Closed tender

Procurement of Specialised Pharmaceutical Logistics

Details

Published
26 January 2026
Submission
20 February 2026

Tender description

NHS England is commissioning a single lead provider to deliver Specialised Pharmaceutical Logistics and Warehouse Services that support national vaccination and screening programmes. The appointed provider will manage the end to end supply chain, including storage, distribution, and deployment of all vaccine types to more than 11,000 frontline locations such as community pharmacies, GP practices, detained estates, and other healthcare settings. This procurement will replace the current contract and build on the logistics capability developed during the COVID 19 vaccination programme, which has enabled the delivery of over 150 million vaccines nationwide. Full service requirements and specifications are available in the ITT pack.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published26 January 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date20 February 2026

About the buyer

NHS England runs the NHS in England, and buys as a central healthcare organisation with its own team of procurement professionals. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements and the Crown Commercial Service. Seven regional teams support the commissioning of healthcare services across the country. The central commercial function that develops procurement strategy for the whole NHS sits here.

Clinical services are commissioned directly or through the Provider Selection Regime.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS England's contract awards have been in education and training, health and social work, and IT services.

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