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Opportunity overview
Pharmaceutical Dispensing Services including the Supply and Delivery of Medicines including: <br/>- The timely procurement and purchase of medication, with full compliance with MHRA, Human Medicines Regulations 2012, and GPhC standards.<br/>- The undertaking of general legal and clinical safety screen on all medicine orders and prescriptions presented for dispensing. The Supplier must have suitably trained and clinically competent staff in order that they can adequately screen, dispense and check all dispensed items. <br/>- The application of Good Distribution Practice (GDP) and holding a WDA(H) licence.<br/>- The legal, safe and secure, correct temperature regulated storage of all medicinal products within all the Supplier’s premises including ambient and refrigeration temperatures. This includes receipt, storage and transportation of any clinical trial medication requests on behalf of the Relevant Authority. <br/>- The registration with the Relevant Authority’s current clozapine provider. <br/>- The acceptance of the Relevant Authority’s electronic ordering of medicines processes through both ePMA system integration and by email.<br/>- The timely dispensing and supply of medicines.<br/>- A multi-sited delivery of medicines model, with secure transportation and distribution.<br/>- Out of hours medication supplies. <br/>- Out of hours pharmaceutical clinical advice.
Classification
CPV85149000 — Pharmacy services
Lots
This procurement falls under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) (PSR) Regulations 2023. The Relevant Authority is using the Competitive Process under PSR.<br/>Contract Value based on Pharmaceutical Services only. Medicines will be additional on pass through basis.£2.5m
Published notice details
Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.
This procurement falls under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) (PSR) Regulations 2023. The Relevant Authority is using the Competitive Process under PSR.<br/>Contract Value based on Pharmaceutical Services only. Medicines will be additional on pass through basis.
Has Renewal
Yes
Has Options
No
Status
active
Value
Amount
2,500,000
Currency
GBP
Contract period
Starts
1 Oct 2027, 00:00
Ends
30 Sept 2032, 23:59
Renewal
Description
Up to a further five years, exercisable at the Relevant Authority's discretion in periods of such duration as the Relevant Authority may determine, provided that the aggregate of all extension periods does not exceed five years.
Buyer location · Lincoln · UKF30 · LN1 1FS · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UKF3
Notice and amendment history
1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
1 VERSION
1
099064-2026tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking pharmaceutical dispensing services, including medicine procurement, dispensing, secure storage and multi-site delivery, clinical screening, out-of-hours supplies and pharmaceutical clinical advice. The notice is open and has a stated submission deadline of 4 December 2026.
Who this may suit
Best suited to an established pharmacy/pharmaceutical services provider able to dispense and distribute medicines, integrate with ePMA/email ordering, provide clinical checks and out-of-hours support, and meet the stated licence and distribution requirements.
Key points identified
Medicines procurement and dispensingTimely procurement, purchase, dispensing and supply of medicines.Evidence: “The timely procurement and purchase of medication” and “The timely dispensing and supply of medicines.”
Clinical and legal safety screeningUndertake general legal and clinical safety screening of medicine orders and prescriptions; screen, dispense and check dispensed items.Evidence: “The undertaking of general legal and clinical safety screen on all medicine orders and prescriptions presented for dispensing.”
Staff competenceSuitably trained and clinically competent staff are required.Evidence: “The Supplier must have suitably trained and clinically competent staff”.
94% approved-analysis confidence8 supplier criteria identified4 risks or unknowns
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Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking pharmaceutical dispensing services, including medicine procurement, dispensing, secure storage and multi-site delivery, clinical screening, out-of-hours supplies and pharmaceutical clinical advice. The notice is open and has a stated submission deadline of 4 December 2026.
Who this may suit
Best suited to an established pharmacy/pharmaceutical services provider able to dispense and distribute medicines, integrate with ePMA/email ordering, provide clinical checks and out-of-hours support, and meet the stated licence and distribution requirements.
Key deliverables
Procure, purchase, clinically screen, dispense and check medicines
Secure temperature-controlled storage and transportation, including clinical-trial medication requests
Multi-site medicine delivery and distribution
ePMA and email ordering acceptance
Out-of-hours medication supply and pharmaceutical clinical advice
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
8 criteria identified
WDA(H) licence
99% confidence
Mandatory · 1
View supporting evidence
“The application of Good Distribution Practice (GDP) and holding a WDA(H) licence.”
