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title: "Urgent Palliative Care Medicines Cheshire East"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05099e"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2025-04-29"
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# Urgent Palliative Care Medicines Cheshire East

Buyer: NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05099e

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## Summary

The procurement process, managed by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board, pertains to the contract award for emergency palliative care medicines across pharmacy sites in Cheshire East. This process is classified under health services, specifically within the services category, and falls outside the scope of Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as per the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. It was initiated as a tender and has reached the award stage, with the contract commencing on 1st April 2024 and concluding on 31st March 2025. The procurement method employed was a direct award without the prior publication of a call for competition, addressing the urgent and unpredictable demand for specific medicines.

This tender offers business growth opportunities in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, particularly for pharmacies capable of managing stock adequately and providing consistent service. Larger-scale pharmacies like Boots Pharmacy, Clear Pharmacy, and Well Pharmacy, among others, have been identified as suppliers, signifying the preference for established businesses with extensive supply chain capabilities. The contract includes a fixed annual service fee, incentivising the continuous availability of essential palliative care medicines, presenting a potential revenue stream that benefits pharmacies able to efficiently manage and maintain stock levels despite variable demand and specific storage requirements.

## Notice

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 East 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 East Cheshire and Merseyside ICB. The contract commenced on 1st April 2024 and will expire on the 31st March 2025 with an estimated combined Cheshire East Indicative annual contract value of PS 2,825.20 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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017772-2025 |
| 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, SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 29 Apr 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 12 Mar 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £201 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | WARRINGTON |
| Post town | Warrington |
| Postcode | WA1 1QY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD6 Cheshire |
| ITL 3 | TLD61 Warrington |
| Local authority | Warrington |
| Electoral ward | Bewsey and Whitecross |
| Westminster constituency | Warrington South |
| Delivery location | TLD62 Cheshire East |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 13 |
| Supplier names | ALSAGER PHARMACY; ANDREW PHARMACY; ASDAPHARMACY; BOOTS PHARMACY; CLEAR PHARMACY; COHENS CHEMIST; LONDON ROAD PHARMACY; PEAK PHARMACY; TESCO PHARMACY; THE VILLAGE PHARMACY; TYTHERINGTON PHARMACY; WELL PHARMACY; WELLS PHARMACY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 29 Apr 2025 at 17:51 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017772-2025

## Notice URLs

- https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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