Pharmaceutical Dispensing Services including the Supply and Delivery of Medicine
- Buyer
- Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Value
- £2,500,000
- Closes
- 4 December 2026
- Where
- Lincoln, the East Midlands
- Type
- Open tender
In plain English
The NHS trust wants a pharmacy supplier to dispense medicines to its patients, buy and store the medicines, and deliver them to several sites. The contract also covers out-of-hours medicine supplies and out-of-hours pharmacist advice. The estimated value is £2.5 million.
What the buyer wants
• Buy, check, store (at the correct temperatures) and dispense all medicines ordered by the trust, including clinical trial medication, in line with UK medicines law and pharmacy regulator standards. • Connect to the trust's electronic prescribing system (ePMA) and accept orders by email, then deliver securely to multiple sites. • Provide out-of-hours medicine supplies and out-of-hours clinical pharmacy advice, and register with the trust's current clozapine provider.
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
Without a WDA(H) licence, GPhC-registered premises and a pharmacist team able to give out-of-hours clinical advice, a small business cannot legally bid, and the scale of the contract and multi-site delivery requirement put it out of reach for most small firms.
How to bid
This is an open tender: any eligible business can respond directly to the buyer by the deadline, with no framework membership needed.
How to write a tender response
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