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title: "Hospital Pharmacy Services (HPS)"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2026-09-16"
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# Hospital Pharmacy Services (HPS)

Buyer: NHS NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06fb32

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## Summary

NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board procured hospital pharmacy services for the COVID Medicines Delivery Unit pathway. The service covers clinical review, medicine-interaction checks, renal-dose checks, patient counselling, and the safe, urgent supply of oral COVID-19 treatments to eligible high-risk patients. It is a healthcare service delivered across Nottingham, North Nottinghamshire and South Nottinghamshire. The requirement is activity-based and is intended to support patients receiving eligible treatments through the local NHS pathway. The selected provider is Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Hospital Pharmacy Services, whose hospital pharmacy function is responsible for delivering the service. The work combines clinical pharmacy assessment with time-sensitive dispensing and supply, rather than routine community pharmacy provision.

The procurement has reached the award and contract stage: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Hospital Pharmacy Services was selected through Provider Selection Regime direct award process C, without a prior call for competition. The contract was signed on 14 September 2026 and is active. Services are contracted from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2027. The recorded contract value is £1 GBP, with payment based on activity, so this figure does not represent a conventional fixed service price. The single lot used equal-weighted criteria in practice: quality accounted for 100%, based on the existing provider’s performance and expected ability to meet the requirement, while value accounted for 0%. The process is governed by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

This award indicates demand for an integrated hospital pharmacy operation supporting urgent oral COVID-19 treatment for clinically eligible, high-risk patients across the Nottingham area. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need a hospital pharmacy service with suitably qualified clinical staff able to review treatment safely, identify medicine interactions, assess renal dosing, counsel patients and arrange rapid supply. It would also need dependable processes for handling urgent referrals, confirming eligibility, coordinating with the CMDU pathway and maintaining safe, auditable medicines delivery across multiple local areas. The evaluation placed decisive emphasis on quality and on evidence that the incumbent was performing satisfactorily, so demonstrable clinical governance, service continuity, pathway experience and the capacity to respond quickly would be central to competing effectively when this requirement is next considered.

## Notice

Provides the pharmacy element of the CMDU pathway, offering clinical review, interaction and renal dosing checks, patient counselling and the safe and urgent supply of oral COVID 19 treatments for eligible high risk patients.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Description of the services to be provided: Provides the pharmacy element of the CMDU pathway, offering clinical review, interaction and renal dosing checks, patient counselling and the safe and urgent supply of oral COVID 19 treatments for eligible high risk patients. The ICB is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C. The contract is paid on activity The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2027

Options: In line with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023

### 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 Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087787-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | NOTTINGHAM |
| Postcode area | Nottingham |
| Postcode | NG5 6DA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF16 South Nottinghamshire |
| Local authority | Gedling |
| Electoral ward | Daybrook |
| Westminster constituency | Gedling |
| Delivery location | TLF14 Nottingham, TLF15 North Nottinghamshire, TLF16 South Nottinghamshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Hospital Pharmacy Services |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 16 Sep 2026 at 13:59 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087787-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://notts.icb.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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