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Published 12 Oct 2023, 15:39 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Economic Analysis of Community Pharmacy

Official notice

Authority: NHS England (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK

Published estimate£500,000≈ £667k / year6.1% below published estimate

Submissions closed 15 Nov 2023awarded 23 Mar 2024

Awarded to Frontier Economics

Contract term 9 moends 14 Oct 2024 · starts 15 Jan 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS England’s vision is for the community pharmacy sector to play an increased role in the delivery of integrated primary care services to support access challenges in primary care. We expect this will help to release capacity in the wider NHS to address more acute and complex health conditions. This will help deliver the vision of integrated primary care set out by Fuller Stocktake Report.<br/><br/>Community pharmacists and pharmacy technicians could further strengthen NHS primary care by offering a wider range of clinical, and prescribing services for improving individual, and population health. This will in part offer patient convenience and choice, as well as serve to relieve problems with accessing GP practices, and A&E departments.<br/><br/>This economic analysis will provide NHSE with the information required to make effective commissioning decisions for the future community pharmacy sector, and will provide a robust, and detailed evidence base for any bids for funding from central Government.

CPV: Health services · Market research services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1As per short descriptionAwarded 9 moPublished value£500,000

Contract period: 15 Jan 2024 – 14 Oct 2024 (9 mo)

Delivery: UK

Variant bids: not allowed

79310000 Market research services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

How bids were scored

Quality: 60%Price: 30%Social value: 10%

Published sub-criteria (3)

Technical: 60%
Commercial: 30%
Social Value: 10%

Published award criteria (3)

Technical: 60
Social Value: 10
Commercial: 30

What this means for your bid

Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Open procedure
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: No (one-off requirement)
First published: 12 Oct 2023, 15:39 BST
Last source update: 25 Mar 2024, 12:13 GMT
Award evaluation window: 15 Nov 2023 – …
Authority reference: C215425
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-009582
Classification (CPV): Health servicesMarket research services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-040b80 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

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Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline: 15 Nov 2023
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bids opened: 15 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Timeline

15 Nov 2023 → 25 Mar 2024 · 5 dates

Submission deadline
15 Nov 2023
Bids opened
15 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
Contract starts
15 Jan 2024
Bids must remain valid until
12 Feb 2024, 23:59 GMT
Notice published
25 Mar 2024, 12:13 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Mar 2024

Status changed to complete
25 Mar 2024, 12:13 GMT
Buyer details updated
25 Mar 2024, 12:13 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £469,6231 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 6

Contracts signed 1latest 23 Mar 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Frontier Economics	£469,623 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 009582-2024-1 · Frontier Economics
Signed
23 Mar 2024
Value
£469,623
Period
… – 14 Oct 2024
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
6bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

NHS England

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, UK, LS2 7UEContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High Court and Court of Appeal of England and WalesMediation bodyReview body LondonContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

FRONTIER ECONOMICS LIMITEDAwarded supplier03752719 71 High Holborn, London, London, UK, WC1V 6DAContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.