Official UK procurement notice
NHS National Framework for Medical Retinal Vascular Treatments - 1 December 2025
Authority: NHS England (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Medical Retinal Vascular Anti Veg-F and Intravitreal Corticosteroid medicines used in medical retinal vascular services for the NHS in England. To include but not limited to aflibercept, bevacizumab, brolucizumab, intravitreal dexamethasone, intravitreal fluocinolone, faricimab and ranibizumab used in the treatment of;
- neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
- visual impairment due to macular oedema secondary to retinal vein occlusion (branch RVO or central RVO)
- proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR)
- visual impairment due to diabetic macular oedema (DME)
- visual impairment due to diabetic macular oedema (DME) who are pseudophakic or who are considered insufficiently responsive to, or unsuitable for non-corticosteroid therapy
- vision impairment associated with chronic diabetic macular oedema, (DME)
- visual impairment due to myopic choroidal neovascularisation (myopic CNV)
- retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) with zone I (stage 1+, 2+, 3 or 3+), zone II (stage 2+ or 3+) or AP-ROP (aggressive posterior ROP) disease
- inflammation of the posterior segment of the eye presenting as non-infectious uveitis
- prevention of relapse in recurrent non-infectious uveitis affecting the posterior segment of the eye
CPV: Pharmaceutical products · Various medicinal products
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 1 yr 6 mo · up to 3 yrs 6 mo from 1 Dec 2025
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
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).
- “NHS National Framework for Medical Retinal Vascular Treatments - 1…” 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
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Mar 2025, 08:19 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Mar 2025, 08:19 GMT
- Authority reference
C346388- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-010544- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f708Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
21 Mar 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 4 dates- Planning notice published21 Mar 2025, 08:19 GMT
- Market engagement11 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
NHS England is pleased to invite suppliers to a virtual 1:1 preliminary market engagement meeting in relation to the upcoming re-tender of the Medical Retinal Vascular Anti Veg-F and Intravitreal Corticosteroid medicines Framework. The purpose of the sessions is to update suppliers regarding timelines and to discuss product details, product launches during the proposed framework period, tender structure, clinical aspects and KPI's. Please contact b.kullootee@nhs.net or michelle.clarke6@nhs.net to register your interest. There will also be a 7 day window for queries to be raised in writing after all sessions have concluded.
- Tender notice expected2 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts332 days ago1 Dec 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published21 Mar 2025, 08:19 GMTUK2
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