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title: "Medicines Patent Expiry dB Subscription"
ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-486e3812-7def-4575-bf8a-1c8ff7c89c14"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS ENGLAND"
published: "2023-01-18"
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# Medicines Patent Expiry dB Subscription

Buyer: NHS ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-486e3812-7def-4575-bf8a-1c8ff7c89c14

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## Summary

The buying organisation for this procurement process is NHS England. The title of the tender is "Medicines Patent Expiry dB Subscription", falling under the industry category of health services. The procurement stage is at the award phase, with a contract value of £35,000 GBP. The tender deadline was on December 1, 2022, and the contract period runs from December 22, 2022, to March 31, 2023.

This procurement process by NHS England presents an opportunity for businesses, particularly those involved in providing information source/database access subscription services related to patent expiration in the healthcare industry. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise organizations (VCSEs) would be well-suited to compete in this open procedure tender to support NHS England's goal of identifying patent expiry opportunities to drive value for the NHS.

## Notice

The Medicines Value Team (MVT) and the Commercial Medicines Unit (CMU) have a strong commercial interest in accurate and timely patent expiry information and are looking to procure an information source/database access subscription which will help identify patent expiry opportunities which can then integrate into work planning and delivery to drive further value for the NHS. This is important as patent expiry is associated with significant savings due to the end of the exclusivity period for an innovative product which generates competition that typically leads to a reduction in price in the UK of these equivalent "follow on" medicines of between 70-90% compared with the originator product. Securing comprehensive patent information is challenging and we do not currently have this information in-house. The EOI for the 8c fixed term has now closed and interviews are next week while the other perm 8c is due to start Dec 22.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f5c0e39b-e0b0-4e4e-8f12-83744b4cd18f |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Jan 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 1 Dec 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 22 Dec 2022 |
| Contract period | 22 Dec 2022 - 31 Mar 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £35,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £35,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS ENGLAND |
| Locality | LEEDS |
| Post town | Leeds |
| Postcode | LS2 7UE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds |
| Local authority | Leeds |
| Electoral ward | Little London & Woodhouse |
| Westminster constituency | Leeds Central and Headingley |
| 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) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | IPD ANALYTICS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 18 Jan 2023 at 14:22 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f5c0e39b-e0b0-4e4e-8f12-83744b4cd18f

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f5c0e39b-e0b0-4e4e-8f12-83744b4cd18f
  18th January 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/8256c630-6b1f-4259-b1f5-d048f7c37269
  nhs-terms-and-conditions-for-the-provision-of-services-po-version

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