plannedFind a Tender · planning Update

NHS Generic Pharmaceuticals - Wave 16c

BuyerNHS England

Statusplanned

DeadlineNot published

Value£480,000,000

Published4 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Wave 16c DLS & DNE (London South and North East regions), Oral products and Housekeeping products for remaining regions The commencement of procurement and award of any subsequent contract will be subject to budgetary approval.

Delivery location

UKC, GB · UKD, GB · UKE, GB · UKF, GB · UKG, GB · UKH, GB · UKI, GB · UKJ, GB · UKK, GB

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned

Contract periodFrom 1 Jun 2028 to 31 May 2030

SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Pharmaceutical products	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 33. The category anchor is Pharmaceutical products (33600000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 33	2,006	2 median · 94.8 average (715 of 2,006 with a bid count)	6.2 average (830 of 2,006 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Same buyer	54	Not published	Not published	Not published
Delivery region: UKC	64	1 median · 10.7 average (11 of 64 with a bid count)	4.5 average (11 of 64 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)	50	Not published	Not published	Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNot published

Rationale classificationsNot published

Special regimeNot published

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents1

Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Pipeline notice on Find a Tender planning · plannedProcurementNotice

Source data inventory

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

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-06e5ca
Latest release ID	083835-2026
Latest release timestamp	Fri Sep 04 2026 10:34:23 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planned
Procurement method	open
Procurement method details	Open procedure
Main procurement category	goods
Above threshold	Yes
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	£480,000,000
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
4 Sept 2026	planningUpdate	083835-2026
17 Aug 2026	planning	078196-2026

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)

4 Sept 2026 · 083835-2026 · planningUpdate

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17 Aug 2026 · 078196-2026 · planning

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