. * Continuously works with the ICB and social care to develop and implement guidance/policies on medicines administration support. * Reduces the risks of harm caused by medicine regimens or inadvertent reconciliation errors. This VEAT is to inform the market of the ICB's intention to direct award a contract to the South East London Community Pharmacy Fed. The Fed is to provide a management role and will sub-contract to individual community pharmacies, ensuring continuity of current service provision and providing an opportunity for new TDS providers to deliver services as a sub-contractor to the South East London Community Pharmacy Fed.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Tailored Dispensing Service (TDS) was commissioned in 2018, through an AQP exercise and contracts were awarded for 3 years with an option to extend for 2 further years, which has now been enacted. In order to access the TDS service, a referral is sent to the TDS pharmacy from the Bromley Medicine Optimisation Service (BMOS). BMOS will have received a referral from a GP, hospital, community service, or other member of health or social care staff, who feel that their patient would benefit from having a reasonable adjustment aid dispensed. BMOS comprises of a holistic assessment, usually in the patient's own home, of the patient's medicines routine to identify and address medicines compliance issues. The Bromley TDS is provided by 40 community pharmacies. The contract is activity and defined tariff based. The annual contract value is PS308,000. This value will be inclusive of all activity, consumables, tariffs, and all associated management fees for both the Lead Provider and the TDS Contractors The TDS currently provide a service that: * Supports patients to manage their own medicines and maintain independence. * Improves patients' understanding of their medicines and improve adherence. * Undertakes clinical medication review of patients identified as having a medicines-related problem. * Reduces the number of inappropriate drugs prescribed using evidence-based tools. * Reduces the number of adverse drug events experienced. * Reduces medicines waste. * Works collaboratively with other health and social care professionals to support and implement personalised tailored interventions for individual patient needs. * Continuously works with the ICB and social care to develop and implement guidance/policies on medicines administration support. * Reduces the risks of harm caused by medicine regimens or inadvertent reconciliation errors. This VEAT is to inform the market of the ICB's intention to direct award a contract to the South East London Community Pharmacy Fed. The Fed is to provide a management role and will sub-contract to individual community pharmacies, ensuring continuity of current service provision and providing an opportunity for new TDS providers to deliver services as a sub-contractor to the South East London Community Pharmacy Fed.

Options: 3 years + 2 years

Procurement Information

The rationale for the direct award to the South East London Community Pharmacy Fed is based on the following service requirements/criteria: * Local provider within the London Borough of Bromley. * The South East London Community Pharmacy Fed is an organisation across south east London with community pharmacy contractors being members. * All pharmacy contractors in Bromley are, will be, or are eligible to become members of the South East London Community Pharmacy Fed and thereby TDS providers. * All pharmacies will have a choice of whether they want to be full members or affiliated members: Full members - actively engaged in the South East London Community Pharmacy Fed Affiliated members - part of the South East London Community Pharmacy Fed just to provide services. * Therefore, the commissioned lead provider must already have existing established relationship with the pharmacies in Bromley to ensure continuity current arrangement and minimise any disruptions to supply. * The lead provider must have a detailed understanding of community pharmacy services, the NHS England community pharmacy contractual framework, and future developments for community pharmacy. * The lead provider must have a detailed understanding of risks, issues and opportunities within community pharmacy in south east London and Bromley * The lead provider must be able to establish and manage sub-contracts with all current TDS providers, as well as community pharmacy providers in Bromley that wish to start TDS and can meet the service requirements. * The lead provider must be able to engage all Bromley community pharmacy contractors (both TDS and non-TDS) in communications, education and training opportunities. * The lead provider must be able to collate all TDS activity, finance and performance data, collated from PharmOutcomes and report the aggregated data to the Commissioner. * The lead provider must ensure that all reporting templates are uploaded and updated on PharmOutcomes * The lead provider must be able to submit all necessary reporting and invoicing within the agreed timescales

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c619
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012707-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award 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
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,540,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
3 May 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
27 Apr 20232 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
SOUTH EAST LONDON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Contact Name
Kiran Uppal
Contact Email
k.uppal2@nhs.net
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SE1 2TZ
Post Town
South East London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark
Delivery Location
TLI61 Bromley

Local Authority
Southwark
Electoral Ward
London Bridge & West Bermondsey
Westminster Constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

SOUTH EAST LONDON COMMUNITY PHARMACY FED

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