AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine terminated the ET166 procurement for pharmacy services supporting its Human Challenge Facility. The sole recorded award is cancelled because funding was not secured; no supplier was named and no contract is evidenced.
Published outcomeCancelled procurement; no awardee or concluded contract is published.
Market significanceThis was an open, below-threshold services competition for clinical-trial pharmacy support, but it did not result in a supplier appointment.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Procurement status
99% confidenceCompleted in the source tender record, with the recorded award cancelled
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Tender status is "complete"; award 1 status is "cancelled".
Termination
99% confidenceProcurement terminated on 19 October 2026
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UK12 procurement termination notice published 19 October 2026; award finalStatusDate is 2026-10-19.
Termination reason
99% confidenceFunding not secured
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Award 1 statusDetails: "Funding not secured".
Contract conclusion
99% confidenceNo concluded or signed contract evidenced
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The only award record is cancelled and no supplier or contract dates are supplied.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published maximum value
78% confidence£0 GBP
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Process value_max is 0 GBP.
Award or contract value
99% confidenceUnknown
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Award 1 has no value amount or currency; no contract value is supplied.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender notice published
99% confidence31 March 2026
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Release history records tender notice 029533-2026 dated 2026-03-31.
Submission deadline
99% confidence27 April 2026, 17:00 BST
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Process submission_deadline: 2026-04-27T17:00:00+01:00.
Termination notice published
99% confidence19 October 2026
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Document 098414-2026 datePublished: 2026-10-19T11:53:07+01:00.
Contract start and end
99% confidenceUnknown
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No contract_start_at or contract_end_at is supplied.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidencePharmacy services supporting a clinical trials unit / clinical research facility, the Human Challenge Facility
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Tender description.
Expected service activities
99% confidenceQualified pharmacist resource and associated pharmacy services for safe, compliant and efficient management of investigational medicinal products and trial-related pharmacy activities
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Tender description.
Lots
99% confidenceOne lot (Lot 1); no published lot title or description
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Tender lists lot 1 only; lot title and description are null.
Category
99% confidenceServices
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Process main_category: services.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceOpen competition, below threshold
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procurement_method is "open" and procurement_method_details is "Below threshold - open competition".
Competition outcome
99% confidenceNo successful supplier published because the recorded award was cancelled
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No suppliers are listed and award 1 is cancelled.
Bid and evaluation information
99% confidenceUnknown
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No bidder count, tenderer identities, scores or evaluation results are supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract status
99% confidenceNo active, signed or concluded contract evidenced
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The published record is a termination notice and its only award is cancelled.
Duration, extension and renewal terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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No contract dates, duration, extension or renewal information is supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Market implication
74% confidenceThe requirement may need to be re-procured if funding is later secured, but no future procurement is confirmed.
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The stated termination reason is funding not secured; no replacement notice or future plan is supplied.
Supplier opportunity signal
99% confidenceNo awarded supplier, pricing or evaluation outcome is available for benchmarking.
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No suppliers, award value, bid data or evaluation details are published.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Cancellation record
99% confidenceThe source labels the process display status as awarded, but the detailed award record is cancelled and the published document is a procurement termination notice. This analysis treats the cancellation as the outcome without inferring a contract.
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display_status: awarded; award 1 status: cancelled; document type: tenderCancellationNotice.
Supplier data
99% confidenceNo supplier identity is published.
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Suppliers array is empty.
Financial data
99% confidenceThe process maximum value is shown as £0, while no award or contract value is supplied; £0 is not interpreted as an awarded contract value.
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value_max: 0 GBP; award value_amount is null.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 is identified, but its title, description and individual value are not supplied.
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Lot 1 title, description and value fields are null.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No supplier, bidder, evaluation, award-date or award-value information is published.
- Information on contract dates, duration, pricing, extension options and renewal terms was not supplied in the published notice.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
- The source-level display status says awarded despite the detailed cancellation outcome; no concluded contract has been inferred.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
ET166Pharmacy Services HCFLiverpool School of Tropical MedicineHuman Challenge Facilityprocurement terminationclinical trials pharmacy services
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the ET166 Pharmacy Services (HCF) tender?
No supplier was named. The sole recorded award was cancelled.
Why was the ET166 procurement terminated?
The published cancellation record states that funding was not secured.
Was a contract signed for ET166?
No concluded or signed contract is evidenced in the supplied record.
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