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ClosedFind a Tender · UK4
BuyerSecretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency
StatusClosed
Deadline13 Aug 2026
Value£1
Published15 Jul 2026

What is being bought

The provision of Botulinum Antitoxin Heptavalent

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Pharmaceutical products 33600000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£1
Contract periodFrom 5 Oct 2026 to 4 Oct 2028

Award criteria
Social Value (10%)
Commercial (80%)
Technical - Risk (10%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Pharmaceutical productsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 33. The category anchor is Pharmaceutical products (33600000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 331,4431.5 median · 85.3 average (414 of 1,443 with a bid count)6.9 average (469 of 1,443 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer36Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK33514 median · 252 average (77 of 335 with a bid count)15.7 average (94 of 335 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)43Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsCompliant licensing required.

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06be1b
Latest release ID066675-2026
Latest release timestampWed Jul 15 2026 10:45:38 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066675-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-08-13T17:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-07-30T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-09-30T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailsUKHSA are carrying out a competitive flexible competition for the provision of Botulinum Antitoxin Heptavalent. As part of this requirement, UKHSA requires all tenderers to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement before being given access to the tender documents. A copy of our Non-Disclosure Agreement is available in the Documents section. Please complete and electronically sign and return to UKHSA through the Atamis messaging system. The full ITT and specification will be released to tenderers who have a fully signed NDA, through a separate Atamis project. The tender submission deadline is Thursday 13th August. Tenderers are therefore encouraged to complete and return the NDA as early as possible to allow sufficient time to access the tender documents and prepare and submit a compliant bid. If there are any questions, please ask through the Atamis messaging system. https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£1
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
15 Jul 2026tender066675-2026
26 Jun 2026planning060298-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
15 Jul 2026 · 066675-2026 · tender
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26 Jun 2026 · 060298-2026 · planning
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