Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-02-10
Buyer: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 33600000: Pharmaceutical products
Submission deadline: 2018-03-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The appointed Contractor will provide a home-care service for the purchasing, dispensing and delivery of oral medicinal products and/or the purchasing, compounding, dispensing, delivery of injectable medicinal products for Thalassaemia and other indications requiring treatment with iron chelators.
The service includes the option of nurse administration and/or nurse-led training of patients to self-administer medicines (referred to henceforth as the Service) for patients of Trusts in the Thames Valley and Wessex region.
The Contracting Authority for this ranked framework contract is the Thames Valley and Wessex Pharmacy Procurement Service on behalf of:
Additional to these, members of NHS Commercial Solutions will have the option to use this contract. These Trusts can be viewed at:
The frameworks when awarded will be for two years with two options for twelve months extension (maximum duration four years).
To download the SSQ to participate in the above, please register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once):
—  click the ‘SSQ/ITTs open to all suppliers’ link (these are Standard Selection Questionnaires or tenders open to any Registered suppliers),
— click the ‘Express Interest’ button in the ‘Actions’ box on the left-hand side of the page. This will move the SSQ into yourMy SSQ/My ITTs page (this is a secure area reserved for your projects only),
— you can now access any of the attachments by clicking the ‘Settings and BuyerAttachment’ in the ‘Actions’ box.

Eligibility requirements: The Contracting Authority for this ranked framework contract is the Thames Valley and Wessex Pharmacy Procurement Service on behalf of: — Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. — Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. — Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. — Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust. — Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. — Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. — Isle of Wight NHS Trust. — Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. — Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. — Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. — Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. — Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust. — Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. — Solent NHS Trust. — Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. — The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. — University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. Additional to these, members of NHS Commercial Solutions will have the option to use this contract. These Trusts can be viewed at: — http://www.commercialsolutions-sec.nhs.uk/trusts.php The frameworks when awarded will be for two years with two options for twelve months extension (maximum duration four years). To download the SSQ to participate in the above, please register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once): — browse to the ESourcing Portal: — — https://www.nhssourcing.co.uk/bhft/web/login.shtml — click the link to register, — accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’, — enter your correct business and user details, — note the username you choose and click ‘save’- when complete, — you will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep secure). Login to the portal with the username / password: —  click the ‘SSQ/ITTs open to all suppliers’ link (these are Standard Selection Questionnaires or tenders open to any Registered suppliers), — click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content, — click the ‘Express Interest’ button in the ‘Actions’ box on the left-hand side of the page. This will move the SSQ into yourMy SSQ/My ITTs page (this is a secure area reserved for your projects only), — you can now access any of the attachments by clicking the ‘Settings and BuyerAttachment’ in the ‘Actions’ box.