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title: "Procurement of Specialised Pharmaceutical Logistics"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-051d73"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "NHS ENGLAND"
published: "2025-05-22"
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# Procurement of Specialised Pharmaceutical Logistics

Buyer: NHS ENGLAND  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-051d73

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## Summary

NHS England has released a planned procurement notice for the provision of specialised pharmaceutical logistics, as published on the 22nd of May, 2025. The procurement, currently in the planning stage, involves replacing an existing contract to enhance the supply chain network for vaccine delivery across over 9,000 locations. This covers multiple sectors, including Community Pharmacies and General Practitioners across the United Kingdom, with the main focus on services in the storage and warehousing industry category. Interested parties should note that the future notice date for this contract is set for the 1st of September, 2025, with the contract period intended to commence on the 7th of August, 2026, and conclude on the 7th of August, 2031. The procurement is above the financial threshold, signifying a high-value contracting opportunity.

This tender presents a lucrative opportunity for businesses specialising in logistics, supply chain management, and warehousing services to expand their service portfolio and collaborate with NHS England. Companies with robust capabilities in delivering high-frequency, efficient transport and storage solutions, particularly those experienced in handling pharmaceutical or time-sensitive goods, will find this contract particularly suited to their business growth strategies. By improving the delivery network within the NHS structure, potential suppliers can leverage economies of scale, offering enhanced service propositions that align with the health service’s needs, especially in light of previous successful programmes like COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

## Notice

This essential service will continue in delivering the supply chain network that supports the commissioning and deployment of vaccine for NHS England (NHSE) to front-line destinations across all sectors, including Community Pharmacies, General Practitioners, Detained Estates, and various other facilities, reaching over 9,000 locations. This initiative will replace an existing contract, which currently provides a service characterised by delivery frequency, speed, and flexibility that cannot be matched by any other operation within the NHSE structure. The objective of this case is to establish a supply chain, delivery, and deployment solution applicable to all vaccination and screening programmes within the NHSE portfolio. This will be achieved by enhancing capacity, capability, operational effectiveness and efficiency, to reach destinations with a frequency aligned with their demand, thus offering a unique service proposition that benefits NHS, providers and systems more broadly, ensuring value for money, and leverage economies of scale through the multi-vaccine delivery on a single vehicle. It will build upon the existing performance, skills, and services derived from the COVID-19 programme, which has successfully administered over 150 million vaccines to date.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024750-2025 |
| Notice type | UK1 - Pipeline Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 22 May 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 1 Sep 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 6 Aug 2026 - 7 Aug 2031 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £57,611,246 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS ENGLAND |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 8UG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI45 Lambeth |
| Local authority | Lambeth |
| Electoral ward | Waterloo & South Bank |
| Westminster constituency | Vauxhall and Camberwell Green |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

### Codes

- 63120000 - Storage and warehousing services

## Release History

- 22 May 2025 at 11:39 - Planning - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024750-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024750-2025
  22nd May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.england.nhs.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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