Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-09-22
Buyer: London Borough of Lambeth
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85149000
Submission deadline: 2018-10-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The London Boroughs’ of Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark are seeking to commission high quality sexual and reproductive health services across the 3 boroughs to improve contraceptive access and reproductive health outcomes for local residents. Organisations wishing to tender must demonstrate they can deliver high quality sexual and reproductive health services that will be:
— a provider of community pharmacy registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and with open access premises located in either the boroughs of Lambeth,
Invitation to Tender for the provision of Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Pharmacy Services. The London Boroughs’ of Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark are seeking to commission high quality sexual and reproductive health services across the 3 boroughs to improve contraceptive access and reproductive health outcomes for local residents. This new service will be standardised across the 3 boroughs, and will include the provision of emergency contraception, contraceptive consultation, and various types of contraception.
Lambeth Council is leading this procurement. Organisations wishing to tender must demonstrate they can deliver high quality sexual and reproductive health services that will be:
— a provider of community pharmacy registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and with open access premises located in either the boroughs of Lambeth, Lewisham or Southwark,
The services have been divided into 3 Lots, namely Lot 1 Lambeth, Lot 2 Lewisham and Lot 3 Southwark. The 3 Lots are further broken down in to specific areas as detailed in the Invitation to Tender and Guidance document and Appendix F Supplementary locality and selection criteria information. This is to support the spread of providers and promote access for residents across each local authority.
Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark Council reserves the right to appoint additional Pharmacy Providers who meet the minimum quality threshold to even out any geographical gaps that may arise after the proposed number of pharmacies stated above are selected for contract award.
Each provider can only apply for the Lot in which their pharmacy will be located. As per boroughs’ statutory Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment and national commissioning arrangements, local authorities only commission pharmacies within their borough boundaries. If you are part of a larger company or partnership of companies, you are required to submit a separate and specific tender for each individual pharmacy. Collaborative bids from larger companies which include a number of pharmacies will not be accepted.
Lambeth Council is leading the procurement on behalf of the 3 local authorities and each local authorities will award separate contracts.
This tender will managed by email inbox. Please email PublicHealthProcurement@lambeth.gov.uk to receive the Invitation to Tender documents and for any other communication relating to the procurement. To be considered for the procurement you will need to submit your completed method statement submission and form of tender by the deadline below.
The London Borough of Lambeth reserves the right to reject tender submissions for any or all Lots received after the deadline. Bidders should assume that any later tender submissions will be rejected.
The London Borough of Lambeth reserves the right to not award any or all contracts for any or all Lots.