Official UK procurement notice
Commercialising Scientific Advice for MHRA
Authority: MHRA (Central government)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: London (UKI42)
Awarded value£98,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 19 May 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Deloitte
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency requires consultancy to support the MHRA in responding to increasing demand, improving service quality and predictability, and ensuring the Scientific Advice offer remains competitive, sustainable, and aligned with the MHRA 2030 Strategy.
The Deliverables are as follows:
- Description of MHRA's unique strengths and market context; 5-10 critical hypotheses regarding potential demand and operational requirements for the MHRA to commercialise scientific advice (e.g. clinical trial advice, licensing advice, post marketing surveillance)
- Synthesis and summary of 10-20 industry, expert and MHRA interviews and secondary research to define demand, likely services and their range of price points, and operational requirements for the MHRA to deliver Commercial Scientific Advice
- Summary board document (presentation slide deck) that outlines core offering that is compelling, sustainable, and maintains MHRA's independent regulatory scrutiny; high level roadmap of next steps and value to MHRA.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 May 2026, 23:49 BST
- Last source update
- 21 May 2026, 23:49 BST
- Authority reference
C440665- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-047458- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a026Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published21 May 2026, 23:49 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastContracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Deloitte LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender