Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 18 Aug 2025, 08:36 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ICHT - Remote Dispensing Services

Official notice

Authority: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (Central government)·On behalf of: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£400,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Nov 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Jan 2028 · up to 31 Jan 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

PLEASE MAKE CONTACT FOR FURTHER DETAILED INFO.

To provide an outpatient dispensing service from a remote hub, or remote location, whereby the dispensed products can either then be sent back to the hospital for patient collection, collected from the hub itself, or delivered to the patients home.

Please note this does not include the costs of medicines.

The Trust is seeking through pre market engagement to understand the potential operating and business model(s), including contract length, break clause periods, financial models and other requirements.

CPV: Pharmacy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Feb 2026 – 31 Jan 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 31 Jan 2029 with extensions
Delivery: LondonEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

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
18 Aug 2025, 08:36 BST
Last source update
18 Aug 2025, 08:36 BST
Authority reference
W187521
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-049330
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Pharmacy services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05896b Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

18 Aug 2025 → 1 Feb 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    18 Aug 2025, 08:36 BST
  2. Market engagement
    5 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST

    Engagement with suppliers via email with the potential to meet with the clinical team to discuss requirements.

    Engagement with the market to identify bidders and strategies for delivering the service.

    Please make contact if you are interested in taking part in the market engagement exercise and/or have an interest to bid.

    Please contact - Zoe Wallace

    [email protected]

  3. Tender notice expected360 days ago
    1 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts269 days ago
    1 Feb 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    18 Aug 2025, 08:36 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

2 public bodies on the notice

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PYMN-2374-JNRY St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London, London, W2 1NYContact name, email

Other public bodies

  • Central London Community Healthcare NHS TrustProcuring entityNorth West London Procurement Services (NWLPS) will be hosting this procurement as the shared service for Imperial. NWLPS is hosted by CLCHGB-PPON: PJXH-4297-MQQW London, LondonContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure