Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 13 Oct 2025, 15:21 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Batch Records and Labelling System

Official notice

Authority: Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£250,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 10 Nov 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrends 8 Feb 2027 · starts 9 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Pre-Market Engagement exercise to explore options for a Batch Records and Labelling System. This engagement aims to identify potential output capabilities and process streamlining benefits available to the Medicines Manufacturing Centre.

CPV: Automatic labelling systems · Batch processing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 1 yrSMEVCSE
Contract period: 9 Feb 2026 – 8 Feb 2027 (1 yr)
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
13 Oct 2025, 15:21 BST
Last source update
13 Oct 2025, 15:21 BST
Authority reference
NH2091
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-064857
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Automatic labelling systemsBatch processing services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ae70 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

13 Oct 2025 → 9 Feb 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published379 days ago
    13 Oct 2025, 15:21 BST
  2. Tender notice expected350 days ago
    10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  3. Market engagement350 days ago
    10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT

    Key dates:

    • Return of responses: 10th November 2025
  4. Contract starts260 days ago
    9 Feb 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    13 Oct 2025, 15:21 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PLMV-4859-MQXP Northumbria House, Unit 7 & 8 Silver Fox Way, Cobalt Business Park, North Shields, North East, NE27 0QJContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure