This tender is to establish a framework agreement for the provision of a service to supply unlicensed imported medicines to participating trusts, in line with the agreed specification. These are medicines that do not have a marketing authorisation in the UK however the medicines do hold a licence in a country outside of the UK. East Midlands Pharmacy Collaboration (EMPC) is a procurement collaborative hosted by Royal Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, acting as an agent on behalf of its Member Organisations. The member organisations currently working with EMPC and who may purchase under any contract awarded through this process are found at http://www.derbyhospitals.nhs.uk/primary/pharmacy/empc/ . This tender is also being carried out in collaboration with the North West who will have access to the contract (a list of trusts can be found within the ITT).

EMPC is undertaking a competitive tender on behalf of the listed trusts (with QA support being provided by the North West Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance Service) for the provision of a service to supply imported unlicensed medicines.

These are medicines that do not have a marketing authorisation in the UK The medicines, however, do hold a licence in a country outside of the UK.