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Awarded · ResultStage · award

NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Urgent Palliative Care Medicines Cheshire West

HealthcareCPV 85100000
ValueValue not published
Awarded
Published29 Apr 2025
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded
Rowlands Pharmacy

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Who to contact
Rachael Ullmer
rachael.ullmer@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

The brief

The demand for palliative care drugs can be urgent and/or unpredictable.

A number of the drugs used in palliative care are rarely used in other circumstances and are therefore often not widely available in community pharmacies.

The stock held for the Urgent Palliative Care Medicine Service should be over and above the core stock holding and the ICB agrees to reimburse contractors should this medicine be held beyond the expiry date.

The Service provider is expected to order and continuously hold the range and quantity of stock specified for the total number of hours the pharmacy is open, including bank holiday and rotas and during any periods of locum cover.

Payment Details • £201.80 annual fee for providing full and continuous service as outlined in the service specification and irrespective of the number of prescriptions dispensed. • The fee will be paid in four instalments of £50.45 on the completion of the quarterly audit. • The commissioner has the discretion to withhold quarterly payments where the commissioned service provider fails to/is unable to, respond to the commissioner's assistance, including early termination of a contract for repeated transgressions. • The pharmacy is expected to carry out good stock management and on the rare occasions when medicines on the approved list expire, Cheshire West Place will reimburse the Drug Tariff or cost price of stock that reaches its expiry date.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The stock held for the Urgent Palliative

The stock held for the Urgent Palliative Care Medicine Service should be over and above the core stock holding and the ICB agrees to reimburse contractors should this medicine be held beyond the expiry date.

02

The Service provider is expected to order

The Service provider is expected to order and continuously hold the range and quantity of stock specified for the total number of hours the pharmacy is open, including bank holiday and rotas and during any periods of locum cover.

03

The pharmacy is expected to carry out

The pharmacy is expected to carry out good stock management and on the rare occasions when medicines on the approved list expire, Cheshire West Place will reimburse the Drug Tariff or cost price of stock that reaches its expiry date.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
017775-2025
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