SCH Outpatient Pharmacy Dispensing Service

Official notice

Authority: Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE3)

Planned pipeline value£4,900,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 2 Feb 2026from the planned procurement notice

Contract term 5 yrsends 30 Sept 2032 · up to 30 Sept 2034 with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Procurement for the provision of an onsite pharmacy dispensing service for outpatient prescriptions based at Sheffield Childrens Hospital where the supplier will manage the procurement, storage, dispensing, distribution, and delivery of medicines, Invoicing, and provision of management information. SCH will retain the prescribing responsibility.

CPV: Pharmacy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrsSME

Contract period: 1 Oct 2027 – 30 Sept 2032 (5 yrs) · up to 30 Sept 2034 with extensions

Delivery: Yorkshire & HumberEligibility: SME eligible

Extensions: Extension options published

85149000 Pharmacy services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 20 May 2025, 12:33 BST
Last source update: 20 May 2025, 12:33 BST
Authority reference: W169474
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-023187
Latest notice: Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV): Pharmacy services
Delivery area: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE3)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-051894 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

20 May 2025 → 1 Oct 2027 · 3 dates

Planning notice published
20 May 2025, 12:33 BST
Tender notice expected267 days ago
2 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Today
28 Oct 2026
Contract startsin 337 days
1 Oct 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Pipeline notice published
20 May 2025, 12:33 BST
UK1

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PTWR-5281-TMPQ Western Bank, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S10 2THContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender20 May 2025, 12:33 BST