Awarded· 12 Mar 2024
Knowsley Place - On Demand Availability of Palliative Care Medicines
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board · Warrington, North West
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded Knowsley Place - On Demand Availability of Palliative Care Medicines. It is a contract for other health and social care in Warrington.
Source: Find a Tender, published 9 May 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2024
Contract awarded
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 17:06
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About this tender
In brief
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded Knowsley Place - On Demand Availability of Palliative Care Medicines. It is a contract for other health and social care in Warrington. It was awarded on 12 March 2024.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 9 May 2025. The notice number is 020243-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-051040.
Summary of the contracting process
The recent procurement process conducted by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board focused on the provision of palliative care medicines on demand across various sites in Knowsley, classified under the health services sector (CPV 85100000). This initiative ensures that selected pharmacies in Knowsley maintain a consistent stock of required medicines during pharmacy hours, thereby enhancing patient access to necessary medications.
The contract, which commenced on 1st April 2024 and is set to expire on 31st March 2025, was awarded directly under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, bypassing the usual call for competition, and was approved on the 12th of March 2024. Despite the contract's completion status being marked as "complete," active awards remain for several suppliers.
Suppliers like Stockbridge Pharmacy, Asda Stores Ltd, Boots UK Ltd, and L Rowland & Co (Retail) Ltd have already been successfully awarded contracts, highlighting the demand and potential for organisations capable of reliably maintaining a dynamic medical inventory and responding swiftly to patient needs in the healthcare sector.
The notice in full
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 in Knowsley. It requires Providers to hold a sufficient stock of an agreed list of palliative care medicines during the opening hours of the pharmacy in selected Knowsley Pharmacies.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a one year contract via Direct Award A to selected Knowsley pharmacies across Cheshire and Merseyside. The contract commenced on 1st April 2024 and will expired on the 31st March 2025. This contract is activity based and the annual values varies which is dependent upon delivering of the expectations within the service specification.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Number of suppliers
- 4
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
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 020243-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051040
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Warrington
- Town
- Warrington
- Postcode
- WA1 1QY
- Electoral ward
- Bewsey and Whitecross
- Constituency
- Warrington South
- Delivery area
- East Merseyside
- Region
- North West
- Sub-region
- Warrington
- Area
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Kellie Connor
- Address
- Warrington, WA1 1QY · North West · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Documents and links
Questions about Knowsley Place - On Demand Availability of Palliative Care Medicines
Who won the Knowsley Place - On Demand Availability of Palliative Care Medicines contract?
The award notice does not name the supplier. The full record is in the official notice linked on this page.
Who is the buyer for Knowsley Place - On Demand Availability of Palliative Care Medicines?
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board, based in Warrington, North West. The named contact is Kellie Connor.
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