Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Peterborough City Council
Sand Martin House Peterborough, Bittern Way
Peterborough
PE28TY
UK
Contact person: Christian Menendez
Telephone: +44 7552898712
E-mail: christian.menendez@peterborough.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH11
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Public Health Primary Care Contracts - Pharmacies
Reference number: DN750365
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85149000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Peterborough City Council has awarded Contracts for the provision of the following pharmacy services:
EHC (emergency hormonal contraception)
The award has been made via Direct Award Process B of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
112 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
EHC (emergency hormonal contraception)
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85149000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH11
II.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 awarded to an existing provider.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Patient Choice
/ Weighting: 100
Price
/ Weighting:
0
II.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.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
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.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Title: EHC (emergency hormonal contraception)
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22/07/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
ARMPHARMA UK LTD
13665330
Peterborough
UK
NUTS: UKH11
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 112 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.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.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Peterborough City Council
Peterborough
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
17/09/2025