Official UK procurement notice
Meningococcal ACWY Vaccine (2027) · Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency (Apr 2026)
Authority: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency (Central government)
Sectors: Medical Devices & Pharma (33) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£21,000,000≈ £11m / year · £25,200,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 7 Jul 2026
Next notice expected 21 May 2026
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Jul 2029 · up to 31 Jul 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Aug 2027
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMeningococcal ACWY vaccine supply (2027)
CPV: Vaccines
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£21,000,000
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Quality: 40%
- Price: 30%
- Risk: 20%
- Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Price: Tender submissions will be assessed against the benchmark price outlined in Document 2 - Terms of offer and the vaccine price offered
- Quality: Offers will be assessed against the comparison of the specification outlined in Document 4 - Specification, and volume/delivery schedule outlined in Document 5 - Offer Schedule.
- Risk
- Social value
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Apr 2026, 12:21 BST
- Last source update
- 29 May 2026, 15:21 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
C408568- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-050926- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068536Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
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- Submission deadline
- 7 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Please submit any questions and offers via the Atamis portal.
Timeline
17 Apr 2026 → 1 Aug 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published194 days ago17 Apr 2026, 12:21 BST
- Market engagement160 days ago20 May 2026, 23:59 BST
Pre-market engagement questionnaire
- Next notice expected159 days ago21 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published151 days ago29 May 2026, 15:21 BST
- Clarification questions by127 days ago23 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline113 days ago7 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 75 days11 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 276 days1 Aug 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Apr 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Apr 2026, 12:21 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published29 May 2026, 15:21 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active29 May 2026, 15:21 BST
- Procurement method changed29 May 2026, 15:21 BST
- Deadline published: 7 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST29 May 2026, 15:21 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender