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title: "Liverpool Place Stock Holding of Palliative Care Medicines (Pharmacy)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-050ad3"
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published: "2025-04-30"
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# Liverpool Place Stock Holding of Palliative Care Medicines (Pharmacy)

Buyer: NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-050ad3

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## Summary

The NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has completed a contracting process for the project titled "Liverpool Place Stock Holding of Palliative Care Medicines (Pharmacy)" located in the Liverpool region, categorised under health services. This procurement, initiated under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) and outside the scope of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, was aimed at ensuring the availability of palliative care medicines throughout the week. The contract commenced on 1st April 2025 and is set to expire on 31st March 2026. The procurement was conducted through a limited procedure without a prior call for competition, and it was awarded on the 19th of November 2024 after approval by the Finance, Investment, Resources Committee.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for community pharmacies in Liverpool, particularly those with adequate operation hours to cover both weekdays and weekends. The selected pharmacies will benefit from annual payments based on service provision, with an estimated contract value of £11,400 plus costs for drugs. This activity-based contract supports business growth for both large and SME pharmacies by compensating them for their role in managing crucial healthcare services within the community. Pharmacies interested in similar opportunities should be prepared to meet the quality criteria focusing on patient choice and should have a robust setup for maintaining sufficient stock levels for palliative care medicines.

## Notice

In order to ensure availability of palliative care medicines, both within hours (8.00am to 6.00pm, Monday to Friday) and ideally out of hours (evenings and weekends), a small number of selected community pharmacies across Liverpool will be remunerated to hold an ongoing stock of these medicines. Pharmacies providing the service will have adequate opening times in order to ensure provision in hours and ideally throughout evenings and weekends and will be located to provide geographical coverage across Liverpool. PS600 Annual payments will be made on submission of an invoice and annual audit, reimbursement of the drugs costs is separate.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a 1 year contract via Direct Award A to selected Liverpool Pharmacies across Cheshire and Merseyside the contract commenced on 1st April 2025 and will expire on 31st March 2026 with an estimated contract value of PS11,400 with additional drugs costs. This is an activity based contract and funding is based on delivery of activity as outlined within the service specfification.

### 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/018208-2025 |
| 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 | 30 Apr 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Nov 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 | £4,200 |

## 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 | TLD72 Liverpool |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 19 |
| Supplier names | AD HEALTH; ALLIED PHARMACY; ASDA STORES; BOOTS; BOUNCE HEALTHCARE; C&P APOTHECARIES; CARE PHARMACY; FKJ00; GATEACRE CHEMISTS; GORGEMEAD; JH WILLIAMS; JOSEPH GARR; KELLYS PHARMA; MCDONNELL'S PHARMACY; MICON HEALTH; PAXTON; RAMSAL; RB HEALTHCARE; SEDEM PHARMACY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 30 Apr 2025 at 18:03 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018208-2025

## Notice URLs

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

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