Pharmacy services

Tender description

This framework is to establish a Framework Agreement for High Tech Homecare services, covering a range of areas. The Framework is split into 4 lots and will be awarded as such: — High Tech Homecare: Virtual Wards (mini competition option), — High Tech Homecare: Home Care — Home Cancer Care/Home Palliative Care/Care of Long Term Conditions (mini competition option), — High Tech Homecare: Community High Tech Delivery (direct award with mini competition option), — High Tech Homecare: Aseptic Compounding (direct award with mini competition option). The first 2 lots of this Procurement are to be awarded and re-opened upon mini competition. The 3rd and 4th lot are dual award, with a direct award option alongside further competition call off. This framework will have an initial period of 24 months, with an option to extend for up to a further 2 periods of 12 months. This lot involves the delivery of high tech homecare, covering a wide range of therapy areas. The idea of this virtual ward lot is to ensure flexible bed capacity, reduce the average length of stay in an Acute Hospital Bed, effectively utilise resources and identify savings demonstrating innovation by providing a robust model of care. This acute care is likely to consist of IV Therapy support, wound management and therapist led rehabilitation. It is expected that the third-party will manage a “virtual” ward of between 35-60 patients with an estimated turnover 24 –48 hours. This lot will be awarded and re-opened via mini competition. Terms and conditions/Activity Based Income (ABI): The terms and conditions of this Framework Agreement are appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this Framework Agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall framework structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE. Submission of expressions of interest and procurement information: This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk Login to the portal with username/password. Click the PQQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your My PQQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the PQQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e-Tendering Help Desk at help@bravosolution.co.uk Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at sid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the PQQ on HTE's Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the Qualification and Technical Envelopes of the PQQ in Bravo in full. Lot 2 goes into the providing of Homecare services and administration for differing conditions. This lot is split into the following: Patients who are living with cancer. This care usually begins in hospital, with subsequent treatments arranged to be given in a patients home or clinical setting. Patients who wish to pass at home. This service will require to be round-the-clock with hands on care and advice. This could include a range of a palliative interventions such as intravenous infusions, paracentesis and intrathecal analgesia. Patients with long term conditions who may require assistance over a period of time. These include, but are not limited to, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, Crohn’s Disease and ulcerative colitis. This lot will be awarded and re-opened via mini competition. Terms and conditions/Activity Based Income (ABI): The terms and conditions of this Framework Agreement are appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this Framework Agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall framework structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE. Submission of expressions of interest and procurement information: This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk Login to the portal with username/password. Click the PQQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your My PQQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the PQQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e-Tendering Help Desk at help@bravosolution.co.uk Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at sid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk. Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the PQQ on HTE's Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the Qualification and Technical Envelopes of the PQQ in Bravo in full. Lot 3 involves the delivery of high tech services in a community setting, such as a Pharmacy or a registered Health Centre. Suppliers who bid on this Lot will have access to clinical environments where these services can take place. The supply of these services include, but are not limited to, delivery of the infusion for Patient pickup, administration of the infusion via a registered healthcare professional and testing/ screening. This lot will be awarded via mini competition with a direct award option. Terms and conditions/Activity Based Income (ABI) The terms and conditions of this Framework Agreement are appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this Framework Agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall framework structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE. Submission of expressions of interest and procurement information This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk Login to the portal with username/password. Click the PQQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your My PQQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the PQQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e-Tendering Help Desk at help@bravosolution.co.uk Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at sid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the PQQ on HTE's Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the Qualification and Technical Envelopes of the PQQ in Bravo in full. Lot 4 is an example of providing a high-tech homecare service to adult and paediatric patients with conditions which require intravenous antibiotics to be compounded and delivered (such as Cystic Fibrosis). Whilst this may not necessarily mean an administrative element by a healthcare professional, due to the compounding element, this is included in the High Tech Tender. This lot will be awarded and re-opened via mini competition. Terms and conditions/Activity Based Income (ABI) The terms and conditions of this Framework Agreement are appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this Framework Agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall framework structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE. Submission of expressions of interest and procurement information This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk Login to the portal with username/password. Click the PQQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the PQQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your My PQQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the PQQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e-Tendering Help Desk at help@bravosolution.co.uk Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at sid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the PQQ on HTE's Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the Qualification and Technical Envelopes of the PQQ in Bravo in full. Suppliers successfully awarded to Lots 1 — 4 will automatically qualify to be included in Lot 5. Lot 5 may be used by 1 or more Participating Authorities who wish to aggregate spend across single or multiple lots. The Authorities may enter into a further competition to drive price efficiencies pursuant to this Lot.