NSW Health / HT21052 - Authority Management Solution (AMS) - HT21052

This RFP seeks Proposals from potential suppliers for the supply, fulfilment and/or delivery of the Authority Management Solution (AMS) to enable the online management of applications to the Ministry of Health for authorisation to prescribe or supply highly controlled Schedule 8 medicines in certain circumstances and some specialised authorisations (not associated with S8 medicines).

The Australian Government made a National Data Exchange (NDE) available in 2019 as a piece of central infrastructure to enable the implementation of a national real time prescription monitoring (RTPM) system. On 18 April 2019, there was agreement at the Council of Australian Government (COAG) Health Council meeting to commit to progress development and adaptation of systems to connect to, and interface with, the Australian Government's NDE system to achieve the national RTPM.

 The NSW RTPM & Enhanced Authority Management Program seeks to address the key problems of non-medical use, inappropriate and unlawful prescribing), and regulation challenges for opioids, benzodiazepines and other high-risk medicines.

Stage 1 of the Program is to implement the NSW RTPM based on the Commonwealth’s NDE solution. The NSW RTPM system will provide eligible health practitioners and the regulator with access to detailed transactional information about the prescribing and dispensing of Schedule 8 medicines and some high-risk Schedule 4 medicines (monitored medicines).

Stage 2 of the Program is to implement an enhanced authority management system to enable the online management of applications to the NSW Ministry of Health for authorisation to prescribe or supply highly controlled Schedule 8 medicines in certain circumstances and some specialised authorisations (not associated with S8 medicines).

NSW Regions: Far North Coast, Mid North Coast, New England, Central Coast, Hunter, Cumberland/Prospect, Nepean, Northern Sydney, Inner West, South East Sydney, South West Sydney, Central West, Orana/Far West, Riverina/Murray, Illawarra, Southern Highlands
States and Territories: ACT, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA

Request for Proposals - An invitation for expressions of interest / seeking preliminary proposals. In many cases these may be used as a basis for shortlisting tenderers, along with other criteria such as expertise and experience. Prospective tenderers are initially evaluated for their proposal against the relevant selection criteria. A number of those who best meet the criteria are invited to tender. For complex or some other types of procurement, where the product or service outcomes are highly dependent on the content of the proposals received from Tenderers, the outcome may be negotiated.

• The Procurement (Enforceable Procurement Provisions) Direction 2019 applies to this procurement

• A government agency may conduct negotiations with suppliers regarding the procurement

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