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Published 10 Jun 2025, 11:14 BST

Official UK procurement notice

RSV Pharmacy Expansion (London)

Official notice

Authority: NHS England (Central government)

4 lotsServicesOpen procedure
Budget not disclosed£10total for 4 lots
Submissions closed 27 Jun 2025
Lots 4see the lot list below
Contract term 1 yr 6 moends 31 Mar 2027 · starts 19 Sept 2025

What is being bought4 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

NHS England (London Region) invites suitable and qualified Pharmacies to submit their interest and completed Invitation to Tender (ITT) submissions for the delivery of RSV Expansion Services.

Outline

Successful Suppliers will be commissioned via a CP ES which will be of the type referred to in direction 14 of the Pharmaceutical Services (Advanced and Enhanced Services) (England) Directions 2013 as amended. Details of the Enhanced Service requirements will be set out in an ES specification which cannot be altered locally. Successful Suppliers will provide the Services in accordance with the terms of the CP ES and in full compliance with their Terms of Service or Local Pharmaceutical Services contract terms, as applicable.

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 does not apply to this award.

The Procurement is being managed by the NHS London Commercial Hub (NHS LCH) hosted by NEL ICB, on behalf of the Authority, in connection with a competitive Invitation to Tender (ITT) exercise that is being conducted via a competitive process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

CPV: Pharmacy services

Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure

4 lots · all with a published value (£38 together)
Lot #1North West London 1 yr 6 moPublished value£10

The purpose of this procurement is to engage provider's offering a suitable pharmaceutical Service to support RSV expansion within the London region.

Further detail can be found within the ITT documents.

The contract term will be 18 months with the option to extend for a further 2 years at the sole discretion of the Authority.

The contract will start in September 2025 and end 31/03/2027 with an optional extension for a further two years

The lifetime value of the contract is undetermined due to its service based requirement.

Contract period: 19 Sept 2025 – 31 Mar 2027 (1 yr 6 mo)
Delivery: London
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2North Central London 1 yr 6 moPublished value£10

The purpose of this procurement is to engage provider's offering a suitable pharmaceutical Service to support RSV expansion within the London region.

Further detail can be found within the ITT documents.

The contract term will be 18 months with the option to extend for a further 2 years at the sole discretion of the Authority.

The contract will start in September 2025 and end 31/03/2027 with an optional extension for a further two years

The lifetime value of the contract is undetermined due to its service based requirement.

Contract period: 19 Sept 2025 – 31 Mar 2027 (1 yr 6 mo)
Delivery: London
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #3North East London 1 yr 6 moPublished value£10

The purpose of this procurement is to engage provider's offering a suitable pharmaceutical Service to support RSV expansion within the London region.

Further detail can be found within the ITT documents.

The contract term will be 18 months with the option to extend for a further 2 years at the sole discretion of the Authority.

The contract will start in September 2025 and end 31/03/2027 with an optional extension for a further two years

The lifetime value of the contract is undetermined due to its service based requirement.

Contract period: 19 Sept 2025 – 31 Mar 2027 (1 yr 6 mo)
Delivery: London
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #4South London 1 yr 6 moPublished value£10

The purpose of this procurement is to engage provider's offering a suitable pharmaceutical Service to support RSV expansion within the London region.

Further detail can be found within the ITT documents.

The contract term will be 18 months with the option to extend for a further 2 years at the sole discretion of the Authority.

The contract will start in September 2025 and end 31/03/2027 with an optional extension for a further two years

The lifetime value of the contract is undetermined due to its service based requirement.

Contract period: 19 Sept 2025 – 31 Mar 2027 (1 yr 6 mo)
Delivery: London
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Lot distribution rule: There are 4 Lots containing a total of 66 sub-Lots. for the opportunity described in this ITT and for this particular Procurement Process. The Sub-Lots apply to the four selected ICB areas: North West London, North Central London, North East London & South London. There is a geographical radius which must be adhered to when submitting bids as a pharmacy premise to deliver the service - this is a ½ mile radius around the geography of each sub-Lot. Potential Suppliers must select a sub-Lot to submit Tender Responses to and these will be scored and selected. Potential Suppliers must only submit one Site to one sub-Lot. The geographical descriptions of the sub-lots along with indicative map(s) can be found within the ITT documentation.
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Pharmacy premise situated within the sub-lot geographical radius.

    • Premise situated on the Pharmaceutical list of the relevant health and wellbeing board where the service is being delivered.
    • Premise registered on the GPhC
    • Premise meets the particulars of NHS Schedule 4

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
10 Jun 2025, 11:14 BST
Last source update
10 Jun 2025, 11:14 BST
Award evaluation window
30 Jun 2025 – …
Authority reference
PRJ2152
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031192
Classification (CPV)
Pharmacy services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0545ef Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
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Submission deadline
27 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
30 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

10 Jun 2025 → 19 Sept 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    10 Jun 2025, 11:14 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    27 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    30 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    19 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS England (London Region)

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: Y56 10 South Collonade, Canary Wharf, London, London, E14 4PAContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.