Awarded· 31 Mar 2025
Community Pharmacy Outreach Service - Harbottle / Pharmacy Outreach
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board · Sunderland, North East
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board has awarded Community Pharmacy Outreach Service - Harbottle / Pharmacy Outreach. It is a contract for other health and social care in Sunderland.
Source: Find a Tender, published 12 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Boots
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 15:05
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About this tender
In brief
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board has awarded Community Pharmacy Outreach Service - Harbottle / Pharmacy Outreach. It is a contract for other health and social care in Sunderland. The contract went to Boots. It was awarded on 31 March 2025. The contract value is £7,800.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 12 September 2025. The notice number is 056321-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-0599ad.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board recently awarded a contract to Boots UK Limited for the Community Pharmacy Outreach Service focusing on Medicines Delivery/Collection Services in Harbottle, Northumberland. This service aims to support patients associated with Harbottle GP Surgery following its closure. The contract, with a total value of GBP 7,800, commenced retrospectively on 1st April 2025, under urgent circumstances facilitating healthcare continuity.
The procurement process bypassed the usual call for competition due to the provider selection criteria established under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The award was finalized on 12th September 2025, marking the contract's completion stage in the pharmacy services category.
The strategic location in Harbottle and the partnership with NHS Property Services also create a structured environment for healthcare providers to establish a regional presence, leveraging their infrastructure to support patient needs effectively. Regular monitoring and engagement with NHS representatives ensure streamlined operations and continuous improvement.
The notice in full
Community Pharmacy Outreach Service - Medicines Delivery/Collection Services enhanced service has been designed to support patients registered at Harbottle GP Surgery. This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). 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 and Procurement Regulations 2024 do not apply to this award. Do to urgent need, an implied contract has been in place since 01 April 2025 but contracts were signed off September 2025.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
Community Pharmacy Outreach Service - Medicines Delivery/Collection Services enhanced service has been designed to support patients registered at Harbottle GP Surgery. Following the closure of Harbottle Surgery the dispensing and medicine collection implications for patients that were registered with the Harbottle surgery as a branch surgery now operates from Harbottle on a temporary basis and this service is to support the patients who are seen in Harbottle.
The pharmacy will provide a medicines collection service for patients, based at the GP surgery in Harbottle at designated times in the week. Additional information: The pharmacy must ensure that they have mechanisms in place to provide medicine collection services to patients wishing to collect them from Harbottle GP Surgery.
The address of the premises from which the medicines will be collected is: GP Branch Surgery, Village Hall, Harbottle, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE65 7DG The session will be provided between 3-5pm on Thursday afternoons only. The pharmacy will enable patients to collect their medicines (dispensed from The provider) from the Harbottle surgery site on Thursday afternoon between 3.30pm and 4.30pm every week.
The pharmacy will deliver the services in conjunction with the Heads of terms with NHS Property Services. The pharmacy will operate under the Pharmaceutical Regulations 2013. The pharmacy will deploy 2 suitably qualified staff to operate the medicines collection service.
The pharmacy will maintain patient confidentiality in operations. The Pharmacy will comply with the Data Protection Act. The pharmacy will not leave medications at the village hall and will return any uncollected medicines to the provider.
Monitoring - Quarterly monitoring meetings will take place between the Primary Care Commissioning Manager of NHS England and the Regional Pharmacy Experience Manager of The provider. This will include looking at relevant data (e.g. usage, delivery/business continuity risks).
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Boots
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
- Contracts value
- £7,800
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 056321-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0599ad
- CPV code
- 85149000 - Pharmacy services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Town
- Sunderland
- Postcode
- SR5 3XB
- Electoral ward
- Castle
- Constituency
- Washington and Gateshead South
- Delivery area
- Northumberland
- Region
- North East
- Sub-region
- Sunderland
- Area
- Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Sunderland, SR5 3XB · North East · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Boots
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Community Pharmacy Outreach Service - Harbottle / Pharmacy Outreach
Who won the Community Pharmacy Outreach Service - Harbottle / Pharmacy Outreach contract?
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Boots on 31 March 2025.
How much is the Community Pharmacy Outreach Service - Harbottle / Pharmacy Outreach contract worth?
The contract value is £7,800.
Who is the buyer for Community Pharmacy Outreach Service - Harbottle / Pharmacy Outreach?
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, based in Sunderland, North East.
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