Awarded· 8 Apr 2025
TB Dispensing Service
Royal Stoke University Hospital · Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands
Royal Stoke University Hospital has awarded TB Dispensing Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Stoke-on-Trent.
Source: Find a Tender, published 10 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Medi-zen Healthcare Services
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 13:57
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About this tender
In brief
Royal Stoke University Hospital has awarded TB Dispensing Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Stoke-on-Trent. The contract went to Medi-zen Healthcare Services. It was awarded on 8 April 2025.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 10 April 2025. The notice number is 014338-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-0500b6.
Summary of the contracting process
Royal Stoke University Hospital has awarded a contract for a "TB Dispensing Service" to Medi-Zen Healthcare Services Ltd on 9th April 2025. The project, classified under pharmacy services (CPV code 85149000), involves the provision of outpatient prescription dispensing services for tuberculosis (TB) patients at the Cobridge Community Health Centre, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This contract falls within the services industry category and was granted without competition due to a singular expression of interest following a prior information notice (PIN). The location for the service must be within walking distance of the health centre, with operational times from Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.00pm, and the pharmacy expected to operate until 6.00pm.
This tender offers significant opportunities for growth, particularly for businesses within the healthcare services sector, including small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) with experience in pharmaceutical dispensing. The contract ensures a steady flow of demand with an estimated 135,000 prescriptions worth £14 million in the first year.
The notice in full
The Delivery of a Standardised Pharmaceutical Medicine Dispensing Service for Tuberculosis (TB) and Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterium (NTM) Patients.
This notice is for an award without competition as a result of a single expression of interest subsequent to the PIN, negating the opportunity to run a competitive process.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1
The Trust are exploring the market to find a supplier to dispense outpatient prescriptions (the Service) for the UHNM TB Service held at the Cobridge Community Health Centre, Church Terrace, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 2JN and to ensure that the service is conducted in a consistent, professional and accurate manner. The service will consist of dispensing medicines for TB against outpatient prescriptions.
The operational times for the TB Service is between Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm, there is an expectation that the Pharmacy will operate up to 6.00pm.
The year 1 2025/26 estimated annual volume of prescriptions to be dispensed and drug expenditure is 135,000 items (PS14 million drug expenditure)
The Service is required to be within walking distance of the Cobridge Community Health Centre, i.e. within 0.5 miles, as in practical terms the Trust's staff must have the ability to walk between the Health Centre and Pharmacy many times a day to meet spontaneous and unexpected drug dispensing need. It is not practical or sustainable to require Staff to use cars for pharmacy trips.
This is the same principle as Hospital based Pharmacy services which have a requirement to have services within walking distances. Additional information: This notice is for an award without competition as a result of a single expression of interest subsequent to the PIN, negating the opportunity to run a competitive process.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Medi-zen Healthcare Services
- 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
- SME
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
Not stated in the notice: lots.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 014338-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0500b6
- CPV code
- 85149000 - Pharmacy services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Postcode
- ST4 6QG
- Electoral ward
- Penkhull & Springfields
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent Central
- Delivery area
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Region
- West Midlands
- Sub-region
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Area
- Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Royal Stoke University Hospital
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Elizabeth Bailey
- Phone
- +44 1782672076
- Address
- Stoke, ST4 6QG · West Midlands · England
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Medi-zen Healthcare Services
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about TB Dispensing Service
Who won the TB Dispensing Service contract?
Royal Stoke University Hospital awarded the contract to Medi-zen Healthcare Services on 8 April 2025.
Who is the buyer for TB Dispensing Service?
Royal Stoke University Hospital, based in Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands. The named contact is Elizabeth Bailey, on +44 1782672076.
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