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Published 13 Nov 2026, 10:27 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Inventory Management System · UK public procurement notice

Authority: MHRA (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Apr 2027from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 24 May 2031 · up to 24 May 2033 with extensions · starts 25 May 2028
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

MHRA is seeking to replace the business capabilities currently supported by its existing inventory management platform with a modern, secure and supportable Inventory Management System. The solution will support key business processes including customer and product management, inventory and stock control, sales and order management, associated approvals, reporting and integration with relevant MHRA services.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

MHRA is seeking to replace the business capabilities currently supported by its existing inventory management platform with a modern, secure and supportable Inventory Management System. The solution will support key business processes including customer and product management, inventory and stock control, sales and order management, associated approvals, reporting and integration with relevant MHRA services. The requirement forms part of MIDAS (Modernisation of Inventory, Dispatch and Sales

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 25 May 2028 – 24 May 2031 (3 yrs) · up to 24 May 2033 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Two annual options for the Agency to extend the Contract Term by twelve months · Two annual options for the Agency to extend the Contract Term by twelve months

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How MHRA buys IT services: consulting, software, internet (CPV 72), and who usually turns up

MHRA’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: IT services: consulting, software, internet (CPV 72) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerMHRA · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 37 of 81 known-size awards · market: division 72 · UK-wide, n=4,004
46%54%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: 3 of 13 known-location awards · market: division 72 · UK-wide, n=2,602
23%37%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i
Buyer: 21 decided notices · market: division 72 · UK-wide, n=407
32 days50 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 32 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 33 of 54 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 72 · UK-wide, n=5,244
61%64%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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This buyer22 lots with bid counts · all categories
45% had one bid
The market777 lots with bid counts · division 72 · UK-wide
13% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (22) / the market (777) · select a colour for counts
1 bid45% / 13%
Buyer: 10 of 22 lots with published bid counts. Market: 100 of 777 lots with published bid counts.
2–323% / 28%
Buyer: 5 of 22 lots with published bid counts. Market: 217 of 777 lots with published bid counts.
4–623% / 28%
Buyer: 5 of 22 lots with published bid counts. Market: 216 of 777 lots with published bid counts.
7+9% / 31%
Buyer: 2 of 22 lots with published bid counts. Market: 244 of 777 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer13 lots with estimate and award · all categories
38% below estimate
The market524 lots with estimate and award · division 72 · UK-wide
46% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (13) / the market (524) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate38% / 46%
Buyer: 5 of 13 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 240 of 524 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%15% / 38%
Buyer: 2 of 13 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 198 of 524 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate46% / 16%
Buyer: 6 of 13 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 86 of 524 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 7236 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 72. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
i

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 777 past lots.

—No model forecast yet13% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 777 similar lots
1 bid13%
100 of 777 similar past lots received 1 bid (13%).
2–328%
217 of 777 similar past lots received 2–3 (28%).
4–628%
216 of 777 similar past lots received 4–6 (28%).
7+31%
244 of 777 similar past lots received 7+ (31%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 4 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
13 Nov 2026, 10:27 GMT
Last source update
13 Nov 2026, 10:27 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 1 Jun 2027
Authority reference
C491577
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-107865
Latest notice
Planned procurement notice (UK3)
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07bb4d Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
4 May 2027, 14:00 BST

Timeline

13 Nov 2026 → 25 May 2028 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published2h ago
    13 Nov 2026, 10:27 GMT
  2. Today
    13 Nov 2026
  3. Tender notice expectedin 139 days
    1 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST
  4. Submission deadlinein 172 days
    4 May 2027, 14:00 BST
  5. Award decision expected byin 200 days
    1 Jun 2027, 23:59 BST
  6. Contract starts
    25 May 2028, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Planned procurement notice published
    13 Nov 2026, 10:27 GMT
    UK3

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

MHRA

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PJLJ-9824-VXPG 10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, London, E14 4PUContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure