Notice Information
Notice Title
Urgent Palliative Care Medicines Cheshire West
Notice Description
The demand for palliative care drugs can be urgent and/or unpredictable. A number of the drugs used in palliative care are rarely used in other circumstances and are therefore often not widely available in community pharmacies. The stock held for the Urgent Palliative Care Medicine Service should be over and above the core stock holding and the ICB agrees to reimburse contractors should this medicine be held beyond the expiry date. The Service provider is expected to order and continuously hold the range and quantity of stock specified for the total number of hours the pharmacy is open, including bank holiday and rotas and during any periods of locum cover. Payment Details * PS201.80 annual fee for providing full and continuous service as outlined in the service specification and irrespective of the number of prescriptions dispensed. * The fee will be paid in four instalments of PS50.45 on the completion of the quarterly audit. * The commissioner has the discretion to withhold quarterly payments where the commissioned service provider fails to/is unable to, respond to the commissioner's assistance, including early termination of a contract for repeated transgressions. * The pharmacy is expected to carry out good stock management and on the rare occasions when medicines on the approved list expire, Cheshire West Place will reimburse the Drug Tariff or cost price of stock that reaches its expiry date.
Lot Information
Lot 1
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a one year contract via Direct Award A to Local Pharmacists within Cheshire West Cheshire and Merseyside ICB. The contract commenced on 1st April 2024 and will expire on the 31st March 2025 with an estimated combined Cheshire West Indicative annual contract value of PS 1,816,20 for the selected pharmacists to participate in this scheme. The reimbursement of palliative care drugs is funded separately.
Procurement Information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0509a1
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017775-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85100000 - Health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £201 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 29 Apr 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 12 Mar 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Contact Name
- Rachael Ullmer
- Contact Email
- rachael.ullmer@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WARRINGTON
- Postcode
- WA1 1QY
- Post Town
- Warrington
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD6 Cheshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD61 Warrington
- Delivery Location
- TLD63 Cheshire West and Chester
-
- Local Authority
- Warrington
- Electoral Ward
- Bewsey and Whitecross
- Westminster Constituency
- Warrington South
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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