Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-11-16
Buyer: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 33600000: Pharmaceutical products
Estimated value: 200000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-12-13
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This opportunity relates to the requirement for an injectable chemotherapy (and other high tech medicines) homecare service that meets the definition of homecare as defined by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
The aim of the Homecare service is to work in collaboration with the NHS to enable patients to receive the administration of medicines in their own homes or at a nominated address of their choice. This tailored, patient-focused and unobtrusive service is designed to improve the quality of life of both patients and carers.
The Contractor will provide a homecare service for the purchasing, compounding, dispensing, delivery and administration of injectable chemotherapy and other high tech medicines (including associated nursing services such as phlebotomy) for patients of Trusts in the Thames Valley and Wessex region and other regions within the Commercial Alliance and NHS London.
The Contracting Authority for this ranked framework contract is Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of the Thames Valley and Wessex Pharmacy Procurement Service. The purchasing authorities expected to access this contract are:
Additional to these, the Contracting Authority would like to reserve the right for members of NHS Commercial Alliance and NHS London to use this contract.
The Commercial Alliance is formed of the Thames Valley and Wessex Pharmacy Procurement Service, East of England Collaborative Procurement Hub and Commercial Solutions. Member Trusts of these organisations can be found at:
The framework contract will allow for direct awards when the top ranked supplier has been unable to supply and mini competitions between framework suppliers.

Eligibility requirements: The Contracting Authority for this ranked framework contract is Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of the Thames Valley and Wessex Pharmacy Procurement Service. The purchasing authorities expected to access this contract are: — 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, the Contracting Authority would like to reserve the right for members of NHS Commercial Alliance and NHS London to use this contract. The Commercial Alliance is formed of the Thames Valley and Wessex Pharmacy Procurement Service, East of England Collaborative Procurement Hub and Commercial Solutions. Member Trusts of these organisations can be found at: —  East of England Collaborative Procurement Hub http://www.eoecph.nhs.uk/members.htm — Commercial Solutions South East Coast http://www.commercialsolutions-sec.nhs.uk/trusts.php — NHS London (Members of the London Procurement Partnership) http://www.lpp.nhs.uk/ The framework contract will allow for direct awards when the top ranked supplier has been unable to supply and mini competitions between framework suppliers.

Award value: 200000