Notice Information
Notice Title
Access to Palliative and End-of-Life Care Medicines Through Community Pharmacies in North East London - Market Engagement
Notice Description
North East London Integrated Care Board (NEL ICB) are seeking to commission Service Providers within NEL to provide access to palliative end-of-life care (PEoLC) medicines to patients in the community in North East London. The main service outcome will be to facilitate easy and timely access to PEoLC medicines, enabling patients to achieve good symptom control. It is expected that the service provider will: * Maintain a specific stock of PEoLC medicines to ensure timely supply for patients. * Support access to PEoLC medicines both in and out of hours. * Provide information and advice relating to the use of EoLC medicines to family members/ carers/ healthcare professionals. * Provide flexible options for the collection or delivery of PEoLC medicines for out of hours service provision. NEL ICB is seeking providers who will provide this service within their usual working hours. It is also expected that the provider will be able to support out-of-hours (OOH) service provisions; defined as hours outside their normal operating times. The provision for OOHs service would either be by participating in a rota system co-ordinated by NEL ICB across NEL or this will be delivered through a single provider. The minimum requirement (weeks per year as part of the rota) to be determined depending on the responses received from the expression of interest. To assist the Commissioners with testing its assumptions and proposed service requirements, a market engagement feedback questionnaire has been developed to obtain understanding of the market's feedback and interest on the following: Outline of service requirements and KPI's * Indication on provider to participate in OOHs service provision * timescales for procurement and mobilisation of the new contract * proposed contract duration and financial model
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04f79c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010783-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- 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
- 21 Mar 202511 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Not Specified
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS NORTH EAST LONDON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- hub.queries@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- E15 1DA
- Post Town
- East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI41 Hackney and Newham
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Newham
- Electoral Ward
- Stratford
- Westminster Constituency
- Stratford and Bow
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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