Pharmacy services

Tender description

This framework agreement is for the provision of safe, legal, efficient and cost effective pharmaceutical wholesale services comprising the delivery of medicines and other pharmaceutical products (referred to henceforth as the ‘Service’) to Participating Authorities (Annex A3 to the Invitation to Tender). Participating Authorities may require deliveries to one or more delivery points which may change from time. The Service may incorporate an option for service enhancements, such as seven day working, which integrate clinical pharmacy services and support risk avoidance and clinical governance agendas. Total estimated contract value: 455 000 000 GBP. Estimated non contract or agency value: 34 000 000 GBP. This framework agreement is for the provision of safe, legal, efficient and cost effective pharmaceutical wholesale services comprising the delivery of medicines and other pharmaceutical products (referred to henceforth as the ‘Service’) to Participating Authorities (Annex A3 to the Invitation to Tender). Participating Authorities may require deliveries to one or more delivery points which may change from time. The Service may incorporate an option for service enhancements, such as seven day working, which integrate clinical pharmacy services and support risk avoidance and clinical governance agendas. Total contract value: 455 000 000 GBP. Non contract or agency value: 34 000 000 GBP. This framework agreement is for East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub (EoECPH) Members, including affiliate members and associate members. Affiliate members are members of an affiliated procurement organisation. Associate members are publicly funded entities, not EoECPH members nor affiliate members, who sign the framework customer access agreement and are subsequently granted access to this specific framework agreement only. Subject to successful application for associate membership through completion of the Customer Access Agreement (Schedule 7 – Call-off Procedure Annex 1) or membership of an affiliate procurement organisation, this Framework Agreement will include, and be for the benefit of publicly funded (both wholly and partially funded) entities in the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. This will include, but is not limited to: Acute, Ambulance, Mental Health, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Health and Care Trusts, Area Teams, Local Authorities and Special Health Authorities, HSC in Northern Ireland, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales, including any successor or emerging organisations, which will include but is not limited to the emerging landscape of combined health and social care commissioners and providers. Please follow the links below to identify specific organisations: — NHS trusts: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx. — Clinical Commissioning Groups: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CCGListing.aspx. — Area Teams: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AreaTeamListing.aspx. — Local Authorities: https://www.lgbce.org.uk/records-and-resources/local-authorities-in-england. — Special health authorities: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx. — HSC in Northern Ireland: http://online.hscni.net/other-hsc-organisations. — NHS Scotland:http://www.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/. — NHS Wales:http://www.wales.nhs.uk/ourservices/directory.