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title: "Expressions of Interest Essential Medicines Services"
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# Expressions of Interest Essential Medicines Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/expressions-of-interest-essential-medicines-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0454de). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System: "Expressions of Interest Essential Medicines Services". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 10 May 2024. Published submission portal: health-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-norfolk-and-waveney-integrated-care-system-GB-FTS-74109)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 May 2024 at 01:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH15
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0454de`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/expressions-of-interest-essential-medicines-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0454de#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [health-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhealth-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/expressions-of-interest-essential-medicines-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0454de#participate

## Description
Norfolk and Waveney ICB are seeking expressions of interest in being commissioned for our Essential medicines scheme.<br/><br/>This scheme will require pharmacies to hold a certain level of named medicines (mainly palliative care) to ensure supply of these medicines are available in urgent situations.<br/><br/>This process is to gather information of those interested parties. Once this is confirmed more details of the service specification will be released.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** Norfolk and Waveney ICB are seeking expressions of interest in being commissioned for our Essential medicines scheme.<br/><br/>This scheme will require pharmacies to hold a certain level of named medicines (mainly palliative care) to ensure supply of...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013311-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-04-24T13:27:39.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T18:01:58.344Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0454de