Closed tender

PPSA - Pharmacy Logistics Services (PME old regs)

Details

Published
1 March 2024
Submission
13 March 2024

Tender description

Provision of a Pharmacy Logistics Service, planned and unplanned transportation of pharmaceutical products to other NHS Trust sites, other NHS organisations or pop-up satellite clinics that are performing NHS activity. This will also include transportation of medication to patients’ homes following an NHS Outpatient appointment or patient discharge from Hospital. Transportation will typically span the South West region but may extend to other delivery points outside of the South West region. All suppliers must adhere to all relevant legislation, regulation, national quality standards and industry best practice including any that come into force during the life of the contract; and will follow best industry practice. This will span; Good Distribution Guidelines, Medicines Health Regulatory Authority, Wholesaler Dealer’s Authorisation (Human) and transportation of controlled drugs. Full details of the procurement will be advised in the Invitation to Tender documents following the Pre Market Engagement event, please see additional information below. This procurement will be managed by the Peninsula Purchasing and Supply Alliance (PPSA) on behalf of Torbay & South Devon NHS Foundation Trust acting for itself and selected NHS organisations in the South West of England.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published1 March 2024
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date13 March 2024

About the buyer

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust runs hospital and community health services across South Devon, buying as an NHS trust within England's healthcare system. The trust's procurement strategy favours national contracts wherever they exist. Beyond that, it buys through the Peninsula Purchasing and Supply Alliance, a collaborative NHS buying partnership across Devon and Cornwall. PPSA runs category management across clinical care, corporate and diagnostics and theatres for its member trusts. Contracts above threshold are advertised on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender alongside PPSA's tendering routes.

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 Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in health and social work and waste, cleaning and environmental services.

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