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Medicine Supply for Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

East Of England NHS Collaborative Hub c/o West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

The East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub (the Authority) is procuring a contract for the provision of a Medicine Supply Service for Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. The aims and objectives of the contract is to provide a Medicine Supply Service for Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust between the Trust and Supplier. The purpose of the PME is to inform potential suppliers of our intention to procure this service but also to engage suppliers to understand market capability and capacity to deliver the service. This notice is for information only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to not proceed to tender or at its absolute discretion to amend it at the time of issue of any further notice or notices or at any other time. Potential suppliers are asked to take part in a short pre-market engagement questionnaire. The information provided will help to form the way the final service specification is designed for the framework agreement. Details of how to access the questionnaire can be found further on in this notice. As part of the questionnaire, a draft specification has been provided, outlining the requirements. This specification is subject to change. This contract is for the East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub (EoECPH) on behalf of Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. The questionnaire will run on: The Atamis portal: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome How to access the Questionnaire on the portal: • Suppliers should register on the portal, if not already registered: • To Express an Interest in this market engagement, search and Select contract reference – C413657 – Medicine Supply for Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. • Please complete the questionnaire within the requirements section. A draft specification is available within the supplier documents. • Suppliers can contact the Atamis helpdesk at - • support-health@atamis.co.uk or by calling 0800 9956035 for technical assistance when completing responses The deadline for completion is 12:00 Tuesday 3rd February 2026. The notice has been published on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. NOTE: A Prior Information Notice was issued for this procurement in August 2024 under reference 2024/S 000-025049. Responses to this PME is encouraged by all suppliers including those who responded to the original PIN.

Classification

  • 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
ocds-h6vhtk-060456
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 Apr 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Starts
1 Jul 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Jun 2029, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85149000
Description
Pharmacy services

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Pre-Market Engagement questionnaire
Due
3 Feb 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
002528-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
13 Jan 2026, 10:29
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
East Of England NHS Collaborative Hub c/o West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Id
GB-PPON-PXMB-9766-NLTH

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PXMB-9766-NLTH

Address

Street Address
Victoria House, Camlife, Cambridge Road
Locality
Fulbourn
Postal Code
CB21 5XA
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKH12

Contact

Name
Steven Albery

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Fulbourn · UKH12 · CB21 5XA · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 002528-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·