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Unlicensed and Specials Medicines

Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

Health and Social Care Trusts (HSC) in Northern Ireland plan to tender for Unlicensed Medicines and Specials later this year. In order to assist with the development of a service specification and an appropriate methodology for the assessment of tenders, we are keen to engage with suppliers who would be willing to provide unlicensed and, or specials medicines to Health Trusts in Northern Ireland. The purpose of the engagement is to aid our understanding of current market conditions and capacity. The HSC intend to establish a multi-supplier framework which will cater for four categories of medicines: 1. Aseptically prepared unlicensed medicines, 2. Imported specials, 3. Non-aseptic specials, 4. Over-labelled medicines. We hope that the Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) will help encourage supplier interest in this tender. It will also help us understand any barriers to tendering that suppliers currently face so these can be considered when drafting the HSC tender.

Classification

  • CPV33600000 — Pharmaceutical products
  • CPV85149000 — Pharmacy services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
5858158
Status
planning
Above Threshold
No
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Additional Procurement Categories

goods

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Contract period

Ends
30 Apr 2030, 23:59
Starts
1 May 2026, 00:00

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
33600000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Pharmaceutical products
Entry 2
Id
85149000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Pharmacy services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
030294-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
5 Jun 2025, 14:38

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
27 Jun 2025, 23:59
Description
This PME will take place in two phases. Phase 1 will be the completion of a PME Questionnaire that will set out a number of policy areas for consideration and response, including; human rights and net zero. Phase 2 will be a brief Teams meeting between interested suppliers and Trust members (note each supplier will be allocated a time likely no more than 30 minutes). The focus of the Teams meeting will be to understand current capacity, geographical presence, and business continuity measures. These meetings are expected to take place on the 30th June 2025 via Microsoft Teams. Slots will be confirmed via the messaging portal on e-Tenders. If you would like to participate in the Preliminary Market Engagement you can do so via eTendersNI, CfT ref 5986529, where you can obtain a copy of the questionnaire and the messaging system will support any expressions of interest in relation to the Phase 2 meetings. Please note this is not a call for tender. This engagement is for information gathering only. Participation in this engagement will not impact your ability to submit a tender when the tender opportunity is published.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PWNJ-1991-NGDW
Name
Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKN06
Country
GB
Locality
Belfast
Postal Code
BT12 6HU
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
77 Boucher Crescent

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Entry 2
Id
GB-NIR
Scheme
UK_CA_DEVOLVED_REGULATIONS
Description
Northern Irish devolved regulations apply

Identifier

Id
PWNJ-1991-NGDW
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Belfast · UKN06 · BT12 6HU · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

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