Planning

PREP RoundTable

DHSC, LONDON

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Planning

14 May 2025 at 13:56

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in London is currently in the planning stage of a public procurement process titled "PREP RoundTable". This initiative is aimed at tackling inequalities in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) access and involves engaging diverse stakeholders in the UK health sector. The engagement process includes a roundtable discussion scheduled for 3rd June 2025, with an expression of interest deadline set for 2nd June 2025. The procurement falls within the health and social work services industry, and is located at DHSC's hub in London. While this is a market engagement notice and not an active procurement call, it forms a pivotal part of the development of the HIV Action Plan aiming for a significant reduction in HIV transmission by 2030.

This market engagement presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in health services, pharmaceutical products, and related research. Companies with expertise in HIV prevention, particularly those focusing on PrEP, would find this an excellent opportunity to collaborate with the DHSC and influence the UK's HIV prevention strategies. SMEs, suppliers, social enterprises, and research bodies with a keen interest in healthcare innovation and improvement are ideally suited to partake in this engagement. By participating, businesses can play an integral role in shaping future health policies and potentially open doors to future procurement activities with the government.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

PREP RoundTable

Notice Description

We are looking to invite you to roundtable with the aim of having an open discussion around accessibility to PrEP, with industry and key sector partners. This is to gain insights on the challenges that we may face and synergies we could create to understand blockers within clinical pathways and the role that innovation, research and collaboration could play in the new HIVAP which will help us reach our 2030 goal.

Planning Information

Expression of Interest Deadline: 02/06/2025 Engagement Event Date(s): 03/06/2025 Background: The government has committed to end new HIV transmissions in England by 2030 and is developing a new HIV Action Plan (HIVAP) which will be published this year Collaboration is at the core of the new HIVAP, and the government is engaging with a wide range of system partners in its development, including people with lived experience, the voluntary and community sector, professional bodies, primary care, and local partners, amongst others. The new HIVAP will have 5 key objectives: ensure equitable access and uptake of HIV prevention programmes; scale up HIV testing; optimise rapid access to treatment and retention in care; improve quality of life for people living with HIV and address stigma; and stabilise and support system enablers, including the wider sexual and reproductive health system. Inequalities in HIV PrEP access are widening within certain population groups, in particular, women, black African ethnicities and heterosexuals. We are trying to agree the areas of greatest need for HIV PrEP efforts and develop potential new collaborative approaches to the PrEP pathway. • Target Audience: Any business or social enterprise with an interest in HIV PrEP, including suppliers, SMEs, or any other audiences applicable. • Eligibility Criteria (Please ensure you use this section to fill out clearly who you are/are not looking for): If you work in the HIV field, particularly on PrEP, we are interested in your input as we look towards improving HIV Prevention and PrEP pathways. We would like to invite you to an open workshop to gather your thoughts on innovation, research and anything else that may be relevant. If you are not in the HIV field or do not plan to work in the HIV field in the next 5 years, this workshop is not suitable. The aim is to have a comprehensive discussion on PrEP access, service improvements and to explore potential ideas that can be implemented to improve the PrEP pathway. For this specific roundtable we encourage in person participation at our London Victoria hub, however we will provide a dial in option the day before. Please note that there is currently no planned procurement activity relating to the publication of this preliminary market engagement. Future preliminary market engagement notices and/or PIN(s) may be issued by DHSC and/or NHSE to gather views through market engagement (“Engagement”) on specific proposals. For the avoidance of doubt, the purpose of this preliminary market engagement is to invite suppliers to a roundtable to collaborate with DHSC to improve the development and delivery of its 2030 HIV Action Plan. This may lead to further conversations / and 1-1s after this initial roundtable. Since this is neither a call for competition nor a procurement, we have assigned it a nominal monetary value of £1.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-051354
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021349-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

33600000 - Pharmaceutical products

33640000 - Medicinal products for the genitourinary system and hormones

33651000 - General anti-infectives for systemic use and vaccines

33690000 - Various medicinal products

85000000 - Health and social work services

85100000 - Health services

85111800 - Pathology services

85111810 - Blood analysis services

85140000 - Miscellaneous health services

85149000 - Pharmacy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
14 May 20259 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
2 Jun 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
2 Jun 2025 - 4 Jun 2025 30 days
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DHSC, LONDON
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
reece.mahdi@dhsc.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1H 0EU
Post Town
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

Notice Documents

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