Medicines procurement and dispensing
98% confidence
Timely procurement, purchase, dispensing and supply of medicines.
View supporting evidence
“The timely procurement and purchase of medication” and “The timely dispensing and supply of medicines.”
Clinical and legal safety screening
99% confidence
Undertake general legal and clinical safety screening of medicine orders and prescriptions; screen, dispense and check dispensed items.
View supporting evidence
“The undertaking of general legal and clinical safety screen on all medicine orders and prescriptions presented for dispensing.”
Staff competence
99% confidence
Suitably trained and clinically competent staff are required.
View supporting evidence
“The Supplier must have suitably trained and clinically competent staff”.
Regulatory compliance
98% confidence
Comply with MHRA, Human Medicines Regulations 2012 and GPhC standards.
View supporting evidence
“with full compliance with MHRA, Human Medicines Regulations 2012, and GPhC standards.”
Clozapine provider registration
97% confidence
Registration with the Relevant Authority’s current clozapine provider.
View supporting evidence
“The registration with the Relevant Authority’s current clozapine provider.”
Ordering integration
99% confidence
Accept electronic medicine ordering through ePMA system integration and email.
View supporting evidence
“through both ePMA system integration and by email.”
Supplier eligibility criteria
93% confidence
Unknown from supplied notice content; economic and technical selection-criteria documents are referenced but not supplied.
View supporting evidence
Documents list includes “economicSelectionCriteria” and “technicalSelectionCriteria”, without document content or URLs.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Stated contract value
97% confidence
Up to GBP 2,500,000.
View supporting evidence
Process value_max is 2500000 GBP; lot 1 value is 2500000 GBP.
Medicine costs
99% confidence
Medicines are additional and intended to be charged on a pass-through basis; stated contract value is based on pharmaceutical services only.
View supporting evidence
“Contract Value based on Pharmaceutical Services only. Medicines will be additional on pass through basis.”
Delivery
Delivery model
99% confidence
Multi-site delivery of medicines using secure transportation and distribution.
View supporting evidence
“A multi-sited delivery of medicines model, with secure transportation and distribution.”
Storage and transport
98% confidence
Legal, safe, secure, temperature-regulated storage and transportation, including clinical-trial medication requests.
View supporting evidence
“correct temperature regulated storage” and “receipt, storage and transportation of any clinical trial medication requests”.
Delivery area
85% confidence
UKF3 region; more specific delivery sites are not stated.
View supporting evidence
Location record: “Delivery location”, region “UKF3”.
Out-of-hours service
99% confidence
Out-of-hours medication supplies and pharmaceutical clinical advice.
View supporting evidence
“Out of hours medication supplies” and “Out of hours pharmaceutical clinical advice.”
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Notice status
98% confidence
Open tender.
View supporting evidence
display_status is “open”; notice_type is “tender”.
Submission deadline
99% confidence
4 December 2026, 12:00 UTC.
View supporting evidence
submission_deadline is “2026-12-04T12:00:00Z”.
Procedure metadata
99% confidence
Conflicting supplied procedure descriptions: the process metadata says Open procedure, while lot 1 says the Provider Selection Regime Competitive Process is being used.
View supporting evidence
procurement_method_details: “Open procedure”; lot description: “using the Competitive Process under PSR.”
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Procedure inconsistency
99% confidence
The supplied process-level metadata identifies an Open procedure, but the lot description identifies a PSR Competitive Process. The applicable route should be confirmed from the procurement documents or contracting authority.
View supporting evidence
“Open procedure” versus “The Relevant Authority is using the Competitive Process under PSR.”
Pass-through medicine costs
99% confidence
The GBP 2.5m stated value excludes medicines, which are additional on a pass-through basis; total financial exposure is therefore not stated.
View supporting evidence
“Contract Value based on Pharmaceutical Services only. Medicines will be additional on pass through basis.”
Selection criteria unavailable
96% confidence
Economic and technical selection-criteria documents are referenced but their content and URLs are not supplied, so detailed qualification requirements are unknown.
View supporting evidence
Documents are listed as “economicSelectionCriteria” and “technicalSelectionCriteria” with null titles and URLs.
Service geography detail
93% confidence
Only the broad UKF3 delivery region is supplied; individual sites, volumes and delivery schedules are unknown.
View supporting evidence
Delivery location has region “UKF3” and no locality or postal code.
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