Contract award · 26 Feb 2024

Community Pharmacy Scheme for On Demand Availability of Drugs for Palliative Care CPS001

NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB awarded “Community Pharmacy Scheme for On Demand…” to Sutton Chase Ltd T/A Kamsons Warlingham Pharmacy for £2,100.

No competitionHealth & social careSouth East

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

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Key facts

Value
£2,100
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Pharmacy services (CPV 85149000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date26 Feb 2024
  2. Published4 Mar 2024Published 7 days after the contract date

Description

Surrey Heartlands ICB intends to award a contract to an existing provider under Direct Award Process C for Community Pharmacy Scheme for On Demand Availability of Drugs for Palliative Care. This is a Primary Care Locally Commissioned Service which provides immediate and consistent access to palliative care medication across Surrey with the ultimate aim of providing the best level of End-of-Life care in the last weeks of a patient's life. The service supports patients to live and die in their place of choice and to reduce inappropriate admissions in the last weeks of life. Early warning is provided to Community Pharmacies from the Palliative Care Consultant, GP, District Nurse or Palliative Care Nurse about the type and volume of drugs the patient is using to enable appointed Community Pharmacies to be prepared for necessary prescriptions. The ODADPC LCS is not a service commissioned nationally by NHSE, and the service commissioned by Surrey Heartlands ICB is outside of Community Pharm…

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