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Published 9 May 2025, 13:27 BST

Official UK procurement notice

St Helens Place - Community Pharmacy Dispensing Service for the Community Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES)

Official notice

Authority: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD71)

Awarded value£374published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 12 Mar 2024no call for competition

Awarded to Fairbreak Ltd +9 more10 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside St Helens Place commissions an optometrist-led Community Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES).

CUES reduces health-inequalities for low-income families and provides equal access to medicines for self-care of minor eye conditions in line with the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside

Self Care Policy.

A Community Pharmacy Dispensing Service for CUES is commissioned from selected St Helens Pharmacies

community pharmacies to improve access and choice for people with minor eye conditions who seek advice and treatment via CUES, by providing the appropriate medicines at NHS

expense.

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB awarded a one year contract via Direct Award A to…Awarded

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB awarded a one year contract via Direct Award A to selected St Helens pharmacies across Cheshire and Merseyside.

The contract commenced on 1st April 2024 and expired on the 31st March 2025 with an estimated annual contract value of £1249.40. Contract is activity based and annual values will vary each year.

Delivery: North West · Various Pharmacies across St Helens

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: 9 May 2025, 13:27 BST
Last source update: 9 May 2025, 13:27 BST
Authority reference: 24-25-QYG-01X-CUES
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-020071
Classification (CPV): Health services
Delivery area: North West (UKD71)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-050fba Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.

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. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. On the 12th of March 2024 the Finance, Investment, Resources Committee approved this decision. Two committee members have a standing declaration of interest. The decision to award was made in line with the Conflict of Interest policy.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 10

Awarded value £3741 contract exc. VAT · 9 list or panel totals repeated on several suppliers, not summed

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 10latest 12 Mar 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Fairbreak Ltd	£124 †	—	Awarded
Tomlinsons of Lytham Ltd	£124 †	—	Awarded
Farleys Chemist Limited	£124 †	—	Awarded
Hollowood Chemists Ltd	£124 †	—	Awarded
Longsters Pharmacy	£124 †	—	Awarded
St Helens Millennium Centre Services LTD T/A Millennium Pharmacy	£124 †	—	Awarded
PCT Healthcare Ltd T/A Peak Pharmacy	£124 †	—	Awarded
L Rowland & Co (Retail) Ltd	£124 †	—	Awarded
Sharief Healthcare Ltd	£124 †	—	Awarded
ST HELENS PHARMACY LTD	£374 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

St Helens Place - Community Pharmacy Dispensing Service for the Community Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES) · Fairbreak Ltd
Signed
12 Mar 2024
Value
£124
Status
active
St Helens Place - Community Pharmacy Dispensing Service for the Community Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES) · Tomlinsons of Lytham Ltd
Signed
12 Mar 2024
Value
£124
Status
active
St Helens Place - Community Pharmacy Dispensing Service for the Community Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES) · Farleys Chemist Limited
Signed
12 Mar 2024
Value
£124
Status
active
St Helens Place - Community Pharmacy Dispensing Service for the Community Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES) · Hollowood Chemists Ltd
Signed
12 Mar 2024
Value
£124
Status
active
St Helens Place - Community Pharmacy Dispensing Service for the Community Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES) · Longsters Pharmacy
Signed
12 Mar 2024
Value
£124
Status
active
St Helens Place - Community Pharmacy Dispensing Service for the Community Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES) · St Helens Millennium Centre Services LTD T/A Millennium Pharmacy
Signed
12 Mar 2024
Value
£124
Status
active
St Helens Place - Community Pharmacy Dispensing Service for the Community Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES) · PCT Healthcare Ltd T/A Peak Pharmacy
Signed
12 Mar 2024
Value
£124
Status
active
St Helens Place - Community Pharmacy Dispensing Service for the Community Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES) · L Rowland & Co (Retail) Ltd
Signed
12 Mar 2024
Value
£124
Status
active
St Helens Place - Community Pharmacy Dispensing Service for the Community Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES) · Sharief Healthcare Ltd
Signed
12 Mar 2024
Value
£124
Status
active
St Helens Place - Community Pharmacy Dispensing Service for the Community Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES) · ST HELENS PHARMACY LTD
Signed
12 Mar 2024
Value
£374
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: QYG Lakeside 920, Centre Park Square, Warrington, North West, WA1 1QYContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care BoardReview body Warrington

Bidders & participating suppliers

10 commercial parties on the notice

Brian H Donlon PharmacyAwarded supplierGB-NHS: FR351 Woodside Healthcare Centre, Woodside Road, St Helens, North West, WA11 0NA
Farleys Chemist LimitedAwarded supplierGB-NHS: FPC42 59 Higher Parr Street, St Helens, North West, WA9 1AD
Hollowood Chemists LtdAwarded supplierGB-NHS: FJ225 Millfields Court, Eccleston, St Helens, North West, WA10 5RG
Longsters PharmacyAwarded supplierGB-NHS: FLQ55 578 Warrington Road, Rainhill, North West, L35 4LZ
Millennium Centre Services LimitedAwarded supplierGB-NHS: FEQ00 31 Shaw Street, St Helens, North West, WA10 1DG
PCT Healthcare LtdAwarded supplierGB-NHS: FAJ66 Peak Pharmacy, 6 Concourse Way, St Helens, North West, WA9 3QW
Rowland & Co (Retail) LtdAwarded supplierGB-NHS: FDJ91 65 Market Street, St Helens, North West, WA12 9BS
Sharief Healthcare LtdAwarded supplierGB-NHS: FP586 t/a Chain Lane Pharmacy, Unit 9, The Shopping Centre, St Helens, North West, WA11 9HB
St Helens Pharmacy LtdAwarded supplierGB-NHS: FVA65 FGJ47 Firdale Road, Northwich, North West, CW8 4AZ
Tomlinsons of Lytham LtdAwarded supplierGB-NHS: FNC54 Ashton's Pharmacy, 13 Ashton's Green Drive, St Helens, North West, WA9 2AP

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.