The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust (the Authority) is the contracting authority. The Authority is seeking a contractor to provide hospital pharmacy outpatient dispensing services (the Services). A primary aspect of Services will constitute the immediate on-site dispensing of prescription to waiting out-patients from the facilities on the Pinderfields Hospital (PGH), Dewsbury (DDH) and Pontefract Hospital (PGI) sites (together the Sites). Activity in relation to the Services is likely to increase each year of the term of the resulting contract, the Authority reserves the right to make any necessary changes to the Services to reflect any changes as a result of its Clinical Services Strategy.

Suppliers interested in providing the Services must have the capacity and willingness to work with, and fully manage, any third party suppliers.

The Authority wishes to award a single Contract for the services across all 3 Sites.

The resulting contract will be for a period of 5 years with an option for the Authority to extend it up to a further 2 years. The Authority is aiming a procure a contract with a preferred provider (the Contractor) for the provision of on-site dispensing services for outpatient prescriptions including private prescriptions and to enhance the service delivered to patients.

The Contractor would be responsible for the procurement, storage, dispensing, distribution and delivery of medicines, along with invoicing and the provision of management information.

Please see section VI.3) for further important information.