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title: "Outpatient Pharmacy Services"
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# Outpatient Pharmacy Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/outpatient-pharmacy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04d57b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust: "Outpatient Pharmacy Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/portsmouth-hospitals-university-nhs-trust-nhs-rhu)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Pharmacy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £27,600,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04d57b`

## 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/outpatient-pharmacy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04d57b#tl-md)

## Description
"The current provider has decided to exit the market no later than March 2025, and requested the current contract to be terminated within a short timeframe. The Contracting Authority has considered its contractual and procurement options and the risks and issues around tender timescales and implementation of a new provider.
Therefore, and due to the urgency in awarding a new contract for the delivery of the outpatient pharmacy services within the Queen Alexandra hospital at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, the Contracting Authority has decided to take on the offer of a novation to Rowlands Pharmacy LTD of the current contract in the same terms with a reduced terms of 2 years until a new contract can be tendered and awarded."

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Outpatient Pharmacy Services for Queen Alexandra hospital, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 002230-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **L Rowland & Co Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-02288928`
  - Value: £27,600,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 002230-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £27,600,000
  - Signed Date: 02/01/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002230-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-22T15:05:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T08:42:31.628Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04d57b