Notice Information
Notice Title
Procurement of Specialised Pharmaceutical Logistics and Warehouse Services for Vaccination & Immunisation Programmes
Notice Description
NHS England (NHSE) is procuring a contract with a single lead provider for the delivery of Specialised Pharmaceutical Logistics and Warehouse Services to support national vaccination and screening programmes across the NHSE portfolio. The service provider will be responsible for the end to end delivery and deployment of the supply chain network that underpins the commissioning and distribution of all vaccine types to front line destinations across all sectors, including Community Pharmacies, General Practices, Detained Estates, and a wide range of other healthcare settings- serving more than 11,000 locations nationwide. This procurement will replace the current contract and will build on the established performance, expertise, and operational capability developed through the COVID-19 vaccination programme, which has successfully supported the administration of more than 150 million vaccines to date. Full details of the service requirements and specification are included within the ITT pack.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Option to extend if exercised by the contracting authority.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-060df0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006434-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
-
- CPV Codes
63120000 - Storage and warehousing services
63121000 - Storage and retrieval services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £40,917,726 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £40,917,726 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 Jan 20263 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 Feb 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 6 Aug 2026 - 6 Aug 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- 2031-04-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS ENGLAND
- Contact Name
- NHS England
- Contact Email
- england.commercialqueries@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- 0300 311 2233
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SE1 8UG
- Post Town
- South East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI45 Lambeth
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Lambeth
- Electoral Ward
- Waterloo & South Bank
- Westminster Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006434-2026
26th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome
Tender documents and all communications with the Contracting Authority, including the submission of Tender responses will be conducted solely via https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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