Official UK procurement notice
Procurement of Specialised Pharmaceutical Logistics and Warehouse Services for Vaccination & Immunisation Programmes
Authority: NHS England (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS England (NHSE) is procuring a contract with a single lead provider for the delivery of Specialised Pharmaceutical Logistics and Warehouse Services to support national vaccination and screening programmes across the NHSE portfolio. The service provider will be responsible for the end to end delivery and deployment of the supply chain network that underpins the commissioning and distribution of all vaccine types to front line destinations across all sectors, including Community Pharmacies, General Practices, Detained Estates, and a wide range of other healthcare settings- serving more than 11,000 locations nationwide.
This procurement will replace the current contract and will build on the established performance, expertise, and operational capability developed through the COVID‑19 vaccination programme, which has successfully supported the administration of more than 150 million vaccines to date.
Full details of the service requirements and specification are included within the ITT pack.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Apr 2031, 23:59 BST.
- No preliminary market engagement: Please refer to the ITT Instructions and Guidance Document for the details regarding the Preliminary Market Engagement.
CPV: Storage and retrieval services · Storage and warehousing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£40,917,726
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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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).
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).
- Procurement Specific Questionnaire: Pass/ Fail, and Conditions of Participation: The PSQ contains a series of Pass/Fail questions including the Conditions of Participation. Please note that any response resulting in a “Fail” will lead to exclusion from this procurement process, and the bidder’s tender will not be evaluated further.
- Technical Questionnaire including Service Delivery and Quality Requirements: 60%: This questionnaire sets out the technical and operational service delivery questions specific to the scope of the procurement. It also outlines the associated award criteria and sub-criteria used to assess the operational capability and readiness of Bidders in relation to the provision of Logistics and Warehouse Support for the Vaccination Programme.
- Commercial Questionnaire: 30%: This questionnaire sets out the commercial and pricing questions relevant to the service being procured—Logistics and Warehouse Support for the Vaccination Programme.
- Social Value Questionnaire: 10%: This questionnaire is designed to outline the questions set for social value in the context of the service being procured and to lay out the specific award criteria and sub-criteria for Social Value which pertain to the tender for the provision of Logistics and Warehouse Support for Vaccination Programme. In all cases, the questions set are based on the following themes and policy outcomes. Themes and Policy Outcomes: 1. COVID-19 Recovery -Help local communities to manage and recover from the impact of COVID-19. 2. Tacking economic inequality- Create new businesses, new jobs and new skills; Increase supply chain resilience and capacity. 3. Fighting climate change- Effective stewardship of the environment. 4. Equal opportunity- Reduce the disability employment gap; Tackle workforce inequality. 5. Wellbeing - Improve health and wellbeing; Improve community cohesion.
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the ITT Instructions and Guidance Document for full details on the Legal and Financial Capacity and associated requirements.
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to the ITT Instructions and Guidance Document for full details on the Technical Ability and associated requirements.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Yes · next expected 1 Apr 2031
- First published
- 26 Jan 2026, 09:01 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Jan 2026, 09:01 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 20 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
C398922 ITT- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-006434- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060df0Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Please refer to the ITT Pack for the Terms and Conditions of Contract.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please refer to the ITT Instructions and Guidance Document; available via atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗ for full details on the tender submission process and associated requirements.
Timeline
26 Jan 2026 → 7 Aug 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published275 days ago26 Jan 2026, 09:01 GMT
- Clarification questions by264 days ago6 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline250 days ago20 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by222 days ago20 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts83 days ago7 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published26 Jan 2026, 09:01 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Tender documents and all communications with the Contracting Authority, including the submission of Tender responses will be conducted solely via https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender