Contract

Public Health Primary Care Contracts - Pharmacies

  • Peterborough City Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-057344

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-059c44

Published 17 September 2025, 1:58pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Peterborough City Council

Sand Martin House Peterborough, Bittern Way

Peterborough

PE28TY

Contact

Christian Menendez

Email

christian.menendez@peterborough.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 7552898712

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKH11 - Peterborough

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Public Health Primary Care Contracts - Pharmacies

Reference number

DN750365

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85149000 - Pharmacy services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Peterborough City Council has awarded Contracts for the provision of the following pharmacy services:

EHC (emergency hormonal contraception)

NRT (nicotine replacement therapy) vouchers

The awards have been made via Direct Award Process B of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £334,228

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

EHC (emergency hormonal contraception)

Lot No

1

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85149000 - Pharmacy services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKH11 - Peterborough

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Emergency Hormonal Contraception Services to be delivered by Community Pharmacies to support the local population.

Emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) may only be supplied by an accredited pharmacist. Medicine counter staff must be trained to refer each request for emergency hormonal contraception to the pharmacist(s). It is the responsibility of the Pharmacy Manager to ensure that all pharmacists, including

locums, supplying EHC are accredited.

The pharmacy must be able to supply emergency contraception during opening hours of the pharmacy on at least 4 days of the week, one of which will preferably be a Saturday.

Pharmacists will supply Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC) when appropriate to clients in line with the requirements of the Patient Group Direction (PGD) for the supply of EHC by Community Pharmacists.

Pharmacies will offer a user-friendly, non-judgmental, client centred and confidential service. The supply will be made free of charge to the client at Peterborough City Council (PCC) expense, dependant on the residency of the local authority boundaries.

Pharmacists will link into existing networks for Sexual Health Services so that women who need to see a doctor can be referred on rapidly.

Clients excluded from the PGD criteria will be referred to another local service that will be able to assist them, as soon as possible, e.g., GP or community sexual health service.

The pharmacy will provide support and advice to clients accessing the service, including advice on the avoidance of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) through safer sex and condom use, advice on the use of regular contraceptive methods and provide onward signposting to sexual health services that provide long-term contraceptive methods and diagnosis and management of STIs.

This award is made in accordance with Direct Award Process B of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

The contract value is £112,000.

The initial contract period is 05 August 2025 - 30 June 2027 with two options to extend for a further 12 months each (maximum contract term is therefore 4 years).

This is a continuation of an existing service with an existing provider.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Patient Choice / Weighting: 100

Price - Weighting: 0

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

The authority may extend the agreement twice by a period of 12 months per extension, at its sole discretion.

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

NRT (nicotine replacement therapy) Vouchers

Lot No

2

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85149000 - Pharmacy services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKH11 - Peterborough

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The purpose of the service is to dispense Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) to support a smoking cessation attempt but does not include one-to-one behavioural support which will be provided by an external provider.

The key aims of the service are:

• To dispense Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) to support a smoking cessation attempt.

• To contribute to local public health and tobacco control strategies, which have a commitment to reduce smoking prevalence by providing support for people to stop via a structured quit attempt.

• To address the health inequalities experienced by those in Peterborough who smoke.

The award is made via Direct Award Process B of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

The total contract value is £222,228.

The initial contract term is 05 August 2025 - 30 June 2027 with two options to extend of 12 months each (therefore the maximum contract term is 4 years).

This is for the continuation of existing services and awarded to an existing provider.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Patient Choice / Weighting: 100

Price - Weighting: 0

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

The contract may be extended twice for a period of 12 months per extension at the sold discretion of the Authority.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

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.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No


Section five. Award of contract

Lot No

1

Title

EHC (emergency hormonal contraception)

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

22 July 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

GRAHAM YOUNG (2007) LIMITED

Peterborough

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKH11 - Peterborough
Companies House

06149800

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £112,000


Section five. Award of contract

Lot No

2

Title

NRT (nicotine replacement therapy) Vouchers

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

22 July 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

GRAHAM YOUNG (2007) LIMITED

Peterborough

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKH11 - Peterborough
Companies House

06149800

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £222,228


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

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.

The decision to award the contracts is made by Cllr Dennis Jones.

Cllr Qayyum, lead member for Adults and Public health, declared a conflict of interest (they work as a General Practitioner) and was therefore not involved in the decision to award these contracts.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Peterborough City Council

Peterborough

Country

United Kingdom