Awarded· 13 Oct 2025
Support for the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2026
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust) · Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust) has awarded Support for the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2026. It is a contract for other health and social care in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Source: Sell2Wales, published 13 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Award notice published
OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice · 00:00
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About this tender
In brief
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust) has awarded Support for the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2026. It is a contract for other health and social care in Rhondda Cynon Taf. The contract went to Primary Care Commissioning. It was awarded on 13 October 2025. The contract value is £45,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Sell2Wales published it on 13 October 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-kuma6s-156854.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services, hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust, has completed a procurement process titled "Support for the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2026". This tender falls under the industry category of Health, specifically dealing with pharmaceutical services. The procurement is located within the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board in Wales, UK.
The process has reached the award stage with the award date being 13th October 2025. The procurement was conducted using a limited method without prior publication, specifically as a direct award via the NHS SBS Framework. This direct approach was partly due to either no tenders or no suitable tenders in response to a restricted procedure.
This tender presents significant opportunities for SMEs, particularly those specialising in healthcare consultancy and advisory services. The awarded contract, valued at £45,000, was secured by Primary Care Commissioning, showcasing potential for similarly scaled businesses to engage in future opportunities within the health sector in the UK.
The notice in full
The Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 places a statutory duty on Health Boards in Wales to prepare and publish an assessment of pharmaceutical service needs. The NHS (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020 specify the minimum content requirements for a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) and outline the process that must be followed during its development. To support implementation, the Welsh Government has issued non-statutory guidance for Health Boards (HBs).
The primary aim of a PNA is to enhance the planning and delivery of pharmaceutical services by ensuring Health Boards thoroughly assess the needs of their populations and align services accordingly. PNAs help Health Boards identify: Where additional contractor premises may be needed Where more dispensing doctors are required Whether current providers are sufficiently meeting pharmaceutical needs Where existing contractors may need to offer additional services
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The Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 places a statutory duty on Health Boards in Wales to prepare and publish an assessment of pharmaceutical service needs. The NHS (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020 specify the minimum content requirements for a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) and outline the process that must be followed during its development. To support implementation, the Welsh Government has issued non-statutory guidance for Health Boards (HBs).
The primary aim of a PNA is to enhance the planning and delivery of pharmaceutical services by ensuring Health Boards thoroughly assess the needs of their populations and align services accordingly.
PNAs help Health Boards identify: Where additional contractor premises may be needed Where more dispensing doctors are required Whether current providers are sufficiently meeting pharmaceutical needs Where existing contractors may need to offer additional services Once published, the PNA is used by Cardiff & Vale University Health Board (CAVUHB) to evaluate applications from pharmacies and dispensing appliance contractors seeking to open new premises or relocate existing ones.
It also informs decisions on outline consent and premises approval applications submitted by dispensing doctors.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Primary Care Commissioning
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- OJEU - F3 - Contract 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
- Sell2Wales
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Buyer's portal
- Sell2Wales
Values
- Contracts value
- £45,000
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Complete
- Contracts
- Active
Not stated in the notice: awards.
References
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-kuma6s-156854
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Town
- Cardiff
- Postcode
- CF15 7QZ
- Electoral ward
- Taff's Well
- Constituency
- Cardiff North
- Delivery area
- Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
- Region
- Wales
- Sub-region
- Central Valleys and Bridgend
- Area
- South East Wales
- Country
- Wales
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust)
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Olivia Moore
- Phone
- +44 2921501500
- Address
- Cardiff, CF15 7QZ · Wales · Wales
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Primary Care Commissioning
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
- Support for the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2026 - The Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 places a statutory…sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx
- Nwssp.nhs.walesnwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/
- Sell2Wales portal, to register and bidapi.sell2wales.gov.wales/v1
- Latest noticesell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx
- OCDS record ocds-kuma6s-156854 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-k…
Questions about Support for the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2026
Who won the Support for the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2026 contract?
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust) awarded the contract to Primary Care Commissioning on 13 October 2025.
How much is the Support for the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2026 contract worth?
The contract value is £45,000.
Who is the buyer for Support for the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2026?
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust), based in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The named contact is Olivia Moore, on +44 2921501500.
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