Notice Information
Notice Title
Commercial Partner for Aseptic Services
Notice Description
The Founding NHS Trusts seek a commercial partner to establish an innovative company to design, build, commission, and operate a purpose-built MHRA-licensed aseptic manufacturing facility serving the West Midlands region. The Founding NHS Trusts would be an associate having significant control. This partnership will address critical regional infrastructure challenges where aging NHS facilities require significant capital investment. The model would seek to leverage commercial capital (PS20 million+) and operational expertise while maintaining NHS clinical governance and providing founding trusts with at-cost services. Chemotherapy and cytotoxic preparations CIVAS (Centralised Intravenous Additive Services) OPAT (Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy) Non-cytotoxic monoclonal antibodies Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) Other sterile preparations (intrathecal, intra-articular, epidural, ophthalmic) Excluded: Radiopharmaceuticals, Clinical trial/IMP preparation The Founding NHS Trusts intend to conduct Preliminary Market Engagement following publication of this notice and prior to publishing the Tender Notice. Purpose: Present detailed commercial opportunity to potential bidders. Gather market intelligence on innovative facility design and operational approaches. CONTRACTING AUTHORITY RIGHTS The Founding NHS Trusts reserve the right to: Amend or cancel the procurement at any stage Vary the procurement timetable Request clarifications or additional information Reject any or all tenders Negotiate final terms with preferred bidder to inform final business case for sign-off by the Founding Trust Boards and NHSE Not award a contract if no suitable bidder is identified It also needs to be noted that Cabinet Office Spend Controls prior to ITT release would need to approve the progression.
Planning Information
We are seeking suppliers who are currently operating or have capability to operate a aseptic compounding unit in the West Midlands. Can you please confirm attendance to a MS Teams invite on the following dates, times will be provided by the Trust first come basis, each session will be a max 30mins: Wednesday 7th January 2026 12.30 onwards Friday 9th January 2026 2pm onwards Please contact Sanjeev Narwal (Director of Procurement) at sanjeev.narwal@nhs.net to attend one of the engagement days.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f9fa
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086053-2025
- 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
33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
45 - Construction work
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
33600000 - Pharmaceutical products
45200000 - Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
85149000 - Pharmacy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £241,785,880 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Dec 20255 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 30 Mar 20264 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 2 Aug 2026 - 2 Aug 2036 Over 5 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
- WORCESTERSHIRE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
- Additional Buyers
GEORGE ELIOT HOSPITAL NHS TRUST
SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- amar.bhagwan@uhcw.nhs.uk, inderjit.singh@uhb.nhs.uk, sanjeev.narwal@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- 07738289955
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WORCESTER
- Postcode
- WR5 1DD
- Post Town
- Worcester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG33 Coventry
- Delivery Location
- TLG West Midlands (England), TLG11 Herefordshire, County of, TLG12 Worcestershire CC, TLG13 Warwickshire CC, TLG3 West Midlands, TLG31 Birmingham, TLG32 Solihull, TLG33 Coventry
-
- Local Authority
- Coventry
- Electoral Ward
- Henley
- Westminster Constituency
- Coventry East
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086053-2025
24th December 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084742-2025
19th December 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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