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Published 21 May 2026, 12:23 BST

Official UK procurement notice

RCGP TARGET Contract 2026-2029

Official notice

Authority: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£202,199published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 14 Apr 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Royal College of Genera Practitioners2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The TARGET Antibiotics Toolkit was developed by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Antimicrobial Stewardship in Primary Care (ASIPC) collaboration with several professional societies The toolkit is a central resource for clinicians and commissioners about safe, effective, appropriate and responsible antibiotic prescribing. It also helps to fulfil continuous professional development and revalidation requirements. RCGP best placed stakeholder to host and support the website.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
21 May 2026, 12:23 BST
Last source update
9 Jun 2026, 12:09 BST
Authority reference
C440533
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-054230
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069f02 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Schedule 5 Direct award justifications

6 The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract—

(a)due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and

(b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
—

Timeline

2 Jun 2026 → 9 Jun 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends135 days ago
    2 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published129 days ago
    9 Jun 2026, 12:09 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 May 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    21 May 2026, 12:23 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    21 May 2026, 16:10 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    3 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    9 Jun 2026, 12:09 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2some still in standstill
Awarded value £202,1991 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Jun 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Royal College of Genera Practitioners4 Jun 2026 – 31 Mar 2029£202,19914 Apr 2026standstill to 2 Jun 2026Standstill
Royal College of Genera Practitioners——Awarded

Contracts

  • Treat Antibiotics Responsibly, Guidance, Education, Tools (TARGET) Project 2026-2029 · Royal College of Genera Practitioners

    Signed
    4 Jun 2026
    Value
    £202,199
    Period
    5 Jun 2026 – 31 Mar 2029
    Status
    active
    Options
    Contingent value

    No agreed KPIs: Deliverables outlined

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PBMQ-7576-DVGW 10 South Colonnade, London, London, E14 4PUContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender