Maternity NRT/Vape Administration and Distribution in Suffolk

The service is to provide the administration for the prescribing and processing of the NRT and Vaping requested for pregnant women and their partners in Suffolk.

The midwife will email the provider with the patient contact details and the pharmacotherapy required. They will check the pharmacotherapy is appropriate for the patient/s. They will email the patient and partner with order codes and the information for accessing the ordering website, and take responsibility for the provision being sent to the patient/s. The admin role will support this process to run smoothly and in a timely manner.

The contract will be for one year with no extension option. It will run from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025.

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are awarding the contract named within this notice under the Direct Award C process which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The provider named in this notice is an existing provider and has been reviewed through a Key Criteria assessment to ensure the awarding body is satisfied with current performance and reasonably expects the provider to be able to satisfy the contract which is the subject of this notice. The contract which is the subject of this notice has not changed considerably when compared with the existing / previous contract delivered by the named provider.

The ICB may wish to introduce additional services during the lifetime of the contract ("Contract modifications"). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the contract may be varied as allowable in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Additional information: The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.