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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. This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specializing in healthcare and pharmacy services. Companies with robust capabilities in pharmaceutical supply and patient-focused healthcare services would find this contract particularly suitable.
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. Businesses adept at swiftly mobilizing healthcare services, ensuring continuity and quality, and offering value for money through open book accounting and reduced dispensing fees stand to benefit substantially from participating in such procurements.
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.<br/>Core functions to be provided:<br/>1. Dispensing prescriptions<br/>2. Medication advice<br/>3. Specialist services<br/>4. Over the counter sales<br/>Key deliverable of outpatient pharmacy services<br/>* Convenience<br/>* Short waiting times<br/>* Cost effectiveness<br/>* Improve patient outcomes<br/>This notice is an intention to award a contract under the PSR Most Suitable Provider process.<br/>The approximate lifetime value of the contract is PS117,000,000.00.<br/>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.
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