Public Health Pharmacy Pseudo-Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS)

The London Borough of Newham (LBN) (The "Authority") is awarding contracts for the supply of services in respect of Public Health Pharmacy services. The services include: • Lot 1: Core Services (including Stop Smoking Support, STI screening and C-card - Condoms) • Lot 2: Specialist Services (including, but not limited to; Emergency Hormonal Contraception, Needle Exchange and Supervised Consumption) Lot 2 is segmented into the below sub-lots: 2a Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC) 2b Needle exchange, naloxone provision and Supervised Consumption Each Lot 2 sub-lot is further segmented into Community Neighbourhoods. The procurement is being conducted in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement is subject to the light-touch regime under Section 7 Social and Other Specific Services. Under Regulation 76 the Council is free to establish a procedure, provided that procedure is sufficient to ensure compliance with the principles of transparency and equal treatment of economic operators (service providers). The Authority has created a tender process outlined in the contract notice, as part of the Pseudo - Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS) applying the award criteria specified in the contract notice. This award notice is for pharmacies admitted onto the PDPS and call-off of services for Lot 1, Lot 2a and Lot 2b The pricing for this PDPS is tariff based. The contract value of £3,500,000 represents the estimated value of spend across service activity for the lifetime of the PDPS (4+2+2 years)