Awarded· 29 Oct 2025
Primary Care - Pharmacy Services
The North Yorkshire Council · North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
The North Yorkshire Council has awarded Primary Care - Pharmacy Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in North Yorkshire.
Source: Find a Tender, published 18 Nov 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 15:08
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About this tender
In brief
The North Yorkshire Council has awarded Primary Care - Pharmacy Services. It is a contract for other health and social care in North Yorkshire. It was awarded on 29 October 2025.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 18 November 2025. The notice number is 074841-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05e37b.
Summary of the contracting process
The North Yorkshire Council has finalised the procurement process for a series of primary care pharmacy services. This contract, under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, includes services such as needle exchange and harm reduction, opiate substitute supervised consumption, sexual health services, and a nicotine replacement therapy voucher scheme.
The tender, classified under the CPV code for pharmacy services, was carried out using a limited procurement method without prior call for competition. Contracts have been awarded as of 29 October 2025, and the process was completed with the active status of awards to QA Pharma Ltd and Medwin Pharmacy, located within the UKE region of the United Kingdom.
The awards, governed by a direct award process, began with a focus on quality, centred on patient choice, which may offer additional strategic advantages and differentiation for SMEs capable of meeting these criteria. Moreover, the involvement of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) like QA Pharma Ltd and Medwin Pharmacy exemplifies the potential for similarly sized businesses to successfully compete in this procurement landscape.
The notice in full
Pharmacy Services include: Need Exchange and Harm Reduction Service - The provision of a safe needle exchange programme, providing service users with sterile needles and syringes; injecting paraphernalia; and sharps containers for return of used injecting equipment. In addition to the safe removal and disposal of used injecting equipment. Opiate Substitute Supervised Consumption Service - The provision of dispensing prescribed methadone, buprenorphine and buprenorphine-naloxone in specified instalments.
Alongside supervising the consumption of each dose of the prescribed medication(s). Sexual Health Services - The provision of free emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) to service users aged 13 years to 24 years. Alongside providing Chlamydia screening kits to sexually active women under 25 years (as part of the NCSP).
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) Voucher Scheme - The provision of advice and dispensing of the nicotine replacement products.
Lots (4)
- 01
Needle Exchange and Harm Reduction ServiceCancelled
The provision of a safe needle exchange programme, providing service users with sterile needles and syringes; injecting paraphernalia; and sharps containers for return of used injecting equipment. In addition to the safe removal and disposal of used injecting equipment. Additional information: All awards have been made following Direct Award Process B of the Provider Selection Regime.
Awards have been made to both existing and new Providers.
- 02
Opiate Substitute Supervised Consumption ServiceCancelled
The provision of dispensing prescribed methadone, buprenorphine and buprenorphine-naloxone in specified instalments. Alongside supervising the consumption of each dose of the prescribed medication(s). Additional information: All awards have been made following Direct Award Process B of the Provider Selection Regime.
Awards have been made to both existing and new Providers.
- 03
Sexual Health ServicesCancelled
The provision of free emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) to service users aged 13 years to 24 years. Alongside providing Chlamydia screening kits to sexually active women under 25 years (as part of the NCSP). Additional information: All awards have been made following Direct Award Process B of the Provider Selection Regime.
Awards have been made to both existing and new Providers.
- 04
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) Voucher SchemeCancelled
The provision of advice and dispensing of the nicotine replacement products. Additional information: All awards have been made following Direct Award Process B of the Provider Selection Regime. Awards have been made to both existing and new Providers.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 4
- Number of suppliers
- 2
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
- SME
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
- 074841-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e37b
- CPV code
- 85149000 - Pharmacy services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Town
- Darlington
- Postcode
- DL7 8AD
- Electoral ward
- Romanby
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton
- Delivery area
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Sub-region
- North Yorkshire
- Area
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- The North Yorkshire Council
- Category
- Services
- Phone
- +44 1609797971
- Address
- Northallerton, DL7 8AD · Yorkshire and the Humber · England
Not stated in the notice: contact.
Documents and links
Questions about Primary Care - Pharmacy Services
Who won the Primary Care - Pharmacy Services 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 Primary Care - Pharmacy Services?
The North Yorkshire Council, based in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber.
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