Official UK procurement notice
Pharmacy Homecare Delivery Services 2022
Authority: HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting on behalf of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe tender is to establish a Framework Agreement for the supply of Pharmacy Delivery Services, which includes low, mid and high tech homecare services. The agreement will be split into 5 lots:
Lot 1 - Dispensing
Lot 2 - Dispensing and Delivery
Lot 3 - Virtual Ward
Lot 3A - Virtual Ward Community Hubs
Lot 4 - High tech Homecare
The duration of the framework agreement will be 4 years maximum, 2 years initial period, with the option to extend for up to 24 months.
CPV: Homedelivery of provisions
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 2 bids received · 11 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · all with a published value · win at most 5 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 3 lots carries the same published figure, £27,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1DispensingAwardedRenewalPublished value£2,700,000
Lot #2Dispensing and DeliveryAwardedRenewalceiling above
Lot 2 Dispensing and Delivery
The provision to deliver dispensed medicines according to a valid prescription to the patients` preferred address or to a local community pharmacy. The supplier will ensure that all prescriptions undergo a final accuracy check by a registered pharmacist or registered accredited pharmacy technician, under the supervision of a registered pharmacist.
Lot #3Virtual WardAwardedRenewalceiling above
Lot 3 Virtual Ward
Virtual wards include services for patients to receive the needed care and observation need at home safely and conveniently. Services can include pre- and post-hospital care. The provision also includes the equipment required for the service.
Lot #4High tech HomecareCancelledRenewalceiling above
Lot 4 High Tech Homecare
The provision for carrying out complex treatment such as IV drug administration that requires trained nurses or healthcare professional administration. This lot also includes the requirements for portable equipment such as medical grade fridges provided prior to treatment initiation. This lot is split into 3 sublots:
Lot 4A High Tech Aseptic Compounding
Lot 4B High Tech Cancer, Palliative and Long-term Conditions
Lot 4C High Tech Community High Care Delivery
Lot #5Virtual Ward Community HubsCancelledRenewalPublished value£2,700,000
Lot 3A Virtual Ward Community Hubs
Provision for portable wards at the required locations e.g., buses or portable cabins that are fully equipped to carry out treatment, observations, and monitoring.
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40
- price: 100
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40
- Price: 100
- Price carries 140 of 200 points: a 10% discount moves about 14 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Pharmacy Homecare Delivery Services 2022” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 7 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Mar 2026, 12:03 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 20 Jan 2022 – …
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-020833- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0308d1Find a Tender
- Review procedure
HTE will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is
communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The
standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award deicison before the contract is entered into.
Publisher note: HTE is a central purchasing body who is able to carry out this tender exercise by virtue of its appointment as an agent of UHCW. Notwithstanding HTE’s relationship with UHCW, it is HTE conducting this tender exercise and will execute the resultant framework agreement with successful bidders. The bodies to whom the use of this framework agreement will be open include all contracting authorities in the UK as defined in Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as may be updated from time to time. In particular, the following entities in the UK (particularly those of a health and/or social care nature) are envisaged as framework agreement users: (1) All National Health Service (NHS) bodies in England, including but not limited to (i) acute trusts (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/acutetrustlisting.aspx); (ii) health and care trusts (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx); (iii) mental health trusts (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/MentalHealthTrustListing.aspx); (iv) clinical commissioning groups (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CCGListing.aspx); (v) ambulance trusts (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx (vi) area teams (as listed at: http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AreaTeamListing.aspx); (vii) special health authorities (http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx); (viii) NHS England; and (ix) clinical senates and strategic clinical networks. (2) All NHS bodies in Wales, including but not limited to all (i) health boards; (ii) NHS trusts; (iii) the national delivery group; (iv) community health councils; and (v) NHS Wales shared services partnership (as listed at http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure. (3) All NHS bodies in Northern Ireland (known as Health & Social Care), including but not limited to:(i) health and social care trusts (as listed at: http://online.hscni.net/?s=Trust (ii) health agencies (as listed at: http://online.hscni.net/?s=health+agencies (iii) hospitals (as listed at: http://online.hscni.net/?s=hospitals; and (iv) the Health and Social Care Board. (4) Social enterprises undertaking some or all of the previous service provider functions of contracting authorities in relation to health and/or social care services (including charitable incorporated organisations, cooperatives, industrial and provident societies and community interest companies listed on the Companies House WebCheck service). (5) Ministerial departments and non-ministerial departments of central government, non-departmental agencies and other public bodies, and public corporations (as listed at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations). (6) Devolved governmental and parliamentary organisations within the UK, including but not limited to the Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament, and Scottish public bodies (as listed at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/publicbodies/ about/Bodies), as well as the Welsh Government, Welsh Assembly and Welsh unitary authorities (as listed at: http://www.assembly.wales/en/abthome/role-of-assembly-how-it- works/Pages/governance-ofwales. aspx (7) All local authorities (as listed at: http://local.direct.gov.uk/LDGRedirect/Start.do?mode=1) (8) The Ministry of Defence (as detailed at:https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministryofdefence). This list includes each organisation’s successors and assigns, any equivalent organisations and associated organisation created due to any organisational changes. This framework agreement will be open to any bodies or organisations operating in the UK of a health, and/or social care nature or which have a similar procurement need, and/or any UK based central government authority listed at Annex 1 of Directive 2014/24/EU, in respect of any goods or servics to any of the above listed organisation.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 10 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
- Bids opened
- 20 Jan 2022, 10:00 GMT
Timeline
20 Jan 2022 → 9 Mar 2026 · 3 dates- Bids opened20 Jan 2022, 10:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown10 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published227 days ago9 Mar 2026, 12:03 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Jun 2022- Status changed to complete15 Jun 2022, 15:13 BST
- Buyer details updated9 Mar 2026, 12:03 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast7 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 7 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £135,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Contract 020833-2026-SF052847-1
- Signed
- 22 Apr 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
- Change The initial length of contract was 48 months. This modification is to extend the contract for an additional 6 months making it a total of 54 months. The value remains at £135000000.00, Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: Although HTE has carried out reasonable endeavours to roll out a renewal framework; due to delays rolling out a renewal framework, a brief modification of the existing framework is to be carried out by extending the existing framework by 6 months. This is to ensure that public bodies are not materially impacted with the delay and a full open procedure tender process can be carried out.
Lot 1 Dispensing
- Signed
- 12 Apr 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Lot 2 Dispensing and Delivery
- Signed
- 12 Apr 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Lot 3 -Virtual Ward
- Signed
- 12 Apr 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
High Tech Aseptic Compounding
- Signed
- 12 Apr 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Lot 4B High Tech Cancer, Palliative, Long term conditions
- Signed
- 12 Apr 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Lot 4C High Tech Community High Care Delivery
- Signed
- 12 Apr 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Dispensing | 8bids | — | — | — |
| 2 · Dispensing and Delivery | 9bids | — | — | — |
| 3 · Virtual Ward | 2bids | — | — | — |
| Whole notice | 2bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting as agent for the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (“UHCW”)Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- HealthTrust EuropeReview body
- Legal Department Health Trust EuropeMediation body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
13 commercial parties on the notice- ALCURA UK LTDFramework contractor
- Alcura UK LtdFramework contractor
- FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE (UK) LTDFramework contractor
- Fairview Health LtdFramework contractor
- Fresenius Medical CareFramework contractor
- HEALTHCARE AT HOME LTDFramework contractor
- HealthNet HomecareFramework contractor
- Healthcare at Home LtdFramework contractor
- Lloyds Pharmacy Clinical Homecare LimitedFramework contractor
- Personal Homecare Pharmacy LtdFramework contractor
Show 3 more suppliers
- Polar Speed Distribution LtdFramework contractor
- QE Facilities LimitedFramework contractor
- Quest HC LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.