Official UK procurement notice
Secondary Care Medicines Data Pre-Market Engagement
Authority: NHS England (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS England is seeking to procure capability and/or related tooling for data processing of data from hospital pharmacy systemsassociated licensing and implementation support. The initial high-level objectives would be to provide:
• reporting function to Trust and a national data set on the stock position and daily issuance of medicines in secondary care; and
• a price comparison tool that compares the prices paid by a Trust with those of national NHS procurement framework for medicines
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · IT software development services · IT software package · Software package and information systems
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 1 yr · up to 2 yrs from 1 Apr 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal
- 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
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 29 Sept 2026, 16:52 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2026, 16:52 BST
- Authority reference
C473207- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077ce3
How it was run
- Appointment period ends
- —
Timeline
3 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice publishedearlier today29 Sept 2026, 16:40 BST
- Market engagementin 33 days1 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Suppliers interested in this opportunity are requested to sign up A webinar will be held on Tuesday 13th October 2026 at 11:00am (BST) for 1:00 hours to further explain the requirements and aims of the programme. To book a slot for the webinar, please submit your details using the link below. more…
[https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f1b29a05-4cb0-4968-a6d4-101e60122344@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3?source=copyLinkLegacyShareLinkDialog] If you experience any difficulties accessing the documents, please write to [email protected] - Contract startsin 183 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Sept 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Sept 2026, 16:52 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Sept 2026, 16:40 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
Updated Webinar link
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
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
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender