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Published 21 May 2025, 14:36 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Preliminary market engagement event for the provision of an Outpatient Pharmacy in Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust and Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Official notice

Authority: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesAbove threshold
Planned pipeline value£13,500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Sept 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 7 Mar 2031 · up to 6 Jun 2033 with extensions · starts 8 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) and Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Trust (RUH) who are members of the BSW Hospitals Group, are conducting a collaborative preliminary market engagement event with suitably qualified, interested providers, for the provision of an outpatient pharmacy located onsite at both Trusts. The contract commencement date is anticipated as the 8th March 2026. The tender will be lotted for each Trust, however the route to market and final model have yet to be concluded and the Trusts would be interested to hear the views of Pharmacy providers. The estimated value of this contract is £13,500,000 ex VAT. This is a combined value for both Trusts. The contract is anticipated to be for five years, with the option to extend for two years, however the Trusts are open to further discussion regarding this. The items dispensed for 2024/2025 are approximately: SFT Salisbury - 68871 RUH Bath - 97500 Please download further information relating to this opportunity and complete and return the attached questionnaire via the Trust's esourcing portal " Atamis". atamis-1928--prospend.vf.force.com/apex/CS_ContractPage ↗ This is a preliminary market engagement event only. The Trust reserve the right to conclude this project after this stage and not commit to either a tender or an award of contract.

CPV: Pharmacy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrs
Contract period: 8 Mar 2026 – 7 Mar 2031 (5 yrs) · up to 6 Jun 2033 with extensions
Delivery: UK, South West
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
21 May 2025, 14:36 BST
Last source update
28 May 2025, 16:33 BST
Authority reference
C362521
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-028246
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Pharmacy services
Delivery area
UKSouth West (UKK12)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051b16 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

21 May 2025 → 8 Mar 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    21 May 2025, 14:36 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    28 May 2025, 16:33 BST
  3. Market engagement
    20 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST

    If you would like to participate in this event, please complete the attached questionnaire and return via the Atamis Portal by 4pm on Friday 20th June 2025. The Project Team will review your responses and may invite you to attend a face-to-face meeting at Salisbury Hospital, to meet the Project Team and discuss the opportunity in more detail. The onsite meeting slots are scheduled for 8th and 9th July 2025; however, the Project Team will confirm if your organisation has been selected.

  4. Tender notice expected
    1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts235 days ago
    8 Mar 2026

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    21 May 2025, 14:36 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    28 May 2025, 16:33 BST
    UK2
  3. Buyer details updated
    28 May 2025, 16:33 BST

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

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PHNB-6299-PVMY Odstock Road, Salisbury, South West, SP2 8BJContact name, email

Consortium members and other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure