Awarded· 9 Jan 2025
Outpatient Pharmacy Services
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool, North West
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Outpatient Pharmacy Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Liverpool.
Source: Find a Tender, published 26 Mar 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2024
Pipeline notice published
Planning Notice · 15:50
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Contract awarded
The Clatterbridge Pharmacy
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 15:37
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Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 16:38
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About this tender
In brief
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Outpatient Pharmacy Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Liverpool. The contract went to The Clatterbridge Pharmacy. It was awarded on 9 January 2025. The contract value is £117,000,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 26 March 2025. The notice number is 011400-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04c9c3.
Summary of the contracting process
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has formally awarded a contract for Outpatient Pharmacy Services under the Provider Selection Regime, with services set to commence on 1st February 2025. The contract, spanning five years with an option for an additional two years, is valued at £117,000,000. This procurement falls within the healthcare services industry, specifically pharmacy services, addressing patients visiting outpatient clinics in Liverpool (region UKD7).
The contract will involve key functions such as dispensing prescriptions, providing medication advice, specialist services, and over-the-counter sales, aiming for convenience, short waiting times, cost-effectiveness, and improved patient outcomes. The contract was awarded under a competitive process considering factors such as financial impact, quality of service, and mobilisation time, highlighting an urgency due to the previous provider's contract termination with short notice.
The notice in full
Outpatient Pharmacy Services to provide medicines and related services to patients who are not admitted to hospital but visit outpatient clinics.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
Outpatient Pharmacy Services to provide medicines and related services to patients who are not admitted to hospital but visit outpatient clinics. The key objective is to deliver on-site pharmacy services at University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, primarily to serve patients who attend hospital outpatient clinics and require prescriptions or other pharmacy services.
Outpatient Pharmacy Services as outlined above to be delivered by University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, via the Most Suitable Provider Process under the Provider Selection Regime.
Core functions to be provided:
1. Dispensing prescriptions
2. Medication advice
3. Specialist services
4. Over the counter sales
Key deliverable of outpatient pharmacy services
* Convenience
* Short waiting times
* Cost effectiveness
* Improve patient outcomes
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the PSR Most Suitable Provider process.
The approximate lifetime value of the contract is PS117,000,000.00.
This is an existing service that will be provided by a new provider (The Clatterbridge Pharmacy Limited) for 5 years from 03/02/2025, with an option to extend for a further 2 years.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- The Clatterbridge Pharmacy
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Planning, Tender, Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Buyer's portal
- Atamis
Values
- Contracts value
- £117,000,000
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
- 011400-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04c9c3
- CPV code
- 85149000 - Pharmacy services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Liverpool
- Town
- Liverpool
- Postcode
- L9 7AL
- Electoral ward
- Canning
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
- Delivery area
- Merseyside
- Region
- North West
- Sub-region
- Liverpool
- Area
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Liverpool, L9 7AL · North West · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- The Clatterbridge Pharmacy
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Outpatient Pharmacy Services
Who won the Outpatient Pharmacy Services contract?
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust awarded the contract to The Clatterbridge Pharmacy on 9 January 2025.
How much is the Outpatient Pharmacy Services contract worth?
The contract value is £117,000,000.
Who is the buyer for Outpatient Pharmacy Services?
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, based in Liverpool, North West.
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