Appliance Prescription Management Service

The East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub (the Authority) is procuring a framework agreement for the provision of an Appliance Prescription Management Service for Stoma/Continence Appliances. The aims and objectives of the Framework Agreement is to provide a prescription management service for stoma and/or catheter patients. The service may include care for stoma patients pre-operation and post-operation. The purpose of the PIN is to inform potential suppliers of our intention to procure this service but also to engage suppliers to understand market capability and capacity to deliver the service. This notice is for information only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to not proceed to tender or at its absolute discretion to amend it at the time of issue of any further notice or notices or at any other time. Potential suppliers are asked to take part in a short market engagement questionnaire. The information provided will help to form the way the service specification is designed for the framework agreement. Details of how to access the questionnaire can be found in the following sections of this notice: II.2.4) Description of the Procurement and VI.3) Additional Information.