Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice

Published 8 Sept 2026, 17:19 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Vaccine Prospectus: National Immunisation Programme and vaccine products

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

Goods

Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice

Contract term Ends 2 Jan 2030starts 1 Jan 2030

Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Improving health outcomes through vaccines is a priority for the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). We aim to use UKHSA's capabilities across the full vaccine pathway to facilitate innovation and support the development and deployment of safe and effective vaccines, ensure the reliable and timely procurement, storage and distribution of vaccines, and drive increased uptake among the population to reduce the burden of infectious disease.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

UKHSA published a Vaccine Prospectus in August 2026, which sets out the work that UKHSA and the wider health family do to sustain and grow the UK's world-leading role in immunisation. It details the scope of our programmes, our policy objectives, how we work with industry, and forthcoming opportunities to work with us.

The publication can be accessed here: www.gov.uk/government/publicati… ↗

CPV: Vaccines

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned

Contract period: 1 Jan 2030 – 2 Jan 2030

33651600 Vaccines

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency buys General anti-infectives for systemic use, vaccines, antineoplastic and immunodulating agents (CPV 3365), and who usually turns up

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: General anti-infectives for systemic use, vaccines, antineoplastic and immunodulating agents (CPV 3365) →

How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid

This buyerSecretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency · division 33

The marketGeneral anti-infectives for systemic use, vaccines, antineoplastic and immunodulating agents (CPV 3365)

What to do with it

How often do SMEs win?

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 44 of 103 known-size awards · market: CPV 3365 · UK-wide, n=34

43%15%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: 2 of 5 known-location awards · market: CPV 3365 · UK-wide, n=8

40%13%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?

Buyer: 5 decided notices · market: division 33 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=8

73 days100 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 73 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: exactly 62 of 71 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 3365 · UK-wide, n=32

87%56%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

This buyer24 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 33

54% had one bid

The market19 lots with bid counts · CPV 3365 · UK-wide

63% had one bid

% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (24) / the market (19) · select a colour for counts

1 bid54% / 63%

Buyer: 13 of 24 lots with published bid counts. Market: 12 of 19 lots with published bid counts.

2–333% / 37%

Buyer: 8 of 24 lots with published bid counts. Market: 7 of 19 lots with published bid counts.

4–60% / 0%

Buyer: 0 of 24 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 19 lots with published bid counts.

7+13% / 0%

Buyer: 3 of 24 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 19 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

This buyer8 lots with estimate and award · all categories

25% below estimate

The market5 lots with estimate and award · CPV 3365 · UK-wide

20% below estimate

% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (8) / the market (5) · select a colour for counts

Below estimate25% / 20%

Buyer: 2 of 8 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 1 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.

Within ±2%75% / 40%

Buyer: 6 of 8 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.

Above estimate0% / 40%

Buyer: 0 of 8 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 2 of 5 lots with an estimate and award.

Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 3365Estimate not published

Expected competition

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 13 past lots.

—No model forecast yet23% chance of a single bid

Past bids on 13 similar lots

1 bid23%

3 of 13 similar past lots received 1 bid (23%).

2–369%

9 of 13 similar past lots received 2–3 (69%).

4–68%

1 of 13 similar past lots received 4–6 (8%).

7+0%

0 of 13 similar past lots received 7+ (0%).

Comparable past lots usually drew 2 bids.

Commercial price forecast

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Estimate not published

The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data

Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Coming up in this sector

Contracts ending within 12 months · Retender Radar, sector filter set

Contracts ending in Medical Devices & PharmaRetender Radar, CPV 33: incumbents and end dates for the next 12 months

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Goods
Notice status: Planned procurement
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
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: 8 Sept 2026, 17:19 BST
Last source update: 8 Sept 2026, 17:19 BST
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-085109
Latest notice: Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV): Vaccines
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f509 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

8 Sept 2026 → 1 Jan 2030 · 3 dates

Planning notice published67 days ago
8 Sept 2026, 17:19 BST
Today
15 Nov 2026
Contract starts
1 Jan 2030
Market engagement
1 Jan 2030, 23:59 GMT
This notice does not relate to a specific procurement exercise. No contract opportunity is being advertised through this notice, and publication of the Prospectus does not commit UKHSA to undertake any procurement activity.
UKHSA is inviting organisations across industry, academia, research institutions and the wider life sciences sector to read the Prospectus. The purpose of this engagement is to increase market awareness and encourage engagement with relevant stakeholders.
To reach the right people at the agency, you can contact UKHSA using the following:
Industry enquiries: [email protected]
Potential customers, including enquiries about the Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre (VDEC): [email protected]

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Preliminary market engagement notice published
8 Sept 2026, 17:19 BST
UK2

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

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 email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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