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title: "Fufilment Partner for Surge and Pandemic Response"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-066c33"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ACTING AS PART OF THE CROWN THROUGH UK HEALTH SECURITY AGENCY"
published: "2026-06-29"
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# Fufilment Partner for Surge and Pandemic Response

Buyer: SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ACTING AS PART OF THE CROWN THROUGH UK HEALTH SECURITY AGENCY  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-066c33

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## Summary

The procurement process is initiated by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care through the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), located in London. The tender is titled "Fulfilment Partner for Surge and Pandemic Response" and falls under the industry category of services, specifically including courier and transport services. The current stage is planning, and key activities include a virtual market engagement session scheduled for 23 July 2026. The contract to be established is aimed at creating a flexible fulfilment service capable of scaling rapidly during pandemic surges, with the main procurement route through the GCA RM6354 Framework. The indicative contract period is set from 16 November 2026 to 15 November 2029, with an anticipated extension possible until 2031.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses capable of providing high-volume fulfilment services, particularly in logistics and supply chain management. Businesses with experience in pandemic response logistics, regulatory compliance, and distribution services would be well-suited to compete. The tender invites suppliers to shape the future procurement strategy by participating in pre-market engagements and helping to inform the UKHSA’s final approach. This process allows businesses to showcase their capabilities and influence the contractual requirements, potentially resulting in a robust partnership during critical public health responses.

## Notice

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is inviting suppliers to participate in this pre-market engagement exercise to explore options for a fulfilment partner for surge and pandemic response. This engagement aims to share UKHSA's current thinking, gather feedback from the market regarding the proposed specification, contract and tender evaluation methodology to inform the final approvals for the procurement strategy. UKHSA is exploring the feasibility of establishing a flexible fulfilment service, which can be rapidly surged when required to support surge or pandemic response activity to provide greater resilience and flexibility across use cases as part of UKHSA's Pandemic Preparedness strategy and support the UK's contribution to the 100 Days Mission, which targets deployment of diagnostics within 100 days of identifying a new pandemic threat. Outside of incidents it is envisaged the service would operate as a low-volume capability a "cold state", supporting routine activity during business-as-usual operations, this could include deliveries to care homes or other organisational and private settings. When activated by the Authority in defined circumstances, such as a pandemic declaration or surge response activation, the service would be required to scale rapidly and mobilise at pace into a "hot state". This is likely to require a high volume of dispatches in the hundreds of thousands per day, while maintaining full regulatory compliance, data integrity, security controls, and service quality. For certain test kits, the Supplier would be required to support outbound delivery to the end user or organisational endpoint (e.g. homes, care settings or other designated locations). Once end users have taken their samples, they would return the test kits directly to laboratories designated by UKHSA for testing, rather than sending them back to the Supplier's warehouse or fulfilment centres, the fulfilment partner will be responsible for making these arrangements in consultation with UKHSA. The intended route to market is via the GCA RM6354 Courier, Distribution, Storage and Specialist Solutions Framework Lot 2b Kitting, Fulfilment and Asset Management. Please note, the indicative contract value below is for a "cold state" running of the contract and a hot state contract value will be many multiples of this. This engagement is exploratory and does not represent a commitment to procure at this stage.

### Planning Information

A virtual engagement session will be held on 23 July 2026 at 10-11am. The purpose of this session is to present UKHSA’s objectives, gather feedback from suppliers and outline the procurement approach.
Suppliers should register their interest by emailing evie.bradbury@ukhsa.gov.uk with company details.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060806-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement 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 | 29 Jun 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 1 Sep 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 16 Nov 2026 - 15 Nov 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £900,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ACTING AS PART OF THE CROWN THROUGH UK HEALTH SECURITY 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

- 60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- 64 - Postal and telecommunications services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
- 64120000 - Courier services
- 79920000 - Packaging and related services

## Release History

- 29 Jun 2026 at 13:29 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060806-2026
- 17 Mar 2026 at 13:14 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024044-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060806-2026
  29th June 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024044-2026
  17th March 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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