PQ0577 - Delivery of Birmingham and Solihull Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2025-28

The Council requires a supplier for the provision of their Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA). The aim is to enable Birmingham and Solihull Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs) to meet their statutory requirement and publish a timely PNA. The PNA is a published document that informs the strategic development and commissioning of community pharmacy services to help meet the needs of the local population. Solihull and Birmingham health and wellbeing boards have a statutory responsibility to publish the next pharmaceutical needs assessment by 31st December 2025. The pharmaceutical needs of Birmingham and Solihull should be assessed separately, by locality, but presented in one joint document. The pharmaceutical needs assessments follow a common format as set by the 2013 regulations. These regulations outline the minimum requirements for pharmaceutical needs assessments and the matters that the health and wellbeing boards are to have regard to. In summary the regulations require a series of statements of: o the pharmaceutical services that the health and wellbeing boards have identified as services that are necessary to meet the need for pharmaceutical services; o the pharmaceutical services that have been identified as services that are not provided but which the health and wellbeing boards are satisfied need to be provided in order to meet a current or future need for a range of pharmaceutical services or a specific pharmaceutical service; o the pharmaceutical services that the health and wellbeing boards have identified as not being necessary to meet the need for pharmaceutical services but have secured improvements or better access; o the pharmaceutical services that have been identified as services that would secure improvements or better access to a range of pharmaceutical services or a specific pharmaceutical service, either now or in the future; and o other NHS services that affect the need for pharmaceutical services or a specific pharmaceutical service. The successful provider will need to demonstrate the following skills, experience and resources: o Relevant expertise and proven transferable skills necessary to produce a pharmaceutical needs assessment o Gathering demographic and health needs data o Ability to gather demographic & health needs data and produce reports o Understanding the responsibilities of the health and wellbeing boards o Ability to undertake quantitative and qualitative consultation This contract will commence from 20 02 2025 until 31 12 2025. The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity, please click on the following link to access https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register. You will then... Additional information: If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal. Delivery Notes Birmingham Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No