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TB Dispensing Service

Royal Stoke University Hospital · compiled

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Opportunity overview

The Delivery of a Standardised Pharmaceutical Medicine Dispensing Service for Tuberculosis (TB) and Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterium (NTM) Patients.<br/><br/>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.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Published award value
Value not stated
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
8 Apr 2025
Award ID
014338-2025-1
Status
active
Identifier
08570624
Location
Stoke-on-Trent, UKG23, ST6 2JF, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85149000 — Pharmacy services

Lots

  • 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.<br/>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. <br/>The year 1 2025/26 estimated annual volume of prescriptions to be dispensed and drug expenditure is 135,000 items (£14 million drug expenditure)<br/>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.Value not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
MED6402
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
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.

Covered By

GPA

Legal basis

Id
32014L0025
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
85149000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Pharmacy services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Options
No
Description
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.<br/>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. <br/>The year 1 2025/26 estimated annual volume of prescriptions to be dispensed and drug expenditure is 135,000 items (£14 million drug expenditure)<br/>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.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKG23

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85149000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Pharmacy services

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-139056
Name
Royal Stoke University Hospital

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKG
Locality
Stoke
Postal Code
ST4 6QG
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Newcastle Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CE_ACTIVITY
Description
Health

Identifier

Legal Name
Royal Stoke University Hospital

Contact

Name
Elizabeth Bailey
Telephone
+44 1782672076
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-143645
Name
Medi-Zen Healthcare Services Ltd

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKG23
Locality
Stoke-on-Trent
Postal Code
ST6 2JF
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
The Raven, Elder Road, Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

Details

Scale
sme

Identifier

Id
08570624
Legal Name
Medi-Zen Healthcare Services Ltd

Contact

Telephone
+44 1902494426
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-129333
Name
The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Staffordshire
Postal Code
ST4 6QG
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Royal Stoke University Hospital

Identifier

Legal Name
The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Organisation 4
Id
GB-FTS-142976
Name
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Roles

mediationBody
reviewContactPoint

Address

Locality
Stoke on Trent
Postal Code
ST4 6QG
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Newcastle Road, Staffordshire

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Award information

Award 1
Id
014338-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-143645
Name
Medi-Zen Healthcare Services Ltd

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
014338-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
014338-2025-1
Date Signed
9 Apr 2025, 00:00

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Stoke · UKG · ST4 6QG · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKG23

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-0500b6-2025-04-10T14:57:35+01:00compiled ·