Awarded· 6 Apr 2025
Medication Administration Support Service
Milton Keynes City Council · Milton Keynes, South East
Milton Keynes City Council has awarded Medication Administration Support Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Milton Keynes.
Source: Find a Tender, published 9 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Hands in Harmony Home Care Services
2025
Award notice published
UK7 - Contract Details Notice · 09:29
View notice2025
Contract starts
2026
Contract ends
1 year after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Milton Keynes City Council has awarded Medication Administration Support Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Milton Keynes. The contract went to Hands in Harmony Home Care Services. It was awarded on 6 April 2025. The contract value is £223,448. The contract runs from 24 April 2025 to 24 January 2026. It lasts 1 year.
It is run as a below threshold - without competition. Find a Tender published it on 9 April 2025. The notice number is 013864-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04ff5e.
Summary of the contracting process
Milton Keynes City Council recently concluded the procurement process for the "Medication Administration Support Service," targeting the healthcare sector. This contract, aimed at providing medication support to individuals within their homes across Milton Keynes, was awarded to Hands in Harmony Home Care Services Limited. The procurement, categorised under social work services without accommodation, began with an award stage dated 9 April 2025.
The service contract, valued at £223,448, will run from 25 April 2025 to 24 January 2026. This direct procurement method was executed below the competition threshold under light touch regime regulations. This tender offers significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in home healthcare services, particularly Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) like Hands in Harmony Home Care Services Limited.
The structured support plan and the need for consistent assessments create avenues for ongoing engagements and potential expansions within Milton Keynes and similar locales.
The notice in full
This award if for the Medication Administration Support Service. Medicines support is any support that enables a person to manage their medicines. This covers prompting or reminding people to take their medicines; helping people remove medicines from packaging; and administering some or all of a person's medicines.
The provider will: * Assess what medicines support a person needs as part of their general assessment and record the outcome of the assessment in the care plan. * Where a person needs support with their medicines,
the provider will record the following details in their care plan: o the person's needs and preferences o the person's expectations for confidentiality and advance care planning o how you will seek consent o details of who to contact about their medicines - this can be the person needing support or a contact they choose o what support they need for each medicine o how the medicines support will be given o who provides medicines support,
particularly when more than one care provider is involved o when the medicines support will be reviewed - e.g. after six weeks. o Staff who assess people's medicines support need to be trained and competent to do so o only take responsibility for people's medicines where the assessment indicates there is a need.
Services will usually be delivered in patients own homes, these will be located within all areas of Milton Keynes, including villages.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 24 Apr 2025 to 24 Jan 2026 (1 year)
- Awarded to
- Hands in Harmony Home Care Services
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement method
- Direct
- Procedure
- Below threshold - without competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
Values
- Contracts value
- £223,448
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Complete
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 013864-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04ff5e
- CPV code
- 85312000 - Social work services without accommodation
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
- Town
- Milton Keynes
- Postcode
- MK9 3EJ
- Electoral ward
- Central Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes Central
- Region
- South East
- Sub-region
- Milton Keynes
- Area
- Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Milton Keynes City Council
- Category
- Services
- Phone
- 01908 691 691
- Address
- Milton Keynes, MK9 3EJ · South East · England
Not stated in the notice: contact.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Hands in Harmony Home Care Services
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Medication Administration Support Service
Who won the Medication Administration Support Service contract?
Milton Keynes City Council awarded the contract to Hands in Harmony Home Care Services on 6 April 2025. It is due to end on 24 January 2026, which is when a re-tender would normally follow.
How much is the Medication Administration Support Service contract worth?
The contract value is £223,448. The contract runs from 24 April 2025 to 24 January 2026 (1 year).
Who is the buyer for Medication Administration Support Service?
Milton Keynes City Council, based in Milton Keynes, South East.
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