Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 29 Sept 2026, 16:52 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Secondary Care Medicines Data Pre-Market Engagement

Authority: NHS England (Central government)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Framework ceiling (notional)£6,750,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Framework period 1 yrup to 2 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS 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 published
Lot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal 1 yrSME
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2028 (1 yr) · up to 2 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions
Extension options published
48000000 Software package and information systems48517000 IT software package72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support72212517 IT software development services

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)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportIT software development servicesIT software packageSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077ce3

How it was run

Appointment period ends
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Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice publishedearlier today
    29 Sept 2026, 16:40 BST
  2. Market engagementin 33 days
    1 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]
  3. Contract startsin 183 days
    1 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
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    29 Sept 2026, 16:52 BSTUK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    29 Sept 2026, 16:40 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)

Updated Webinar link

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS England

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDPT-3135-BWWY Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd, London, London, SE1 8UG

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure