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Published 9 Sept 2026, 11:06 BST
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Procurement of Critical Fill & Freeze Dry Consumables for Manufacturing

MHRA
goods
Above threshold
Open procedure
Pharmaceutical articles
London (UKI)
Published value
£700,000
≈ £139,923 / year
Submission deadline
9 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
29d 20h left
Clarification Cut-Off
25 Sept 2026, 10:00 BST
Tender enquiry deadline · 1 lot
Contract duration
5 yrs (with extension options)
Starts 11 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) ↗
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Official notice
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Instructions: To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at: Phone: 0800 9956035 E-mail: [email protected]

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: MHRA: "Procurement of Critical Fill & Freeze Dry Consumables for Manufacturing". Published status: active. Published value: £700,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 9 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST. Published submission portal: health-family.force.com.
Official Requirement Description:
The MHRA is responsible for the production, storage and global distribution of biological referance materials. The Manufacturing team are responsible for the for the fill and finish of the materials, ensuring they meet the necessary specifications such as precision of fill, oxygen content, and moisture content. The aim of this tender is to identify a supplier capable of providing critical fill and freeze dry consumables to support manufacturing operations within the MHRA. The team use a variety of glass ampoules and vials (produced to our own specifications), stoppers, caps and crimp closures which have all been validated to run on our production lines and with our products. The MHRA is looking to find a supplier capable of providing these consumables at the specifications required. We also aim to find a supplier that puts customers at the centre of their business, where we can work collaboratively on future requirements, developments and projects.

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    active
    Options
    Renewal
    Published value£700,000
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period:
    11 Jan 2027 — 10 Jan 2032 (5 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    Not published
    Options / extension:
    x3 extensions on 1+1+1 basis · x3 extensions on 1+1+1 basis

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
Technical: 75%
Social Value: 10%
Commercial: 15%
Incumbent & Market Position
Open Competition LandscapeNo single vendor holds a majority of retained authority awards.
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~£279,847 annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
  • Contract Duration & Term OptionsExpected duration: 5 yrs (with extension options)
    • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: MHRA

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for MHRA. These figures describe rolling 24 months, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    Not availableEarly / insufficient sample
    Requires 5 comparable published awards
    Competition Density
    Not availableNo published reports
    Single-bidder rate: Not published
    Supplier Concentration
    No estimate
    Insufficient attributable awardsEarly evidence: fewer than 3 attributable awards
    Published spend
    Check noticePublished terms
    Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract.
    Methodology & coverage notes (1 active published awards)
    Coverage: 1 active published awards; 0 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 33 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Prepared 9 Sept 2026, 12:38 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    Not recorded
    No comparable price observations published
    Typical Bids Received
    Not recorded
    No published bid reports in this sector
    Decision Velocity
    Not recorded
    No published deadline-to-award observations
    Notice Stability
    Stable notice
    Published terms remained unchanged
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 33)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
    Medtronic Limited
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    Baxter Healthcare Ltd
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    SCIENSUS PHARMA SERVICES LIMITEDCRN: 02759609
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    Teva UK Limited
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    ALLOGA UK LIMITEDCRN: 03169255
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    Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Europe Ltd
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    NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS UK LIMITEDCRN: 00119006
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    NORTHERN HOSPITAL SUPPLIES LTD
    		23 contracts£66,397,808,198At ceiling / not disclosed
    Fannin Limited
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    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Ranked by multi-factor similarity score
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    Published procedure
    Published value
    Matching evidence
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    same authority
    similar value band
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    similar value band
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    same CPV family
    similar value band
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    similar value band
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    		£975,000
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodOpen procedureLegal basis
    UKPGA · 2023/54
    Procurement Act 2023
    		Procurement categorygoods
    Notice statusactiveProcurement threshold
    Above threshold
    (FTS publication)
    		Regulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
    Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published9 Sept 2026, 11:06 BSTLast source update9 Sept 2026, 11:06 BST
    Award evaluation windowSubmission end — 30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTClassification (CPV)Pharmaceutical articles
    Delivery areaLocation not published
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f569

    How to participate & submission route

    Submit via Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com)
    Supplier login required
    Online submission allowed
    Language: EN
    Open official portal workspace ↗
    Access & Registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal
    Expression of interest (EOI)—Tender submission deadline
    9 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
    		Clarification deadline
    25 Sept 2026, 10:00 BST
    Submission channelOfficial e-sourcing portalElectronic submissionAllowedAccepted languagesen
    Participation feeFree of charge (Open access)
    Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts
    From official release
    To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at: Phone: 0800 9956035 E-mail: [email protected]
    Timeline
    1. Procedure published
      9 Sept 2026, 11:06 BST
    2. Clarification deadline
      25 Sept 2026, 10:00 BST
    3. Submission deadline
      9 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (0)No award published
    Contracts (0)No contract published
    Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. Official notice release published
      9 Sept 2026, 11:06 BST

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    MHRA

    Contracting authority
    GB-PPON-PJLJ-9824-VXPG
    View buyer profile →

    Official Documents & Specifications (2)

    Official links; attachments are not copied