Community Pharmacy: Emergency Palliative Care Drugs Locally Commissioned Service (LCS)

Official notice

Authority: NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South East (UKJ2)

Awarded value£1,065published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 14 Mar 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Asda Stores Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

74 community pharmacies will be contracted to hold minimum stock levels of 16 emergency palliative care drugs to dispense urgent/same day prescription requests for patients in Sussex.

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) 2023 Contract Award Notice (via Direct Award Process C).

CPV: Pharmacy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: South East

85149000 Pharmacy services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 28 Apr 2025, 10:25 BST
Last source update: 28 Apr 2025, 10:25 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-017214
Classification (CPV): Pharmacy services
Delivery area: South East (UKJ2)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05081a Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: This procurement falls under the Provider Selection Regime 2023 (Direct Award Process C).

Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 Direct Award Process C. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The award decision maker for NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board is the Chief Integration and Primary Care Officer. There are no declared or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision and how these were managed.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £1,0651 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 14 Mar 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Asda Stores Ltd	£1,065 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 017214-2025-1 · Asda Stores Ltd
Signed
14 Mar 2025
Value
£1,065
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: QNX Sackville House, Brooks Close, Lewes, South East, BN7 2FZContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

NHS EnglandMediation body LONDON

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Asda Stores LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 16184736 Hollingbury, South East

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.