Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Wilmslow Road
Manchester
M20 4BX
UK
Contact person: Ms D Sinclair
Telephone: +44 07748624560
E-mail: diane.sinclair@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.christie.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.christie.nhs.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
Bolton
UK
E-mail: Diane.Sinclair@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.boltonft.nhs.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Manchester
UK
E-mail: Diane.Sinclair@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Manchester
UK
E-mail: Diane.Sinclair@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://mft.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Ashton-under-Lyne
UK
E-mail: Diane.Sinclair@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Stockport
UK
E-mail: Diane.Sinclair@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.stockport.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
Northern Care Alliance NHS Group
Salford
UK
E-mail: Diane.Sinclair@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
Tameside and Glossop Integrated care NHS Foundation Trust
Ashton-under-Lyne
UK
E-mail: Diane.Sinclair@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://tamesideandglossopicft.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
Wigan
UK
E-mail: Diane.Sinclair@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.wwl.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
East Cheshire NHS Trust
Macclesfield
UK
E-mail: Diane.Sinclair@nhs.net
NUTS: UKD
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.eastcheshire.nhs.uk/
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
http://www.supplying2nhs.org
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
http://www.supplying2nhs.org
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Greater Manchester Pharmacy Logistics Supply Chain Service
Reference number: DN593114
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33600000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust (“Trust”), on behalf of itself and the other NHS organisations within the Greater Manchester Provider Chief Pharmacists’ Collaborative (GMPCPC) identified within this notice, would like to invite potential suppliers to participate in a tender process for the provision of regional medicine supply chain services.
The GMPCPC was tasked to improve service levels and increase medicines optimisation activities and has identified, as the most effective option, a regional supply chain model that provides medicines at pre-assembled ward level to hospitals.
The Trust and Authorised Service Recipients require safe, reliable and resilient medicines supply chain Services, to drive efficiencies and streamline all logistics processes.
The Trust will act as host organisation of the operating model, across procurement, implementation and ongoing operations. The Trust will operate a strategic Control Tower, which will be co-located at the Facility and act as intermediary between the successful Supplier and the Authorised Service Recipients.
Each potential supplier will be required to identify and confirm within its bid the medicines it has access to under CMU contracts (known as Standard Stock). The successful Supplier will then be responsible for all Standard Stock medicine procurement, ownership and supply chain management.
All other medicines required to fulfil Orders from Authorised Service Recipients (known as Non-Standard Stock) will be purchased on behalf of the Authorised Service Recipients by the Control Tower. Whilst the successful Supplier will not take ownership of the Non-Standard Stock, it will be required to store, pick, pack and deliver (i.e. provide supply chain management for) that Non-Standard Stock together with all Standard Stock.
The value of the contract opportunity stated in this notice includes the potential cost of all Standard Stock to be provided by the successful Supplier.
The successful Supplier will be responsible for all storage and management of Stock, preparation of Stock for transportation and delivery, minimisation of Stock wastage, and delivery of Stock from the Facility to the Delivery Points.
The successful Supplier is required to provide an electronic inventory management system (known as the Dedicated IT) to underpin the procurement, inventory, Ordering, delivery and invoicing of Stock. Other technologies such as cumulative barcoding, GS1 and business intelligence provision are required as part of the Services.
In accordance with the requirements of the Service Contract, changes to medicines regulations, developments and innovations are to be considered, anticipated and incorporated into the model over the Term.
The Trust’s ambition is to build a collaborative relationship with the successful Supplier, and to create a forward thinking and intelligent structure to anticipate and satisfy the developing needs of the pharmacy services in Greater Manchester.
All capitalised terms used in this short description have the meaning given to them in the procurement documents.
Tenderers are strongly encouraged to consider the procurement documents in full to ensure that they are able to understand and appreciate the entire scope of the opportunity.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
7 100 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48430000
48782000
60112000
60160000
63120000
72212430
79991000
85149000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD
Main site or place of performance:
North West
All Trusts and sites listed in the procurement documents
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Please see II.1.4. Short description.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
7 100 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 186
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
The proposed contract is to be let for an initial term of up to 162 months (the exact period of the initial term will depend on the time taken to satisfy the Conditions Precedent and to complete the Implementation Services). There is also an option to extend the Contract by up to a further 24 months following the initial term.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
As detailed in the Selection Questionnaire documentation.
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
II.2.14) Additional information
All organisations listed in Section 1.2 of this notice will be entitled to receive and benefit from all supplies and services that are the subject of the contract that is intended to be awarded as a result of this procurement exercise.
Other Trusts not listed in Section 1.2 will be entitled to receive and benefit from all supplies and services that are the subject of the contract that is intended to be awarded as a result of this procurement exercise should a decision be taken to expand the requirement beyond the current footprint.
Other services may be added to the contract at a future date.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
IV.1.5) Information about negotiation
The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
08/04/2022
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
25/05/2022
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court of England and Wales
The High Court, Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Review procedures are as set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Proceedings under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 are time limited, and any such proceedings must be brought in the High Court in England and Wales.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
09/03/2022