Home Parenteral Nutrition

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    "name": "Belfast Health \u0026 Social Care Trust"
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  "date": "2025-12-24T12:52:10Z",
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    "description": "This tendering exercise aims at renewing the compliant and effective framework for supply and delivery of Home Parenteral Nutrition which was due to expire on 30th June 2025.\n*The existing Home Parenteral Nutrition Framework \nwas extended by 10 months respectively (under clause 2.3,\nCommercial Terms and Conditions ) to 31st May 2026 to allow additional time for completion of this tender.",
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              "description": "Pass/Fail Award Criteria - Do you confirm that you will strictly observe and comply with requirements as set out in document PaLS Mid-Tier Schedule 02 (Specification)",
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              "description": "Pass/Fail Award Criteria - Attach a PDF or jpeg image(s) of a Certificate of Conformance (CofC) which clearly displays the information that will be provided for unlicensed Parenteral Nutrition products complies with the requirements set out in \u201cQuality Assurance of Aseptic Preparation Services: Standards Handbook\u201d \u2013 currently 5th Edition, published October 2016 and edited by Alison M Beaney.\nThe file should be a zipped folder and named \u201cName of Tenderer CofC\u201d ",
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              "description": "Pass/Fail Award Criteria - Where the PDF or jpeg image(s) of your Certificates of Conformance does not currently display the information stated in \u201cQuality Assurance of Aseptic Preparation Services: Standards Handbook\u201d \u2013 currently 5th Edition, published October 2016 and edited by Alison M Beaney. Provide further information and state when you will be in a position to provide the required detail?",
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              "description": "Pass/Fail Award Criteria - Attach a PDF or jpeg image(s) of the labelling that will be provided with unlicensed Products. \nThe file should be a zipped folder and named \u201cName of Tenderer Label\u201d",
              "name": "Product Labelling",
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              "description": "Pass/Fail Award Criteria - Do you confirm that where lipid is required in a patient\u2019s prescription provided in a large volume (3,000ml \u2013 4,500ml) bespoke parenteral nutrition bag, it will contain fish oil and a combination of soy bean oil and/or olive oil and/or coconut oil (sometimes termed 3rd generation lipid)?",
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              "description": "Pass/Fail Award Criteria - Do you confirm that where applicable all parenteral nutrition Product will be managed under cold chain conditions when moved from the manufacturing unit to the patient\u2019s home (or other designated location)?",
              "name": "Cold Chain",
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              "description": "Pass/Fail Award Criteria - Do you confirm that free phone land and mobile numbers will be made available to provide help-line support to patients?",
              "name": "Telephone number(s)",
              "type": "quality"
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            {
              "description": "Pass/Fail Award Criteria - Do you confirm that all communications regarding patients will be managed with a secure hscni.net or NHS.net email address or transferred in a password protected file in accordance with GDPR legislation",
              "name": "Email",
              "type": "quality"
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              "description": "Pass/Fail Award Criteria - Do you confirm that you will provide contact name(s) and detail(s) relating to the first points of contact required within the PaLS Mid-Tier Schedule 02 (Specification)",
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              "type": "quality"
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              "description": "10% Scored Award Criteria - Provide a detailed project plan showing how you will manage the setting up of a new patient. The project plan must set out the timeline from notification of a new patient to the Supplier on Day 0 and the actions of the Supplier and Buyer, until the patient is at home (or other designated location) and receiving the  Home Parenteral Nutrition Service.",
              "name": "Set-up of a new patient",
              "type": "quality"
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              "description": "5% Scored Award Criteria - Provide a detailed project plan showing how you will manage the transfer of patient between two framework Suppliers. The project plan must set out the timeline from notification of the changeover and the actions required from both Suppliers and the Buyer. The response must deal with two scenarios:\na.\tthe Supplier is taking over a patient from another Supplier, and\nb  .the Supplier is handing over a patient to   \n     another Supplier.",
              "name": "Transfer of patient between Suppliers",
              "type": "quality"
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              "description": "7% Scored Award Criteria - Provide a detailed project plan showing how you will manage a change to an existing patient\u2019s prescription. The project plan must set out the timeline from notification by the Buyer (Day 0) of the new prescription to its delivery to the patient.  The actions required from both Suppliers and the Buyer must be detailed.",
              "name": "Prescription Change",
              "type": "quality"
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              "description": "4% Scored Award Criteria - Explain how you will manage a situation where it is identified that a patient is not following their home parenteral nutrition instructions/guidance e.g. products are not being used in the correct order (oldest product first), there appears to be an under/over use of ancillaries etc. Note that these examples are not an exhaustive list.",
              "name": "Non-compliant actions of a patient",
              "type": "quality"
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              "description": "11% Scored Award Criteria - Explain your business continuity plan which will be implemented in a situation where there is (a) a potential and (b) an actual disruption to the manufacture and/or delivery of products/ service for the Buyer\u2019s patient(s).",
              "name": "Business Continuity",
              "type": "quality"
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              "description": "5% Scored Award Criteria - Explain how you will support patients to ensure that they are obtaining the level of care appropriate to their individual needs and their stage within the home parenteral nutrition service.  In particular, explain from where and how the support service will be delivered. The response should deal with, but not be limited to, telephone support.",
              "name": "On-going Patient Support",
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              "description": "3% Scored Award Criteria - Set out aspects of service delivery where you believe you can work with the Buyer to \na.\timprove the quality of service provision within the tendered pricing structure; and/or\nb.\tprovide improved value for money\nFor each identified aspect, explain your rationale setting out the benefits to both you, as Supplier, and the Buyer.",
              "name": "Continuous Improvement",
              "type": "quality"
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              "description": "10% Scored Award Criteria - With reference to the Social Value Schedule set out in  Schedule 2 \u2013 Section 5.49 \u2013 Social Value Criteria. , Describe how you will consider and respond to the needs of patients during home visits in the delivery of the contract?",
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              "type": "quality"
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              "description": "45% Scored Award Criteria - Suppliers who successfully follow the instructions and attach a completed CP22 Pricing Schedule will receive a total financial score ",
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        "description": "This in an unranked framework for the provision of Home Parenteral Nutrition to Northern Ireland delivered by the following body in NI;\nBelfast Health and Social Care Trust (BHSCT)\nThe Framework Agreement will operate either a Direct Call-Off system, a Partial Further Competition or a Further Competition whereby the Buyer will engage the services of the Framework Provider through a Direct Call-off or a form of further competition or both. In accordance with CP21 the Tender Assessment Methodology, all suppliers who meet the assessment criteria will be appointed to the framework. The framework does not rank suppliers, and call-off decisions will be made based on the Buyer\u0027s operational, clinical, and technical requirements.",
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