NHS Bristol North Somerset South Gloucestershire ICB - Community Pharmacies - NMS Plus Pilot

Location

Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath Area:

Description

This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform the market that NHS Bristol North Somerset South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) "the Commissioner" wishes to understand the level of providers interested in delivering a pilot scheme of Community Pharmacy service which is part of New Medicine Service Plus (NMS+) for Hypertension. The pilot scheme will be open to pharmacies within the BNSSG ICB footprint, and the commissioner intention is to pay £15.00 per consultation delivered in line with the specification with a max of 50 consultation per Pharmacy per month. The pilot will run for a duration of 6 months. The Commissioner is initially looking at those contractors who are already actively engaged in providing the current NMS service and other advanced services. This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.

Total Quantity or Scope

The pilot scheme will be open to pharmacies within the BNSSG ICB footprint, and the commissioners intention is to pay £15.00 per consultation delivered in line with the specification with a max of 50 consultation per Pharmacy per month. The pilot will run for a duration of 6 months.

CPV Codes

• 85149000 - Pharmacy services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit the Authority or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. The Authority will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise. Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the relevant information and market engagement questionnaire, you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page. The specification and criteria will be available on the Atamis once you have registered interest in this opportunity. If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and to be able to submit your expression of interest using the correspondence function within Atamis C355378 This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) prior information notice. The contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply.