Notice Information
Notice Title
Community Pharmacy IT Pre-Qualification Questionnaire 2025
Notice Description
Following on from the Preliminary Market Engagemement Notice: Community Pharmacy IT Summer 2025, issued in August 2025, NHS England are notifying the market of the next steps. NHS England (NHSE) is seeking to expand the number of suppliers in the market and their capability to deliver digital clinical services within the Community Pharmacy (CP) marketplace in support of the NHS 10 Year Health Plan and Medium Term Planning Framework. NHSE intends to engage with suppliers to facilitate their listing via the Digital Buyer's Catalogue. NHSE will not be undertaking any purchasing via this route, which means the requirements of Procurement Act 2023 do not apply. However, this notice services to provide transparency to the market in relation to decision making. An Engagement Process will be undertaken to identify appropriate suppliers and solution for assurance to the Buying Catalogue. The process will be undertaken in three stages: Qualification - validates the company information of the Respondent to ensure suitability to become a supplier of services supporting public health operations, System Readiness Gateway - managing Respondent's timing through the development and assurance assessment process in line with the readiness of their system against the published NHSE Capabilities and Standards; and, Assurance Process - qualifying the Respondent's system to provide the Services through evaluation against nationally published standards This notice begins the process via the Qualification Process described above. Suppliers will be required to complete a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ), which will be evaluated to ensure that their company is suitable and that they have a solution which can be taken forward for assurance in stages 2 and 3. The current Engagement Process will close for PQQ submissions on 8 December 2025. This will enable a tranche of suppliers to be taken forward for further stages. NHS England will introduce further tranches as demand and resources dictate.
Planning Information
The Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) is live from 11 November 2025. The questionnaire and associated documents will be made available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, using NHS England's e-Sourcing portal Atamis, at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Interested organisations are requested to express their interest in the services by visiting the Atamis e-Sourcing portal linked to above and searching for Atamis Reference number C399493 Fully completed PQQ submissions must be made by 5pm on 8 December 2025. Please note that clarification questions will be accepted up to 5pm on the 24 November 2025. Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, via Atamis. NHS England will consider future tranches relating to the Engagement Process, including future PQQ applications, at its discretion, as demand and resource requirements dictate.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05886b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076292-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
48180000 - Medical software package
48311000 - Document management software package
48814400 - Clinical information system
72300000 - Data services
85149000 - Pharmacy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £16,800,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Nov 20251 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 8 Dec 20253 days to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Jan 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- 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
- NHS ENGLAND
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Garry Mitchell
- Contact Email
- commercial.procurementhub@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LEEDS
- Postcode
- LS1 4AP
- Post Town
- Leeds
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ35 South Hampshire
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Eastleigh
- Electoral Ward
- Eastleigh Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Eastleigh
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076292-2025
24th November 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072971-2025
11th November 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072970-2025
11th November 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048942-2025
14th August 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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