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title: "On Demand Availability of Drugs for Palliative Care"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-065b73"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS SURREY HEARTLANDS INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2026-05-20"
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# On Demand Availability of Drugs for Palliative Care

Buyer: NHS SURREY HEARTLANDS INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-065b73

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## Summary

The NHS Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board (ICB) has undertaken a procurement process to provide on-demand availability of drugs for palliative care across Surrey. This initiative, classified under pharmacy services, aims to enhance the end-of-life care within the region by ensuring immediate access to necessary medications and reducing hospital admissions. The procurement, carried out under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, culminated in a contract award notice on 4th February 2026, with an effective contract period from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2028. The project's value stands at £2,244.00. The service operates within the UKJ2 region and involves local pharmacy service providers to fortify community-based healthcare delivery.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses involved in pharmacy services, particularly those capable of integrating into a community-focused healthcare network. Companies with expertise in providing reliable palliative care solutions, efficient medication distribution, and innovative service models are particularly well-suited to benefit from this contract. The emphasis on local engagement and sustainable delivery frameworks offers a platform for businesses to expand their operations while enhancing community health outcomes. The contract supports the strategic goals of reducing healthcare disparities and ensuring equal access to urgent care medications, fostering an environment for professional collaboration and service excellence in the healthcare sector.

## Notice

The aim of the service is to provide immediate and consistent access to palliative care medication across NHS Surrey Heartlands (and wider, work has been done collaboratively across Surrey) with the ultimate aim of providing the best level of End-of-Life care and reducing inappropriate admissions in the last weeks of a patient's life. To improve access for people to these specialist medicines when they are required by ensuring prompt access and continuity of supply. To support users, carers and clinicians by providing them with up-to-date information and advice, and referral where appropriate.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The purpose of this service is to support patients to live and die in their place of choice and to reduce inappropriate admissions in the last weeks of their life, a locally commissioned service (LCS) has been developed for the on-demand availability of palliative care drugs through a number of selected pharmacy contractors in the area. This service supplies specialist medicines for palliative care, the demand for which may be urgent and/or unpredictable via several pharmacy contractors. The pharmacy contractor will stock a locally agreed range of specialist medicines and will make a commitment to ensure that users of this service have prompt access to these medicines during their hours of opening. These drugs have been agreed by the service providers and are considered to cover most "urgent" requests. The pharmacy will provide information and advice to the user, carer and clinician in line with locally agreed palliative care guidelines. They may also refer to specialist centres, support groups or other health and social care professionals where appropriate. The palliative care drugs list and details of pharmacies will be circulated to all primary care prescribers, including the out of hours service, District Nurses, Palliative Care Nurses, Community Pharmacies, Hospital Pharmacists and Palliative Care Consultants so that all the appropriate health care professional are aware of what is reasonable to expect to be available. "Palliative care" pharmacies will be used mainly in an emergency situation, where the drugs cannot be obtained by the local Community Pharmacy within an appropriate timescale. The Commissioner intends to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C. The contract duration is 24-months, from 01/04/2026 - 31/03/2028. The lifetime value of the contract is PS2,244.00. This procurement has been carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

### Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on 09/03/2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Any written representations should be sent to robert.kitt1@nhs.net

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046010-2026 |
| Notice type | Tender 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 |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 May 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 4 Feb 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £2,244 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS SURREY HEARTLANDS INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | WOKING |
| Post town | Guildford |
| Postcode | GU21 5BH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex |
| ITL 3 | TLJ25 West Surrey |
| Local authority | Woking |
| Electoral ward | Canalside |
| Westminster constituency | Woking |
| Delivery location | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ADDLESTONE TESCO IN-STORE PHARMACY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85149000 - Pharmacy services

## Release History

- 20 May 2026 at 07:45 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046010-2026
- 24 Feb 2026 at 16:18 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016628-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.surreyheartlands.org/nhs-surrey-heartlands-board

## Provenance

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