Notice Information
Notice Title
Dose banded compounded chemotherapy
Notice Description
Pharmacy Procurement Contract - A ranked framework for the supply and delivery of Supply of Dose banded compounded chemotherapy split into 2 lots: Lot 1: Products - 7 molecules / all brands Lot 2: Products - 13 molecules / all brands The ranked framework will be open to the participating Trusts of the South East Pharmacy Procurement Service (SEPPS): Thames Valley and Wessex (TV&W) 1. Ashford and St Peters Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2. Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 3. Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 4. Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust 5. East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 6. East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 7. Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust 8. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 9. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 10. Isle of Wight NHS Trust 11. Kent Community Health NHS Trust 12. Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust 13. Medway NHS Foundation Trust 14. Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 15. Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust 16. Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust * 17. Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 18. Queen Victoria Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 19. Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust 20. Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 21. Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 22. Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 23. Sussex Community NHS Trust 24. Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 25. University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust 26. University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust This framework will be available for use by Trusts in East of England and London regions, but the volumes for these regions have not been included for adjudication as part of the tender process. SEC Trusts can utilise this tender for products or services not covered by the National unlicensed aseptically prepared cytotoxic medicines and Dose banded compounded chemotherapy framework via MPSC. Please note: we did not publish a preliminary market engagement notice (UK2) for the following reasons: - we are not seeking to further develop our requirements or procurement approach. - we have procured similar supply arrangements via the Open procedure and deployed similar conditions of participation and award criteria. These have yielded good results previously. - we have already prepared our tender pack (see attached), that detail standard NHS contractual terms which have been found to be acceptable to the supply chain. - we understand the likely suppliers who will be interested but the open notice approach gives opportunity to others looking to enter the Dose banded compounded chemotherapy supply market
Lot Information
Lot 1 - High Volume
Expected High Volume Demand
Lot 2 - Low VolumeExpected Low Volume Demand
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-065564
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035478-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- 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
85149000 - Pharmacy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £17,250,000,000 Over £10B
- Lots Value
- £17,250,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 Apr 20264 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 Mar 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- 2027-07-06
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Cancelled
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BERKSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRACKNELL
- Postcode
- RG12 2UT
- Post Town
- Reading
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ15 Berkshire East
- Delivery Location
- TLJ South East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Bracknell Forest
- Electoral Ward
- Bullbrook
- Westminster Constituency
- Bracknell
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035478-2026
20th April 2026 - Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014039-2026
16th February 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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