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Awarded· 19 Nov 2024

Liverpool Place Stock Holding of Palliative Care Medicines (Pharmacy)

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board · Warrington, North West

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded Liverpool Place Stock Holding of Palliative Care Medicines (Pharmacy). It is a contract for other health and social care in Warrington.

Source: Find a Tender, published 30 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2024

    Contract awarded

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 18:03

    View notice
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About this tender

In brief

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has awarded Liverpool Place Stock Holding of Palliative Care Medicines (Pharmacy). It is a contract for other health and social care in Warrington. It was awarded on 19 November 2024. The contract value is £4,200.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 30 April 2025. The notice number is 018208-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-050ad3.

Summary of the contracting process

The NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has completed a contracting process for the project titled "Liverpool Place Stock Holding of Palliative Care Medicines (Pharmacy)" located in the Liverpool region, categorised under health services. This procurement, initiated under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) and outside the scope of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, was aimed at ensuring the availability of palliative care medicines throughout the week.

The contract commenced on 1st April 2025 and is set to expire on 31st March 2026. The procurement was conducted through a limited procedure without a prior call for competition, and it was awarded on the 19th of November 2024 after approval by the Finance, Investment, Resources Committee.

The selected pharmacies will benefit from annual payments based on service provision, with an estimated contract value of £11,400 plus costs for drugs. This activity-based contract supports business growth for both large and SME pharmacies by compensating them for their role in managing crucial healthcare services within the community.

The notice in full

In order to ensure availability of palliative care medicines, both within hours (8.00am to 6.00pm, Monday to Friday) and ideally out of hours (evenings and weekends), a small number of selected community pharmacies across Liverpool will be remunerated to hold an ongoing stock of these medicines.

Pharmacies providing the service will have adequate opening times in order to ensure provision in hours and ideally throughout evenings and weekends and will be located to provide geographical coverage across Liverpool. PS600 Annual payments will be made on submission of an invoice and annual audit, reimbursement of the drugs costs is separate.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has awarded a 1 year contract via Direct Award A to selected Liverpool Pharmacies across Cheshire and Merseyside the contract commenced on 1st April 2025 and will expire on 31st March 2026 with an estimated contract value of PS11,400 with additional drugs costs. This is an activity based contract and funding is based on delivery of activity as outlined within the service specfification.

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Key facts

Every field the notice carries. Anything it leaves blank is listed under its table.

Contract

Service
Other health and social care
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Number of suppliers
19

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, SME

Values

Contracts value
£4,200

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
018208-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-050ad3
CPV code
85100000 - Health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board is based in Warrington. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Warrington
Town
Warrington
Postcode
WA1 1QY
Electoral ward
Bewsey and Whitecross
Constituency
Warrington South
Delivery area
Liverpool
Region
North West
Sub-region
Warrington
Area
Cheshire
Country
England
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Buyer

Contracting authority

Organisation
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
Category
Services
Contact
Diane Lewis
Address
Warrington, WA1 1QY · North West · England

Not stated in the notice: phone.

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Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
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Questions about Liverpool Place Stock Holding of Palliative Care Medicines (Pharmacy)

Who won the Liverpool Place Stock Holding of Palliative Care Medicines (Pharmacy) contract?

The award notice does not name the supplier. The full record is in the official notice linked on this page.

How much is the Liverpool Place Stock Holding of Palliative Care Medicines (Pharmacy) contract worth?

The contract value is £4,200.

Who is the buyer for Liverpool Place Stock Holding of Palliative Care Medicines (Pharmacy)?

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board, based in Warrington, North West. The named contact is Diane Lewis.

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