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title: "ENCORAFENIB (BRAFTOVI) 75 mg Capsules"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e5aa"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Northern Health and Social Care Trust"
published: "2026-08-17"
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# ENCORAFENIB (BRAFTOVI) 75 mg Capsules

Buyer: Northern Health and Social Care Trust  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e5aa

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## Summary

Northern Health and Social Care Trust procured the supply of ENCORAFENIB (BRAFTOVI) 75 mg capsules, a pharmaceutical product used within the Trust’s health and social care services. The requirement covers supply of the specified medicine for delivery in the United Kingdom, with the buying organisation based at Antrim Area Hospital in Antrim. This is a goods procurement rather than a service or works contract. The named supplier is PIERRE FABRE LIMITED, a large pharmaceutical company based in London. The requirement is tightly defined around one branded medicine and its 75 mg capsule presentation, so it is relevant primarily to manufacturers, marketing authorisation holders, or authorised pharmaceutical suppliers able to provide this exact product through appropriate healthcare supply arrangements.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded through a direct award. PIERRE FABRE LIMITED was selected as supplier on 17 August 2026 for the single lot. The award value is £180,000 excluding VAT, or £216,000 including VAT. The contract period runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2029. A scheduled signature milestone is due by 31 August 2026, and the standstill period ends on 28 August 2026. The Trust justified the direct award because the medicine is patent-protected and commercially available from one supplier as sole marketing authorisation holder, with no reasonable alternative or substitute. The process was above the relevant threshold and used the exclusive-rights single-supplier rationale.

This award demonstrates a defined requirement for a specialist oncology medicine within Northern Health and Social Care Trust’s purchasing activity. A business seeking to compete when this requirement next returns would need to hold, or have authorised access to, the relevant intellectual property and marketing authorisation for ENCORAFENIB (BRAFTOVI) 75 mg capsules. It would also need dependable pharmaceutical distribution arrangements capable of supplying the specified presentation to a UK healthcare buyer. The procurement route indicates that exclusivity, legal rights and the absence of clinically or commercially reasonable substitutes are decisive factors. General pharmaceutical capability alone would not make a supplier credible if it could not lawfully provide this exact patented product.

## Notice

Contract for supply of ENCORAFENIB (BRAFTOVI) 75 mg Capsules for a period of up to 3 years

### Procurement Information

Purchase of drugs which are subject to patent protection/ Sole MA Holder, where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists. Section 41 schedule 5(5) of the PA2023 permits a direct award in the case of single supplier and permits the award if the following conditions are met in relations to the public contract - (a)due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods,services or works. The product required is only commercially available from one supplier and no competition or alternative exists for this product.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078142-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 17 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £180,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Northern Health and Social Care Trust |
| Locality | ANTRIM |
| Postcode area | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode | BT41 2RL |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland |
| ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland |
| ITL 3 | TLN0D Antrim and Newtownabbey |
| Local authority | Antrim and Newtownabbey |
| Electoral ward | Springfarm |
| Westminster constituency | South Antrim |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | PIERRE FABRE LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

### Codes

- 33600000 - Pharmaceutical products

## Release History

- 17 Aug 2026 at 14:22 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078142-2026
- 17 Aug 2026 at 14:16 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078139-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078142-2026
  17th August 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078139-2026
  17th August 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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