Awarded· 30 Sept 2025
Provision of a Medicines Supply Service
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · North Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Provision of a Medicines Supply Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in North Northamptonshire.
Source: Find a Tender, published 9 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Bestway National Chemists
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 07:11
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About this tender
In brief
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Provision of a Medicines Supply Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in North Northamptonshire. The contract went to Bestway National Chemists. It was awarded on 30 September 2025. The contract value is £800,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 9 October 2025. The notice number is 063507-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05ab27.
Summary of the contracting process
The procurement process concerns the "Provision of a Medicines Supply Service" undertaken by the Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. This process falls under the services category, specifically pharmacy services (CPV code 85149000), and is intended for implementation at HMP Ranby in the UKF1 region. The process has reached the award stage, with Bestway National Chemists Limited being the awarded supplier as of 1st October 2025.
The contract, valued at £800,000, was initiated due to an urgent situation, invoking the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) regulations 2023. The procurement method used was limited, bypassing a prior call for competition to ensure continuity of critical healthcare services during a mobilisation period of less than three months.
The notice in full
Provision of a Medicines Supply Service in a secure location
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
The Trust considers that an award must be made urgently, the reason for the urgency was not foreseeable by and not attributable to the Trust due to the Emergency Award by NHS England of the Head Contract for Healthcare Services at HMP Ranby to the Trust. Delaying the award of the contract to satisfy the requirements of the PSR would likely pose a risk to patient or public safety.
The award term reflects the novation of existing supplier subcontracts from the incumbent on existing terms to ensure the continuity of healthcare services during the mobilisation period of less than three-months. The period of mobilisation would not have allowed the Trust to identify alternative provision for the subcontracted service.
The relevant authority has awarded this contract under the Direct Award Process A - Urgent situation (F03) under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Bestway National Chemists
- Number of suppliers
- 1
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
Values
- Contracts value
- £800,000
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
- 063507-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05ab27
- CPV code
- 85149000 - Pharmacy services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Town
- Northampton
- Postcode
- NN15 7PW
- Electoral ward
- Windmill
- Constituency
- Kettering
- Delivery area
- Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Sub-region
- North Northamptonshire
- Area
- Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Cathy Headland
- Phone
- +44 7892766023
- Address
- Kettering, NN15 7PW · East Midlands · England
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Bestway National Chemists
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Provision of a Medicines Supply Service
Who won the Provision of a Medicines Supply Service contract?
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust awarded the contract to Bestway National Chemists on 30 September 2025.
How much is the Provision of a Medicines Supply Service contract worth?
The contract value is £800,000.
Who is the buyer for Provision of a Medicines Supply Service?
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, based in North Northamptonshire, East Midlands. The named contact is Cathy Headland, on +44 7892766023.
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