Official UK procurement notice
HCC 07/25 Preliminary Market Engagement for the Provision of Pharmaceutical Support for Local Authorities in the East of England
Authority: Hertfordshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHertfordshire County Council are carrying out Preliminary Market Engagement to explore options for commissioning a regional provider that can support with a consistent approach to pharmaceutical advice, PGD development, and public health medication governance across participating Local Authorities in the East of England.
The Council will consider the feedback received to help inform the Council’s options and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process, and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the PME shall not prevent any provider participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PME shall place any provider at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the PME will be at each organisations own cost. No expense in responding to this PME will be reimbursed by the Council.
CPV: Administrative healthcare services · Health services · Miscellaneous health services · Pharmacy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Dec 2025
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “HCC 07/25 Preliminary Market Engagement for the Provision of…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Jul 2025, 12:09 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Jul 2025, 12:09 BST
- Authority reference
PME 0725 PSLA- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-042700- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056551Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
24 Jul 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published24 Jul 2025, 12:09 BST
- Market engagement8 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
To access the Preliminary Market Engagement documentation please visit in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire ↗ and follow the on-screen guidance. To participate in the PME, organisations must submit their completed Provider Questionnaire together with any supporting documents, via our e-tendering system (In-Tend) by 12 noon on 8th August 2025 as per the PME documentation and e-tendering system.
The Council will not be held accountable for any errors made by an organisation in submitting their Provider Questionnaire. If you are experiencing problems with Supply Hertfordshire, In-Tend (which hosts the Supply Hertfordshire e-Tendering system) offer a help section and dedicated UK Support Help Desk which can be contacted via email support@in-tend.co.uk or telephone +44 (0)114 407 0065 for any website /technical questions Monday to Friday 8.30am-5.00pm.
- Contract starts332 days ago1 Dec 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published24 Jul 2025, 12:09 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender