Public procurement notice: Additional Information
Published: 2018-02-08
Buyer: Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 33600000: Pharmaceutical products | 85149000

Technical requirements: The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to provide advance notice that Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust is considering undertaking a future tendering exercise to identify a provider(s) that can deliver a consistent, affordable and innovative provision of high quality, safe and compliant pharmacy service across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Norfolk and Suffolk.
The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to provide advance notice that Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust is considering undertaking a future tendering exercise to identify a providers that can deliver a consistent, affordable and innovative provision of high quality, safe and compliant pharmacy service across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Norfolk and Suffolk.
— supply of stock pharmaceutical products for clinical services including dental, musculoskeletal (MSK) and, integrated contraception and sexual health (iCaSH) clinics and the dispensing of antiretrovirals (ARVs) for the HIV clinics.
— provision of clinical support for specialist multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) and in HIV, in addition to a clinical advisory service for frontline teams where required.
The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to provide advance notice that Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust is considering undertaking a future tendering exercise to identify a provider(s) that can deliver a consistent, affordable and innovative provision of high quality, safe and compliant pharmacy service across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Norfolk and Suffolk.
— Supply of stock pharmaceutical products for clinical services including dental, musculoskeletal (MSK) and, integrated contraception and sexual health (iCaSH) clinics and the dispensing of anti-retrovirals (ARVs) for the HIV clinics,
— Provision of clinical support for specialist multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) and in HIV, in addition to a clinical advisory service for frontline teams where required,
— Provision of financial management, prescription activity and clinical management information on a monthly basis,
It is envisaged that the provision will be available in Lots and that providers will be able to bid for one Lot or all Lots. This will be confirmed if Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust decides to proceed with the tendering exercise.
This procurement is at the pre-tender stage. The purpose of which is to engage suppliers to understand market capability and capacity to deliver the requirements. This notice is for information only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to not proceed to tender, additionally the Contracting Authority reserves the right to discontinue the tendering process and not to award the contract. The information contained in this notice, including information relating to the nature and scope of the Authority's requirements, the service classification of this requirement, Lot information or the CPV code, is only indicative of current thinking and is neither exhaustive nor binding and the Contracting Authority reserves the right at its absolute discretion to amend it at the time of issue of any further notice or notices or at any other time. The publication of this notice in no way obliges the Contracting Authority to commence any competitive tender process. The Contracting Authority is not and shall not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in participating in this opportunity. The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust will be holding a market engagement event on Friday 2.3.2018.
To attend this market engagement event and access further details, interested parties must confirm their intention to attend before Friday 23.2.2018 through the eTendering System Source Dogg. Confirmations received after Friday 23.2.2018 may not be accepted by the Contracting Authority.
The link to confirm attendance at this market engagement event is: https://secure.sourcedogg.com/profile/1410ba09-ae18-49c1-b969-a8d28650cf8c/requests/17629
All queries and questions should be asked via the eTendering System SourceDogg and not direct with the contact names listed.
Please note that the description and requirements of the procurement is subject to change following the feedback from the market engagement event.