Official UK procurement notice
Countermeasures and Preparedness Products
Authority: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) intends to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of Countermeasures and Preparedness products (the “Framework Agreement”). The Framework Agreement will be available for use by UKHSA and potentially other eligible public sector organisations such as the Ministry of Defence (MOD). The Framework Agreement will provide access to a range of pre-approved suppliers and their products.
At this stage, it is intended that the Framework Agreement will comprise multiple lots including, but not limited to:
- Antivirals
- Antibiotics
- Antitoxins
- Antivenoms
- Antidotes
- Vaccines
- Immunoglobulins
- Intravenous Fluids (IV's)
- ICU Medicines
- Radiation Treatments
- Medical Consumables (used in administering the medicines)*
- Combined Needles and Syringes*
*For the purposes of preliminary market engagement, we have included all products in scope of our portfolio. To confirm, recently awarded contracts will continue for their term.
The proposed scope and lotting structure will be explored further during the preliminary market engagement, with the final lotting structure confirmed in the UK 4 Tender Notice for this procurement.
Suppliers will be awarded places on the Framework Agreement based on their ability to meet quality standards and deliver value for money. UKHSA is committed to working with suppliers who support Sustainability and Social Value objectives, and these elements are expected to form part of the award criteria, details of which will be set out in the tender documentation.
CPV: Pharmaceutical products
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 1 Apr 2028
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Countermeasures and Preparedness Products” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency buys Pharmaceutical products (CPV 3360), and who usually turns up
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Pharmaceutical products (CPV 3360) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 30 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 20%
2–320% / 23%
4–620% / 28%
7+60% / 28%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 3360No real estimate
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 95 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid20%
2–323%
4–628%
7+28%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 31 Jul 2026, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Jul 2026, 12:05 BST
- Authority reference
C459021- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-072662- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d8adFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
31 Jul 2026 → 1 Apr 2028 · 4 dates- Planning notice published87 days ago31 Jul 2026, 12:05 BST
- Market engagement25 days ago30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
To assist in the development of our procurement strategy and to ensure we consider all viable options, UKHSA welcomes engagement from existing and prospective suppliers capable of supplying products within the scope of the proposed Framework Agreement, including those currently without UK licences.
Potential bidders should express their interest by emailing [email protected] to request a copy of the Preliminary Market Engagement (“PME”) Introduction document and Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire (“PMEQ”). Potential bidders should return the completed PMEQ by email before 1200 hours on 30th September 2026. Further information regarding the proposed framework can be found within these documents.
The aim of this PME notice and the PMEQ is to notify and engage the market on UKHSA’s current proposals, and to gauge interest in this opportunity from suppliers capable of delivering products within the scope of the proposed Framework Agreement.
As part of this PME, UKHSA will also be exploring the potential option of an Open Framework with a term of up to 8 years. The final procurement approach including whether an Open Framework will be established will be confirmed in the UK 4 Tender Notice for this procurement.
UKHSA intends to hold preliminary market engagement sessions with industry experts and suppliers interested in potentially bidding for the proposed Framework Agreement. These sessions are currently anticipated to take place from October 2026, and further details will be communicated via email. Opportunities for one-to-one meetings are also expected to be available.
UKHSA will use an eSourcing system for any procurement activity subsequent to this notice. The eSourcing system used by UKHSA is Atamis.
UKHSA reserves the right to withdraw this notice at any time.
UKHSA is not liable for any costs incurred as a result of bidders engaging with this process.
This early market engagement exercise does not guarantee that a procurement will take place, and UKHSA reserves the right to defer from any procurement entirely.
Bidders will still be required to bid to be awarded a place on the resulting Framework Agreement following the publication of the UK 4 Tender Notice. Submitting an expression of interest at this stage does not constitute a bid.
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 158 days1 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Apr 2028, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published31 Jul 2026, 12:05 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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- No contract published
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender