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Outpatient Pharmacy Services - Pre Market Engagement

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust · published 1 May 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release IDf7d22fc4-e57e-43fa-b8d1-7c2e1299a3e5-895678
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-f554e25e-e6ef-4b38-be6c-12cc26cac5e9
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-267594
Release typeplanning
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
Not disclosed
award field
Tender value
£2,800,000
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Procurement method
Not stated
Category
services
CPV
85149000
Pharmacy services
Delivery
Not stated
WR5 1DD
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Pre-market engagement project for the Provision of Outpatient Pharmacy Services for Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust are seeking expressions of interest for the provision of outpatient pharmacy services across the 3 sites that it manages in Worcester, Redditch and Kidderminister. Primarily this will be an onsite presence across the sites. The Contractor will need to establish, as a minimum, a GPhC (General Pharmaceutical Council) registered pharmacy presence on the Worcester Royal Hospital, Alexandra Hospital and potentially at Kidderminister Treatment Centre. The outpatient model must incorporate a service that enables the dispensing of medicines for all Outpatient prescriptions generated by WAHT. WAHT estimates that volumes of outpatient transactions , during 2025/2026 amounted to approximately 20,112 items per annum with current spending on outpatient medicines amounting to approximately £13m (inclusive of VAT). These figures are estimates only and do not provide any guarantees of future volumes or spending. WAHT estimates that volumes of dispensing for Infectious Diseases during 2025/26 amounted to 5339 items and £1.9m (inclusive of VAT). The Contractor will be expected to dispense medicines in accordance with local treatment guidelines, protocols and agreed formularies. We are seeking suppliers who are currently operating or have capability to operate NHS outpatient pharmacy services. Can you please confirm attendance to a MS Teams invite or face to face at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals on the following dates and times will be provided by the Trust. 18th May - 09:00AM-14:00PM 19th May - 09:00AM-13:00PM Please contact Sanjeev Narwal (Director of Procurement) at sanjeev.narwal@nhs.net to attend one of the engagement days.

Tender statusplanning
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release1 May 2026
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Published 1 May 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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