Expired contract

NHS Southport & Formby CCG and NHS South Sefton CCG - Sefton Bladder & Bowel Prescription Service

Details

Buyer: 6 buyers
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB
NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board (GM ICB).
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Supplier(s): COLOPLAST MEDICAL LIMITED
Duration: 4 years
Topic: Services provided by medical personnel
Published: 7 January 2022
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

NHS Southport & Formby CCG and NHS South Sefton CCG - Sefton Bladder & Bowel Prescription Service This is a contract award notice published by NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (CSU), who are working on behalf of NHS Southport & Formby CCG and NHS South Sefton CCG who have procured the Sefton Bladder & Bowel Prescription service for patients living in the CCG areas. The aim of the service is to significantly improve the quality of care and support for around 1483 stoma and 1881 catheter patients in the CCG areas. The Sefton Bladder& Bowel Prescription Service will provide a centralised prescription service for patients requiring bladder and bowel appliances and associated products. Additionally, service will give patients access to advice from specialist nurses and an individualised care review to ensure they are always prescribed the best products for their differing needs. There will be an initial contract period of 3 years commencing on 1st May 2022; and there will be the option to extend for a further 1-year period from 1st May 2025. This is a £0-based contract and the CCGs envisage there not being a cost associated with the provision of the service. However, during the term of the contract, the CCG may establish a gain share arrangement and further information regarding the gain share arrangement was available in the tender documentation.

Timeline

Completed: Award published7 January 2022
Current notice
Completed: Award date1 May 2022
Completed: Contract expiry date30 April 2026

About the buyer

NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is an NHS commissioning support unit, a healthcare body with its own healthcare and non-clinical procurement teams. The healthcare procurement team takes NHS commissioners from market research through bid evaluation to contract award. Clinical services are procured under the Provider Selection Regime, including Direct Award C, competitive and Most Suitable Provider processes. Goods and services are bought through tenders and mini-competitions run by senior procurement managers. Suppliers register and respond on the unit's own eSourcing portal. Purchasing processes have held the CIPS Procurement Excellence Standard since 2019.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU's contract awards have been in software and information systems, IT services and communications equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

85141000 · Services provided by medical personnel

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-midlands-and-lancashire-csu.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-midlands-and-lancashire-csu.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-midlands-and-lancashire-csu.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-midlands-and-lancashire-csu.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-midlands-and-lancashire-csu.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-midlands-and-lancashire-csu.gov