--- title: "Pharmacy Contract Management System" ocid: "ocds-kuma6s-135387" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-kuma6s-135387" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-135387.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-135387.json" source: "Sell2Wales" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES (HOSTED BY VELINDRE UNIVERSITY NHS TRUST)" published: "2023-10-06" --- # Pharmacy Contract Management System Buyer: NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES (HOSTED BY VELINDRE UNIVERSITY NHS TRUST) Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-kuma6s-135387 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-kuma6s-135387) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-135387.json) ## Summary The NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, through Procurement Services hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust, is planning a tender for a Pharmacy Contract Management System. This opportunity falls under the Health industry category and is located in Cardiff, UK. The procurement process is in the planning stage with a future notice date set for October 9, 2023. Interested suppliers can expect Supplier Engagement sessions during December 2023 to January 2024. The purpose is to replace the current system with features like improved contract analysis and debrief modules. This tender for a Pharmacy Contract Management System by NHS Wales offers an opportunity for suppliers to engage with the public procurement process. Businesses in the software development, healthcare technology, and pharmaceutical industries would be well-suited to compete. Winning this tender can lead to growth opportunities for businesses specialising in contract management systems. Interested suppliers should register on the Sell2Wales website for additional information and potential engagement with the healthcare procurement team. ## Notice National pharmaceutical procurement for NHS Wales is delivered by the Pharmacy sourcing team, which is part of Procurement Services within NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP). The team consists of procurement professionals managing the end to end sourcing process for a range of pharmaceutical contracts, which are utilised by Health Boards across Wales. A key piece of software used by NWSSP Pharmacy sourcing to manage their tenders and procurement process, deliver their contracts as well as manage ongoing contracts is the Contract Management System (CMS). The current system has been in place for about 20 years. The current CMS system is used in close conjunction with Bravo eTenderwales which is the tendering system used by NWSSP. The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to alert suppliers to a potential opportunity to deliver a replacement CMS. The CMS will be a tool used by NWSSP Pharmacy sourcing team initially, with the scope to expand it's use to additional procurement sourcing teams, within NWSSP Procurement Services in the future. ### Lot Information Lot 1 NWSSP is seeking to engage the market to understand the technical solutions, delivery options and ideas that will inform a business case to determine the most appropriate method to replace the current Contract Management System (CMS, which is used to create, tender, analyse and maintain contracts for the Pharmacy Sourcing Team. The system will be used in conjunction with a number of other systems in order to provide a complete contract tendering and management package. The current CMS system offers a thorough series of functions that are able to record, hold and produce most documents and information to effectively tender and manage contracts. Currently the primary system that CMS is supported by is Bravo (e-Tender Wales). Bravo is an online tendering tool which uses a tender spreadsheet composed by the CMS. Once the tender closes this sheet is then downloaded from all submitted tenders and uploaded on mass to the CMS for analysis. Documents can be exported from the CMS in several formats. Currently the most used formats are PDF and Excel. PDF is used when exporting contract schedules and the composite, and excel used for the tender spreadsheets and exporting data loads for mass analysis. When data is exported in many cases once completed it will be re-uploaded. This is the case with many of the processes such as tender spreadsheets, analysis and usage requirements. The current CMS system utilizes Access 2007 and SQL 2005. The IT environment is flexible and depending on the solution NWSSP would be willing to discuss on premises, cloud or supplier based hosting. The new CMS will be able to fulfil the following list of requirements: 1.) Master Tables - these hold data on the following: - Products - Suppliers - Terms - Contracts 2.) Create a workspace for each pharmacy contract in order to carry out the management of the end to end procurement process from gathering tender requirements, analysing tender bids, awarding contracts and ongoing contract management activity as detailed below. 3.) Tender - ie functions to setup tender requirements and analyse received bids: - Receive requirement inputs for the generation of a tender ie typically from health boards operational needs - Output tender spreadsheets as Excel ie ready to publish to the market via Bravo (e-tender Wales) - Receive completed tender sheets as inputs which will form part of the Analysis function 4.) Analysis: - Build an analysis of tender from the incoming completed tender sheets - Compare the values per product from supplier bids and take into account the pack size tendered - Export the analysis into Excel / PDF 5.) Award of tender to winning supplier(s): - Award products to supplier as part of the contract - Generate a debrief document per supplier (excel) - Create a contract schedule outlining all awards / costs 6.) Contract management - in order to carry out the ongoing tasks involved with the contract at the post-award stage such as: - Add / Remove awards - Modify price - Generate updated contract schedules for any amended contract details A new CMS must match the functionality of the current system and deliver the following additional functionality. NWSSP would look to continue development of the application to these areas: - Improved contract analysis module - to deliver more in depth insights and automation to analyse tender responses - Contract debrief module - to offer a more streamlined and efficient process to provide tender response debriefs to suppliers as part of the post-tender feedback process - Improved analytics - in order to provide greater insights into contract management, such as spend analytics as part of the post award contract management process The application must be designed to be flexible to enable continued development. NWSSP would investigate the potential for the system to be used by further procurement sourcing teams, within Procurement Services. These teams would include but not limited to the Medical/Clinical and Non-Medical teams.. This contract will cover the following organisations: NHS Wales Shared Service Partnership ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Sell2Wales | | Latest notice | https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=135387 | | Notice type | OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 6 Oct 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 9 Oct 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES (HOSTED BY VELINDRE UNIVERSITY NHS TRUST) | | Locality | CARDIFF | | Post town | Cardiff | | Postcode | CF15 7QZ | | Country | Wales | | ITL 1 | TLL Wales | | ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales | | ITL 3 | TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend | | Local authority | Rhondda Cynon Taf | | Electoral ward | Taff's Well | | Westminster constituency | Cardiff North | | Delivery location | TLL Wales | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems ### Codes - 48000000 - Software package and information systems - 48100000 - Industry specific software package ## Release History - 6 Oct 2023 at 00:00 - Planning - OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=135387 ## Documents - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT452859 Pharmacy Contract Management System - National pharmaceutical procurement for NHS Wales is delivered by the Pharmacy sourcing team, which is part of Procurement Services within NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP). The team consists of procurement professionals managing the end to end sourcing process for a range of pharmaceutical contracts, which are utilised by Health Boards across Wales. A key piece of software used by NWSSP Pharmacy sourcing to manage their tenders and procurement process, deliver their contracts as well as manage ongoing contracts is the Contract Management System (CMS). The current system has been in place for about 20 years. The current CMS system is used in close conjunction with Bravo eTenderwales which is the tendering system used by NWSSP. The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to alert suppliers to a potential opportunity to deliver a replacement CMS. The CMS will be a tool used by NWSSP Pharmacy sourcing team initially, with the scope to expand it's use to additional procurement sourcing teams, within NWSSP Procurement Services in the future. ## Notice URLs - http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/ - http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=135387 - https://api.sell2wales.gov.wales/v1?lang=cy/Notice?id=ocds-kuma6s-135387 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-kuma6s-135387. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-135387.json.