Official UK procurement notice
NEYPPC Pharmacy - Unlicensed Imported Medicines (wave 2)
Authority: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe North East and Yorkshire NHS Pharmaceutical Purchasing Consortium intends to establish a framework agreement for the supply of Unlicensed Imported Medicines on behalf of NHS organisations and other eligible public sector bodies.
The framework will provide access to a defined range of unlicensed imported medicines, including products requiring over-labelling and translation. These medicines do not hold a UK Marketing Authorisation but are licensed in their country of origin and may be imported and supplied in accordance with Regulation 167 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 where a patient's clinical needs cannot be met by a suitable licensed alternative.
Suppliers will be required to hold all relevant MHRA licences, authorisations and approvals necessary to import, distribute and supply unlicensed medicines within the UK, and to demonstrate compliance with applicable Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Good Distribution Practice (GDP) standards.
The framework will provide participating organisations with access to safe, compliant and quality-assured products through a robust and competitive procurement arrangement. Products and suppliers will be subject to comprehensive quality, risk and commercial assessment to support regulatory compliance, supply chain resilience, continuity of patient care and value for money across the NHS.
- How the procedure runs: The procurement will be conducted using the Competitive Flexible Procedure in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023. Tenderers are required to submit their complete Tender by the Tender Submission Deadline. The evaluation will be undertaken sequentially in accordance with the stages set out in the procurement documents. A Tender that does not satisfy the requirements of a preceding stage will not progress to subsequent stages of evaluation.
CPV: Pharmaceutical products
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Framework period
- 1 yr 8 mo · up to 2 yrs 8 mo from 1 May 2027
Published description of the framework
Unlicensed Imported Medicines
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£36,095,687
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical Quality: 30%
- Commercial: 60%
- Social Value Sustainability: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical Quality: Bidder specification (Technical Quality) 30% and Pass / Fail Mandatory requirementselements)
- Social Value Sustainability: Bidder Specification (Social Value and sustainability) - 10% weighted scoring
- Commercial: Commercial Evaluation (Price) - 60% weighted scoring
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “NEYPPC Pharmacy - Unlicensed Imported Medicines (wave 2)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust buys Pharmaceutical products (CPV 3360), and who usually turns up
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Pharmaceutical products (CPV 3360) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 36 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0%
2–318%
4–69%
7+73%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 3360Published estimate£36m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid1%
2–39%
4–642%
7+48%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| AAH Pharmaceuticals LimitedEarlier contract | NEYPPC Licensed Medicines Provision of Pharmaceutical Wholesale Services 26started Sept 2026 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Alliance Healthcare LimitedEarlier contract | NEYPPC Licensed Medicines Provision of Pharmaceutical Wholesale Services 26started Sept 2026 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Mawdsley-Brooks and Co LtdEarlier contract | NEYPPC Licensed Medicines Provision of Pharmaceutical Wholesale Services 26started Sept 2026 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Phoenix HealthcareEarlier contract | NEYPPC Licensed Medicines Provision of Pharmaceutical Wholesale Services 26started Sept 2026 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| 4 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | 1 live · £1 iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £282k3 awards in 36m · last 16 months ago | 2 live · £282k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| 5 awards in 36m · last 16 months ago | 4 live · £4 iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Sept 2026, 12:42 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Oct 2026, 11:51 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Mar 2027
- Authority reference
C475795- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096479- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07788bFind a Tender
- How it runs
The procurement will be conducted using the Competitive Flexible Procedure in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023. Tenderers are required to submit their complete Tender by the Tender Submission Deadline. The evaluation will be undertaken sequentially in accordance with the stages set out in the procurement documents. A Tender that does not satisfy the requirements of a preceding stage will not progress to subsequent stages of evaluation.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Appointment period ends
- 30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal
health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:
Phone: 0800 9956035
E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk
Timeline
23 Sept 2026 → 1 May 2027 · 7 dates- Planning notice published33 days ago23 Sept 2026, 12:42 BST
- Next notice expected14 days ago12 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published13 days ago13 Oct 2026, 11:51 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 11 days6 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsin 35 days · period end, not a bid countdown30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 155 days30 Mar 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 186 days1 May 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Sept 2026- Pipeline notice published23 Sept 2026, 12:42 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Sept 2026, 12:50 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published13 Oct 2026, 11:51 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active13 Oct 2026, 11:51 BST
- Procurement method changed13 Oct 2026, 11:51 BST
- Deadline published: 30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT13 Oct 2026, 11:51 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- 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 (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Invitation to Tender for Unlicensed Imported Medicines
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender