II.1)
Scope of the procurement
Sexual and Reproductive Health Pharmacy Service
85149000
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Pharmacy services
Services
II.1.4)
Short description
The London Boroughs’ of Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark are seeking to commission high quality sexual and reproductive health services across the three 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,
Lewisham or Southwark
• delivered by pharmacists with a current and applicable patient group directive.
• provided five days or more per week
II.1.6)
Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
yes
Tenders may be submitted for
one lot only
II.2.2)
Additional CPV code(s)
85100000
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Health services
II.2.4)
Description of the procurement
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 three boroughs to improve contraceptive access and reproductive health outcomes for local residents. This new service will be standardised across the three 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
• delivered by pharmacists with a current and applicable patient group directive.
• provided five days or more per week
• proactive and responsive in engaging with their local community
• outcome focused and will ensure service user safety and wellbeing
The services have been divided into three Lots, namely Lot 1 Lambeth, Lot 2 Lewisham and Lot 3 Southwark. The three 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.
The number of providers sought in each local authority are as follows;
Lambeth - 20
Lewisham - 18
Southwark -15
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.
The estimated contract value are as follows
Lot Estimated annual value for each Lot Number of providers sought in each lot
Lot1 Lambeth £185,201 per annum 20
Lot 2 Lewisham £173,692 per annum 18
Lot 3 Southwark £125, 000 per annum 15
There is no guarantee of specific business and providers awarded contracts will be paid on activity.
The contract term is two years with the option for two, one year extensions.
Lambeth Council is leading the procurement on behalf of the three local authorities and each local authorities will award separate contracts.
The anticipated contract start date is the 1st of April 2019.
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 deadline for tender submissions is 5pm on the 19th of October 2018.
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.
Criteria below
Quality criterion
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Name:
Method statement
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Weighting:
100
Price
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Weighting:
0
II.2.7)
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months:
24
This contract is subject to renewal:
yes
Description of renewals:
There is the option for two, one year extensions.
II.2.10)
Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
no
II.2.11)
Information about options
Options:
no
II.2.13)
Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
no