--- title: "Risk and Safety Communications Project - Early Market Engagement and RFI" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-25fb5ab9-b5bf-4450-9725-bc405f708916" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-25fb5ab9-b5bf-4450-9725-bc405f708916" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-25fb5ab9-b5bf-4450-9725-bc405f708916.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-25fb5ab9-b5bf-4450-9725-bc405f708916.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "MEDICINES AND HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS REGULATORY AGENCY" published: "2024-08-21" --- # Risk and Safety Communications Project - Early Market Engagement and RFI Buyer: MEDICINES AND HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS REGULATORY AGENCY Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-25fb5ab9-b5bf-4450-9725-bc405f708916 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-25fb5ab9-b5bf-4450-9725-bc405f708916) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-25fb5ab9-b5bf-4450-9725-bc405f708916.json) ## Summary The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is currently in the planning stage of a procurement process titled "Risk and Safety Communications Project - Early Market Engagement and RFI." This procurement pertains to the marketing services industry, as classified under CPV Code 79342000, and aims to enhance the agency's communication strategies. The procurement process is scheduled to end its engagement phase on 16th September 2024. The MHRA is located in London, with a postal code of E14 4PU, and seeks to engage suppliers who can deliver communication services across the United Kingdom and other specified regions. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in marketing services, especially those with experience in risk and safety communications within the healthcare sector. The MHRA is looking for suppliers who can provide an up-to-date, actively maintained UK-wide database of healthcare professionals and administrative staff to facilitate timely information dissemination. This opportunity is particularly suited for SMEs with a successful track record in similar projects or communications campaigns, offering a potential contract value of £200,000. Interested businesses are encouraged to utilise this early market engagement phase to understand the requirements better and position themselves effectively for the forthcoming formal procurement process. ## Notice Risk and safety communication is a critical part of the Medicines Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)'s work, with the potential for a major and immediate impact on public health and safety, and consequently our corporate reputation. It is essential therefore that we issue effective communications via appropriate channels to relevant audiences to support patient safety and public health. The MHRA's current risk and safety communication approaches have been in place for many years, and while there have been some enhancements over time, this is the first major strategy review we have undertaken to help inform the future of risk and safety communications work across the MHRA. The MHRA needs to reach as many HCPs as possible, across all four nations in the UK, and across all sectors of health and care. The objective of any proposed procurement competition(s) will be to award a contract to one or more suppliers who can deliver the services of facilitating communication with an up-to-date, actively maintained, UK-wide list/database of healthcare professionals and relevant administrative staff (may also include other organisation representatives), to enable the MHRA to issue information in a timely and quick manner to a very large audience. We would be looking for demonstrable experience and success at conducting similar projects or communications campaigns. The MHRA is conducting this early market engagement activity to explore potential solutions that could meet the requirements set out in our brief for delivery by one or more suppliers (numbers and approach to be agreed). This engagement is also intended to alert interested organisations/potential suppliers to our project and provide the opportunity to gain an understanding of and comment on our proposed requirements, as well as to gauge and garner market interest. This early market engagement activity does not form part of a formal procurement process. For further information, please go onto our e-procurement portal/system Atamis (https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome) to see the full Brief and RFI document ref C302172. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/30622ee1-5d78-4825-bf27-92cd8b17c2a1 | | Notice type | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 21 Aug 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 16 Sep 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £200,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | MEDICINES AND HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS REGULATORY AGENCY | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | East London | | Postcode | E14 4PU | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI42 Tower Hamlets | | Local authority | Tower Hamlets | | Electoral ward | Canary Wharf | | Westminster constituency | Poplar and Limehouse | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79342000 - Marketing services ## Release History - 21 Aug 2024 at 20:06 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/30622ee1-5d78-4825-bf27-92cd8b17c2a1 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/30622ee1-5d78-4825-bf27-92cd8b17c2a1 21st August 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/c00a00cf-d59c-4ce5-a79d-5b9b62285401 C302172 Risk and Safety Communications Early Market Engagement Brief and RFI Questionnaire - final ## Notice URLs - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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