Notice Information
Notice Title
Support for Delivering Safety Communications for MHRA
Notice Description
The objective of this Procurement Call for Competition is to award one Contract to support delivery of the MHRA's communications to healthcare professionals (HCPs) and facilitate improved safety communications including optimising engagement rates and reach. <br/><br/>The MHRA seeks the appointment of a Supplier who has experience of and expertise in:<br/>- issuing broad email campaigns to a large audience including but not limited to NHS email addresses.<br/> Please note, the Supplier would need to own or have access to the email addresses/contacts for a range of HCPs<br/>- maintaining contact details to ensure up-to-date, and seeking to expand the contacts database.<br/>- formatting and dispatching communications/emails (including ability to deal with NHS firewall/security challenges).<br/><br/>Procurement under PCR 2015.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Safety communication is a critical part of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)'s work, with the potential for a major and immediate impact on public health and safety, and consequently our corporate reputation. It is essential therefore that we issue effective communications and trusted advice via appropriate channels to relevant audiences, in a timely manner, to support patient safety and public health.
The objective of this Procurement Call for Competition is to award one Contract to support delivery of the MHRA's communications to healthcare professionals (HCPs) and facilitate improved safety communications including optimising engagement rates and reach.
The MHRA seeks the appointment of a Supplier who has experience of and expertise in:
- issuing broad email campaigns to a large audience including but not limited to NHS email addresses.
Please note, the Supplier would need to own or have access to the email addresses/contacts for a range of HCPs
- maintaining contact details to ensure up-to-date, and seeking to expand the contacts database.
- formatting and dispatching communications/emails (including ability to deal with NHS firewall/security challenges).
Procurement under PCR 2015.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04ced9
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027345-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
72320000 - Database services
79342000 - Marketing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £200,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £200,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £375,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 May 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 11 Feb 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 29 Apr 20259 months ago
- Contract Period
- 17 Mar 2025 - 16 Mar 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MHRA
- Contact Name
- Purchasing
- Contact Email
- purchasing@mhra.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- E14 4PU
- Post Town
- East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI42 Tower Hamlets
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Electoral Ward
- Canary Wharf
- Westminster Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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