Collaborative purchasing organisations
Collaborative purchasing organisations (CPOs) are regional groups that manage the procurement of a number of pharmacy products and services in England. These products and services are not covered by the Medicines Procurement and Supply Chain (MPSC) or NHS Supply Chain teams.
The CPOs work within a region or regions to procure medicines and pharmacy services on behalf of the NHS in order to obtain best value for money in the most efficient way. This reduces the need for each organisation to tender for these products and services individually.
CPO regions
There are currently nine CPOs in operation across England.
NOFE North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative
NE and YH North East and Yorkshire Pharmacy Procurement Consortium
EM East Midlands Pharmacy Collaborative
WM Health Trust Europe
EoE East of England Collaborative Procurement Hub
SE South East Pharmacy Procurement Service
L NHS London Procurement Partnership
SW Peninsular Purchasing and Supplies Alliance
SEC South East Coast NHS Commercial Solutions
NW North West (not a CPO)
Pharmacy products and services managed by the CPOs
The types of products and services managed by the regional CPOs in England include:
- cleanroom consumables
- compounding Services including dose banded chemotherapy
- contrast media and consumables
- drug testing kits
- emergency boxes
- enteral feeds
- eye products including viscoelastics, hyaluronidase
- fibrin sealants
- homecare (excluding national contracts managed by MPSC)
- imports
- liquid oxygen
- medical gas cylinders
- nitric oxide
- overlabelled medicine packs
- parenteral nutrition
- pharmacy automation
- radiopharmaceuticals
- wholesalers
- wound care
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