Awarded contract

Wirral Palliative Care Emergency Medicines Service

Details

Buyer: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB
Supplier(s): 10 suppliers
B&D Dudley (Chemists) LTD T/A Tree Tops Pharmacy
Boots the Chemist Ltd
Claughton Pharmacy
Greencross Pharmacy T/A Wilsons Pharmacy
Heatherlands Pharmacy
Loquat Pharma Ltd T/A Allied Pharmacy
Manor Pharmacy
TESCO STORES LIMITED
Townfield Pharmacy (Townfield Healthcare Ltd)
Victoria Central PCC
Value: £2,267
Topic: Health and social work services
Published: 30 April 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The purpose of this service is to improve access to essential palliative care medicines, to ensure continuity of supply, and to support patients, carers and healthcare professionals by providing them with information, advice and signposting, where appropriate. Lot 1: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a one year contract via Direct Award A to selected pharmacies across Wirral. The contract commenced on 1st April 2025 and will expire on the 31st March 2026 with an estimated annual contract value of £2274.80. This contract is activity based and funding is aligned to delivery of the activity as outlined within the service specification.

Timeline

Completed: Award date19 November 2024
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. National and local framework agreements are also used, awarded directly or through a mini competition. Providers can seek accreditation by contacting the ICB's procurement team directly.

Contracts are awarded by direct award, by varying an existing agreement, or through open competitive procurement. Every award follows the Provider Selection Regime and the Procurement Act 2023.

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.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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