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# Pharmaceutical Services Framework Agreement

[Noe CPC](https://tendernation.io/buyers/noe-cpc)

Estimated value

Not stated

Published

30 Apr 2021

Deadline

Closed

31 May 2021

## Who can bid

- Buyer says suitable for SMEs

    The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid.
- Sets up a framework

    Winning a place does not guarantee work: contracts are awarded later as call-offs, and the list usually stays closed for years.
- Open procedure

    Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage.

[More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](/opportunities/for-small-businesses)## About this tender

NOE CPC are seeking engagement with providers of Pharmaceutical Services to the NHS with a view to helping inform the outputs of a future procurement of a framework agreement for these and other aligned services.

Our intention at present is to award a multi-lotted framework agreement, for the services detailed below:

â&#128;¢ Outsourced Pharmacy Services

â&#128;¢ Mental Health and Community Pharmacy Services

â&#128;¢ Inpatient Dispensing (including ward supply and ward stock)

â&#128;¢ Discharge Prescriptions

â&#128;¢ Home Delivery for Outpatients

â&#128;¢ Medication Compliance Aids

â&#128;¢ Electronic Dispensing Services

We are in the very early stages of consideration of this agreement, and would welcome feedback from the providers of these services as to the merits of this approach, including any perceived barriers to engagement with such a process, whether the services included are sufficiently extensive/comprehensive or whether there are any other elements we should be looking to include.

All information received at this stage will of course be handled confidentially, with a view to informing our next steps and the ultimate outputs from this agreement. Further engagement may take place following the responses to this PIN, prior to the commencement of a competitive process.

Feedback at this stage is being requested by means of a message to our procurement portal, In-Tend.

Additional information:

This procurement exercise will be conducted on the In-tend eTendering portal at: [in-tendhost.co.uk/noecpc/aspx/Home](https://in-tendhost.co.uk/noecpc/aspx/Home)

Further guidance on how to access and respond to the opportunity is available in the 'Guidance for Suppliers' tab which is available for downloading from the main portal login page: [in-tendhost.co.uk](https://in-tendhost.co.uk/noecpc/aspx/BuyerProfiles).

For any support in submitting your response please contact In-tend Support team at  (or call 0845 557 8079/+44 (0)114 4070056).

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

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## CPV classification

Pharmacy services

Source

Contracts Finder (UK)

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