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
Authority: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSalisbury 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 publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051b16Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
21 May 2025 → 8 Mar 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published21 May 2025, 14:36 BST
- Latest notice published28 May 2025, 16:33 BST
- Market engagement20 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.
- Tender notice expected1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts235 days ago8 Mar 2026
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 May 2025- Pipeline notice published21 May 2025, 14:36 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 May 2025, 16:33 BSTUK2
- Buyer details updated28 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 noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation TrustContracting authorityPublic authority - central government
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender