Pharmacy Services to Kent and Medway Prisons for NHS England South East

Concepts

• health services
• medway
• leeds
• nhse
• yoi east sutton park
• pharmacy services
• south east
• prison population
• kent
• nhs england south east

Location

Kent:

Description

NHS England (NHSE) South East sought to commission a provider with the capability and capacity to deliver pharmacy services to the following establishments in Kent and Medway. • HMP Elmley • HMP Standford Hill • HMP Swaleside• HMP/YOI Rochester • HMP Maidstone• HMP/YOI East Sutton Park• HMP/YOI Cookham WoodThe contract has been awarded to Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and is due to commence on 1st April 2023, for a duration of 6 years. The total contract value is £13,800,000. This value is based on current operational capacity figures. Any change to prison population(s) will be managed through a contract variation process.This procurement has been carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.The project reference number for this opportunity is C95386, (previously WA11482).

Total Quantity or Scope

NHS England (NHSE) South East sought to commission a provider with the capability and capacity to deliver pharmacy services to the following establishments in Kent and Medway. • HMP Elmley • HMP Standford Hill • HMP Swaleside• HMP/YOI Rochester • HMP Maidstone• HMP/YOI East Sutton Park• HMP/YOI Cookham WoodThe pharmacy service will dispense and deliver medication daily from the pharmacy hub at HMP/YOI Rochester to those establishments listed above, aside from HMP Elmley which will have its own dispensing pharmacy as a satellite to HMP/YOI Rochester and will form part of this contract. This recognises its role as the reception prison for Kent and Medway and the unique pharmacy requirements associated with this cohort.The pharmacy service will: • Provide high-quality and effective primary pharmacy services, including medicines management to the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (YOI) in scope, in a timely and appropriate manner.• Provide an equivalent standard of service and controls within the prisons to that in the community • Integrate with the healthcare provider to ensure a high-quality patient centred service (as defined by NHS Modernisation Agency 2001), including the appropriate essential standards outlined by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) document “Essential Standards of Quality & Safety”• Work effectively with the healthcare provider, HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and other relevant stakeholders.• Be needs-led, patient focused and change according to the needs of the population of the Kent and Medway prisons and HMPPS.The provider shall:• Ensure that the delivery of medicines management services within the prison meets the needs of the individual and diverse prison population, with specific reference to the six strands of equality and diversity.• Deliver the services using the most appropriate clinical staff to address the needs of prisoners and the wider healthcare service.• Implement relevant guidance as applicable and, in each case, as amended from time to time, to ensure prisoners with disabilities and/or communication difficulties can access the services.• Supply to all non-English speaking prisoners a professional translation service during all consultations and, for the most common languages spoken, translations of explanatory materials including patient information leaflets.• Ensure that prisoners are treated with dignity and respectThe contract has been awarded to Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and is due to commence on 1st April 2023, for a duration of 6 years.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations”) which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but are instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).The tendering process has been conducted in accordance with the requirements and flexibilities provided by Articles 74 to 76 of the Directive, and Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations. The Authority ran a transparent tender process, treating all Bidders equally. For the avoidance of doubt, the Authority will not be bound by the Regulations or the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union or any other regulations or legislation except for the specific parts or circumstances that apply to the procurement of these Services. Neither the inclusion of a selection stage, nor the use of any language or terms found in the Directive or Regulations, nor the description of the procedure voluntarily adopted by the Authority ("Open", "Restricted", "Competitive Procedure with Negotiation", "Competitive Dialogue" or any other description), nor any other indication, shall be taken to mean that the Authority intends to hold itself bound by the Directive or Regulations, save by the provisions applicable to services coming within the scope of Annex XIV of the Directive / Schedule 3 of the Regulations. The Contracting Authority has voluntarily observed the award decision notices provisions and held a 10 day standstill period as described in Regulation 87 of the Regulations.