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title: "CHRT503-2021-22 -DS/DN - Greater Manchester Pharmacy Logistics Supply Chain Service"
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# CHRT503-2021-22 -DS/DN - Greater Manchester Pharmacy Logistics Supply Chain Service

Buyer: THE CHRISTIE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03200d

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## Summary

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust initiated a tender for the Greater Manchester Pharmacy Logistics Supply Chain Service for the provision of regional medicine supply chain services. The Trust, on behalf of itself and other NHS organisations in the Greater Manchester Provider Chief Pharmacists' Collaborative, aims to enhance service levels and medicines optimization by implementing a regional supply chain model. The procurement process is in the active stage with a contract value of £7.1 billion and a tender deadline of 8th April 2022 in the UKD region.

This tender presents significant business growth opportunities for suppliers involved in the pharmaceutical products industry, inventory management software development, storage and warehousing services, and pharmacy services. Businesses capable of providing safe, reliable, and resilient medicine supply chain services, electronic inventory management systems, and related technologies are well-suited to compete. The procurement method is selective through competitive negotiation, offering a chance for suppliers to engage in a strategic partnership with the buying organisation, fostering innovation and meeting evolving pharmacy service needs in Greater Manchester.

## Notice

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust ("Trust"), on behalf of itself and the other NHS organisations within the Greater Manchester Provider Chief Pharmacists' Collaborative (GMPCPC) identified within this notice, would like to invite potential suppliers to participate in a tender process for the provision of regional medicine supply chain services. The GMPCPC was tasked to improve service levels and increase medicines optimisation activities and has identified, as the most effective option, a regional supply chain model that provides medicines at pre-assembled ward level to hospitals. The Trust and Authorised Service Recipients require safe, reliable and resilient medicines supply chain Services, to drive efficiencies and streamline all logistics processes. The Trust will act as host organisation of the operating model, across procurement, implementation and ongoing operations. The Trust will operate a strategic Control Tower, which will be co-located at the Facility and act as intermediary between the successful Supplier and the Authorised Service Recipients. Each potential supplier will be required to identify and confirm within its bid the medicines it has access to under CMU contracts (known as Standard Stock). The successful Supplier will then be responsible for all Standard Stock medicine procurement, ownership and supply chain management. All other medicines required to fulfil Orders from Authorised Service Recipients (known as Non-Standard Stock) will be purchased on behalf of the Authorised Service Recipients by the Control Tower. Whilst the successful Supplier will not take ownership of the Non-Standard Stock, it will be required to store, pick, pack and deliver (i.e. provide supply chain management for) that Non-Standard Stock together with all Standard Stock. The value of the contract opportunity stated in this notice includes the potential cost of all Standard Stock to be provided by the successful Supplier. The successful Supplier will be responsible for all storage and management of Stock, preparation of Stock for transportation and delivery, minimisation of Stock wastage, and delivery of Stock from the Facility to the Delivery Points. The successful Supplier is required to provide an electronic inventory management system (known as the Dedicated IT) to underpin the procurement, inventory, Ordering, delivery and invoicing of Stock. Other technologies such as cumulative barcoding, GS1 and business intelligence provision are required as part of the Services. In accordance with the requirements of the Service Contract, changes to medicines regulations, developments and innovations are to be considered, anticipated and incorporated into the model over the Term. The Trust's ambition is to build a collaborative relationship with the successful Supplier, and to create a forward thinking and intelligent structure to anticipate and satisfy the developing needs of the pharmacy services in Greater Manchester. All capitalised terms used in this short description have the meaning given to them in the procurement documents. Tenderers are strongly encouraged to consider the procurement documents in full to ensure that they are able to understand and appreciate the entire scope of the opportunity

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Please see II.1.4. Short description.

Renewal: The proposed contract is to be let for an initial term of up to 162 months (the exact period of the initial term will depend on the time taken to satisfy the Conditions Precedent and to complete the Implementation Services). There is also an option to extend the Contract by up to a further 24 months following the initial term.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022153-2022 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Competitive procedure with negotiation |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 11 Aug 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 8 Apr 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 11 Aug 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £7,100,000,000 |
| Lots value | £7,100,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Cancelled |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Unsuccessful |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE CHRISTIE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |
| Additional buyers | BOLTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; BOLTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST BOLTON; EAST CHESHIRE NHS TRUST; GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST MANCHESTER; MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST MANCHESTER; NORTHERN CARE ALLIANCE NHS GROUP; PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE; STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST STOCKPORT; TAMESIDE AND GLOSSOP INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; WRIGHTINGTON, WIGAN AND LEIGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |
| Locality | MANCHESTER |
| Post town | Manchester |
| Postcode | M20 4BX |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester |
| ITL 3 | TLD33 Manchester |
| Local authority | Manchester |
| Electoral ward | Withington |
| Westminster constituency | Manchester Withington |
| Delivery location | TLD North West (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- 63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 33600000 - Pharmaceutical products
- 48430000 - Inventory management software package
- 48782000 - Storage management software package
- 60112000 - Public road transport services
- 60160000 - Mail transport by road
- 63120000 - Storage and warehousing services
- 72212430 - Inventory management software development services
- 79991000 - Stock-control services
- 85149000 - Pharmacy services

## Release History

- 11 Aug 2022 at 12:16 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022153-2022
- 9 Mar 2022 at 19:27 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006515-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.supplying2nhs.org
- https://mft.nhs.uk/
- https://tamesideandglossopicft.nhs.uk/
- https://www.boltonft.nhs.uk
- https://www.christie.nhs.uk
- https://www.eastcheshire.nhs.uk/
- https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/
- https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
- https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/
- https://www.stockport.nhs.uk/
- https://www.wwl.nhs.uk/

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