Awarded contract

St Helens Place - On Demand Availability of Palliative Care Medicines

Details

Supplier(s)
Value
£3,600
Topic
Health and social work services
Published
30 April 2025

Tender description

The On Demand Availability of Palliative Care Medicines Service aims to improve access for people to palliative care medicines when they are required, by ensuring prompt access and continuity of supply. It requires Providers to hold a sufficient stock of an agreed list of palliative care medicines during the opening hours of the pharmacy. Lot 1: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a one year contract via Direct Award A to selected St Helens pharmacies. The contract commenced on 1st April 2025 and will expire on 31st March 2026 with an estimated annual contract value of £3600.00. This contract is activity based. Funding is allocated on delivery of the activity detailed within the service specification.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date19 November 2024
  2. Completed: Award published30 April 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB commissions NHS services, and formed in July 2022 from nine legacy clinical commissioning groups. Contracts are awarded by direct award, by varying an existing agreement, or through open competitive procurement. National and local framework agreements are also used, awarded directly or through a mini competition. Every award follows the Provider Selection Regime and the Procurement Act 2023. Providers can seek accreditation by contacting the ICB's procurement team directly. Procurement decisions are published in the ICB's PSR publication of decisions register.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB's contract awards have been in health and social work and education and training.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 85000000 · Health and social work services

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