Homedelivery of provisions

Tender description

This Framework Agreement is for the provision of a Homecare Delivery Service for delivery of medicines to patients in their homes or other agreed designated delivery points. The service is divided into two (2) Lots covering Low-tech and Mid-tech Homecare Delivery Services. It includes the dispensing of prescriptions, delivery of medication and the supply of ancillary products, provision of nurse support for injection training and supply of and removal of sharps containers as required. This tender is for approximately 12 000 patients across NHS Scotland initially, resulting in approximately 53 000 deliveries pa. The estimated value for the medicines to be delivered under this Framework Agreement is 60M (GBP) pa. The Framework Agreement will be awarded in two (2) Lots, with each Lot awarded as a multi-supplier unranked framework. It is envisaged that a maximum of eight (8) Framework Participants will be appointed to each Lot. Additional information is available in the tender documentation. Lot 2 is for Mid-Tech Homecare Delivery Service to deliver a range of injectable medicines, the majority of which are in pre-filled syringes / pens. The medicines covered are etanercept, methotrexate, erythropoietin stimulating agents, glatiramer acetate, adalimumab, epoprostenol and iloprost. The service includes the dispensing of prescriptions, delivery of the medication whilst maintaining all required storage conditions, delivery of ancillary products as required, nurse support for injection training as required and to supply and remove sharps containers. This Lot will cover approximately 8 600 patients across NHS Scotland initially, resulting in approximately 45 000 deliveries per annum. The number of patients and deliveries will vary through the duration of the Framework Agreement. The Lot will be awarded as an unranked multi-supplier framework to an envisaged maximum of eight (8) Framework Participants. The Authority may add new or additional medicines into the Lot as and when required. Additional information is available within the tender documentation, and in particular the tender specification. Lot 1 is for a Low-Tech Homecare Delivery Service to deliver a range of oral medicines (for HIV, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Oncology). The service includes the dispensing of prescriptions and delivery of the medication along with ancillary products if required, to patients in their homes or other agreed designated delivery points and to supply and remove any associated sharps containers. It will be for approximately 2 500 patients across NHS Scotland initially, resulting in approximately 8 000 deliveries per annum. The number of patients and deliveries will vary through the duration of the Framework Agreement. The Lot will be awarded as an unranked multi-supplier framework to an envisaged maximum of eight (8) Framework Participants. The Authority may add new or additional medicines into the Lot as and when required. Additional information is available within the tender documentation, and in particular the tender specification.