Public Health Pharmacy Pseudo-Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS)

Tender description

The London Borough of Newham (LBN) (The "Authority") is awarding contracts for the supply of services in respect of Public Health Pharmacy services. The services include: • Lot 1: Core Services (including Stop Smoking Support, STI screening and C-card - Condoms) • Lot 2: Specialist Services (including, but not limited to; Emergency Hormonal Contraception, Needle Exchange and Supervised Consumption) Lot 2 is segmented into the below sub-lots: 2a Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC) 2b Needle exchange, naloxone provision and Supervised Consumption Each Lot 2 sub-lot is further segmented into Community Neighbourhoods. The procurement is being conducted in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement is subject to the light-touch regime under Section 7 Social and Other Specific Services. Under Regulation 76 the Council is free to establish a procedure, provided that procedure is sufficient to ensure compliance with the principles of transparency and equal treatment of economic operators (service providers). The Authority has created a tender process outlined in the contract notice, as part of the Pseudo - Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS) applying the award criteria specified in the contract notice. This award notice is for pharmacies admitted onto the PDPS and call-off of services for Lot 1, Lot 2a and Lot 2b The pricing for this PDPS is tariff based. The contract value of £3,500,000 represents the estimated value of spend across service activity for the lifetime of the PDPS (4+2+2 years) Lot 1: Lot 1: Core Services Estimated Lot 1: Core Services Total Aggregate Value £1,760,000 (£220,000 per annum) Core Services include: - Condom provision - STI screening for Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea (CnG) - Stop smoking provision To be considered for award onto this PDPS, Tenderers were required to achieve a qualitative evaluation score of no less than 100% for Lot 1: Core Services These services are tariff based and were evaluated on 100% Quality Lot 2: Lot 2: Specialist Services Lot 2 is segmented into the below sub-lots: 2a Emergency Contraception 2b Needle exchange, naloxone provision and Supervised Consumption Each sub-lot is further segmented into Community Neighbourhood Areas: 1:Beckton and Royal Docks 2:Custom House and Canning Town 3:East Ham 4:Forest Gate 5:Green Street 6:Manor Park 7:Plaistow 8:Stratford and West Ham Estimated Lot 2a: Specialist Services (EHC) Total Aggregate Value £380,000 (£47,500 per annum) Estimated Lot 2b: Specialist Services (Needle exchange, naloxone provision and Supervised Consumption) Total Aggregate Value £1,360,000 (£170,000 per annum) Any provider wishing to bid for Lot 2: Specialist Services, was also required to bid for Lot 1: Core Services. Providers are only awarded Lot 2: Specialist Services, if they are awarded for Lot 1: Core Services The Authority is looking to award a minimum of two 'specialist' providers per Community Neighbourhood area. If less than two pharmacies meet the required standards for specialist provision at the time of Round 1 Contract Award, the Authority will work with the awarded Lot 1: Core Service Pharmacies to develop their capacity as required in order to submit their Application for Lot 2: Specialist Services in future Rounds. In the event that there are more than 2 applications in one community neighbourhoods, the two highest scoring providers in each neighbourhood will be awarded. The Council may in its discretion award to more than 2 providers during the lifetime of the DPS depending on factors such as policy change, population density, pharmacy distribution and geographical proximity to specialist services. Additional providers will be awarded according to their rank, meaning the highest scoring providers will be awarded. These services are tariff based and were evaluated on 100% Quality Tenderers were required to achieve a qualitative evaluation score of no less than 100% for Lot 1: Core Services and no less than 60% for Lot 2: Specialist Services