Official UK procurement notice
Medication Administration Service · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Milton Keynes City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMilton Keynes City Council ('the Council') is currently out to tender for the provision of a Medication Administration Service.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust and Milton Keynes City Council are working together to commission Medication Administration services for residents in Milton Keynes, where requiring support to safely administer their medication is an identified need.
Medicines support is any support that enables a person to manage their medicines. This covers prompting or reminding people to take their medicines; helping people remove medicines from packaging; and administering some or all of a person's medicines.
Referrals for the service will come from CNWL District Nurse team only and could be located anywhere within Milton Keynes.
Any prospective Providers will be registered with CQC, with the registered office located in Milton Keynes. The provider will be rated 'Good' or 'Outstanding' in all domains (safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led) at their most recent inspection. There must be no CQC enforcement notices in place.
This procurement is being run via the open procedure under the Light Touch Regime.
The Council proposes to enter into a contract that will be for an initial term of 3 years with an option for the Council to extend for 2 years with the successful tenderer (Service Provider).
Tender submissions must be returned electronically via the Authorities e-tendering portal In-Tend: in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/aspx/Home ↗ as per the prescribed instructions in the tender documentation.
Deadline for submissions of the tender will be 12 Noon on the 21st August 2025.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 2 Jun 2030, 00:59 BST.
CPV: Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,340,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Simple description: Price - 40% Quality - 60% All criteria are stated in the tender document set, published on In-Tend.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 2 Jun 2030
- First published
- 12 Jun 2025, 15:09 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Dec 2025, 11:07 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 4 Dec 2025
- Authority reference
2025-097- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-043230- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0547d7Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 22 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 8 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tender submissions must be returned electronically via in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/aspx/Home ↗ as per the prescribed instructions in the tender documentation.
Timeline
12 Jun 2025 → 26 Jan 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published12 Jun 2025, 15:09 BST
- Market engagement20 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Milton Keynes City Council ('the Council') would like feedback from providers who may be interested in the provision of a Medication Administration Service.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust and Milton Keynes City Council are working together to commission Medication Administration services for residents in Milton Keynes, where requiring support to safely administer their medication is an identified need. We are keen to hear from providers on the questions given in the market engagement document. The responses to the questions will help the Council in developing the specification and the tender.
Please respond to the questions in the Market Engagement Notice document by latest 5pm on Friday 20th June 2025 via In-Tend Correspondence section/market engagement stage.
To access Market Engagement document please login on in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/aspx/Home ↗
- Next notice expected22 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published25 Jul 2025, 15:25 BST
- Clarification questions by8 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline22 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent328 days ago26 Nov 2025
- Award decision expected by319 days ago4 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Standstill ends315 days ago8 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published300 days ago24 Dec 2025, 11:07 GMT
- Contract starts267 days ago26 Jan 2026
Notice history
12 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Jun 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 Jun 2025, 15:09 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 Jun 2025, 09:09 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published25 Jul 2025, 15:25 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active25 Jul 2025, 15:25 BST
- Procurement method changed25 Jul 2025, 15:25 BST
- Deadline published: 22 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST25 Jul 2025, 15:25 BST
- Tender notice published25 Jul 2025, 15:32 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 22 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST25 Jul 2025, 15:32 BST+0 days · was 22 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Contract award notice published26 Nov 2025, 12:10 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete26 Nov 2025, 12:10 GMT
- Contract signature expected19 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published24 Dec 2025, 11:07 GMTUK7
Published amendments (2)
Added second contracting authority. Changed engagement deadline to 20/06/2025 as did not pull through from e-tendering portal correctly.
Submission and Clarification time and dates updated as did not pull through correctly from E-Tendering system.
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2025-07: 1 release · 25 Jul 2025
- 2025-06: 2 releases · 12 Jun 2025, 13 Jun 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hands In Harmony Home Care Services LimitedSME26 Jan 2026 – 25 Jan 2029 · up to 25 Jan 2031Extensions: 2 year optional extension | £1,311,557 | 11 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Medication Administration Service · Hands In Harmony Home Care Services LimitedSME
- Signed
- 16 Dec 2025
- Value
- £1,311,557
- Period
- 26 Jan 2026 – 25 Jan 2029 · up to 25 Jan 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 Year optional extension
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7final-stage tenders · 10 at stage one | 7 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- HANDS IN HARMONY HOME CARE SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender