Sexual and Reproductive Health Pharmacy Service

The London Boroughs' of Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark are seeking to commission high quality sexual and reproductive health services across the three boroughs to improve contraceptive access and reproductive health outcomes for local residents. Organisations wishing to tender must demonstrate they can deliver high quality sexual and reproductive health services that will be:

• a provider of community pharmacy registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and with open access premises located in either the boroughs of Lambeth, Lewisham or Southwark
• delivered by pharmacists with a current and applicable patient group directive.
• provided five days or more per week

The services have been divided into three Lots, namely Lot 1 Lambeth, Lot 2 Lewisham and Lot 3 Southwark. The Lots are further broken down in to specific areas as detailed in the procurement documents to support the spread of providers and promote access for residents across each local authority.

The total number of providers sought in each local authority are as follows;

Lambeth - 20

Lewisham - 18

Southwark -15

The Council reserves the right to appoint additional pharmacy providers who meet the minimum quality threshold to even out any geographical gaps that may arise after the proposed number of pharmacies stated above are selected for contract award. Each provider can only apply for the Lot in which their pharmacy will be located. As per boroughs' statutory Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment and national commissioning arrangements, local authorities only commission pharmacies within their borough boundaries. If you are part of a larger company or partnership of companies, you are required to submit a separate and specific tender for each individual pharmacy.

The estimated contract value are as follows:

Lot 1 Lambeth -£185,201 per annum (across 20 providers)

Lot 2 Lewisham - £173,692 per annum (across 18 providers)

Lot 3 Southwark - £125, 000 per annum (across 15 providers)

There is no guarantee of specific business and providers awarded contracts will be paid on activity. The contract term is two years with the option for two, one year extensions.

Lambeth Council is leading the procurement on behalf of the three local authorities and each local authorities will award separate contracts.

The anticipated contract start date is the 1st of April 2019.

This tender will managed by email inbox. Please email PublicHealthProcurement@lambeth.gov.uk to receive the Invitation to Tender documents and for any other communication relating to the procurement. The deadline for tender submissions is 5pm 19th of October 2018. The London Borough of Lambeth reserves the right to reject tender submissions for any or all Lots received after the deadline. Bidders should assume that any later tender submissions will be rejected. The London Borough of Lambeth reserves the right to not award any or all contracts for any or all Lots.