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title: "Pharmaceutical Public Health Advice"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-044acc"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "MIDDLESBROUGH COUNCIL"
published: "2024-04-18"
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# Pharmaceutical Public Health Advice

Buyer: MIDDLESBROUGH COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-044acc

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## Summary

The Middlesbrough Council has initiated a tender process for the procurement of specialist pharmaceutical advice to support Public Health South Tees. This tender, titled "Pharmaceutical Public Health Advice," falls under the main procurement category of services in the health and social work services industry. The contract will involve providing pharmaceutical advice for various local services such as smoking cessation, sexual health, and substance misuse services. The procurement stage is complete, with the contract period scheduled from April 2024 to March 2027.

This tender opportunity presents a lucrative chance for businesses in the health and social work services sector to collaborate with the Middlesbrough Council and NECS in providing specialist clinical advice to support public health initiatives. Businesses that specialise in pharmaceutical services, contract management, and formulary guidance will be well-suited to compete for this contract. The procurement method used is an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, tailored to the Provider Selection Regime under the Health Care Services Regulations 2023.

## Notice

NECS will provide specialist pharmaceutical advice to support Public Health South Tees, who is responsible for all contracting, financial and commissioning support to pharmaceutical service providers. The NECS Medicines Optimisation team will continue to deliver the following services to support the Public Health team in the management of these contracts. Commissioned Services and In-House Services: Pharmaceutical advice regarding the appropriate use of medicines with the development of service specifications, service review of contracts, formulary management and prescribing guidance for the following local commissioned services: o Smoking cessation services o Sexual health services o Substance misuse services o Local influenza and COVID-19 Vaccine programmes o In-house Heath Visitors and School Nurses o Any commissioned or in-house service which the Public Health team would like to commission that is new and not existing, which benefits from specialist clinical advice.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

NECS will provide specialist pharmaceutical advice to support Public Health South Tees, who is responsible for all contracting, financial and commissioning support to pharmaceutical service providers. The NECS Medicines Optimisation team will continue to deliver the following services to support the Public Health team in the management of these contracts. Commissioned Services and In-House Services: Pharmaceutical advice regarding the appropriate use of medicines with the development of service specifications, service review of contracts, formulary management and prescribing guidance for the following local commissioned services: o Smoking cessation services o Sexual health services o Substance misuse services o Local influenza and COVID-19 Vaccine programmes o In-house Heath Visitors and School Nurses o Any commissioned or in-house service which the Public Health team would like to commission that is new and not existing, which benefits from specialist clinical advice.

### Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 03/04/2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012591-2024 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Apr 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Mar 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £127,842 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | MIDDLESBROUGH COUNCIL |
| Additional buyers | MEDICINES OPTIMISATION SUPPORT |
| Locality | MIDDLESBROUGH |
| Post town | Cleveland |
| Postcode | TS1 2QQ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC3 Tees Valley |
| ITL 3 | TLC32 South Teesside |
| Local authority | Middlesbrough |
| Electoral ward | Central |
| Westminster constituency | Middlesbrough and Thornaby East |
| Delivery location | TLC12 South Teesside |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NECS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 18 Apr 2024 at 07:39 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012591-2024
- 15 Apr 2024 at 13:26 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012183-2024
- 20 Mar 2024 at 13:10 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009010-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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