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Foundation Trainee Pharmacist Programme Training Provision

Buyer: NHS England →

BuyerNHS England
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published17 Oct 2025

What is being bought

NHS England has run an open procurement for a supplier(s) to deliver the core training offer for the Foundation Trainee Pharmacist Programme for the academic year 25/26 onwards. The tender was split regionally by Lots as follows: Lot 1 - East of England Lot 2 - London Lot 3 - Midlands Lot 4 - North East and Yorkshire Lot 5 - North West Lot 6 - South East Lot 7 - South West

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

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 regimelightTouch
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

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.

Awards

Contracts

Foundation Trainee Pharmacist Programme - Lots 1/2/6

Statusactive
Value£3,502,765

Foundation Trainee Pharmacist Programme - Lots 3/4/5

Statusactive
Value£4,136,678

Foundation Trainee Pharmacist Programme - Lot 7

Statusactive
Value£607,257

Documents & submission route

  • Not published

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04f6fa
Latest release ID066432-2025
Latest release timestampFri Oct 17 2025 14:54:42 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release3
Contracts in latest release3
Parties in latest release4

Notice history

DateEventReference
17 Oct 2025award, contract066432-2025
10 Jun 2025award, contract031315-2025
28 Mar 2025tenderUpdate011717-2025
20 Mar 2025tender010528-2025

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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10 Jun 2025 · 031315-2025 · award, contract
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28 Mar 2025 · 011717-2025 · tenderUpdate
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20 Mar 2025 · 010528-2025 · tender
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