Secondary Care Medicines Data Pre-Market Engagement
NHS England · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
✓Tender information last checkedLast checked 14 Oct 2026, 17:21.
Opportunity overview
NHS England is seeking to procure capability and/or related tooling for data processing of data from hospital pharmacy systemsassociated licensing and implementation support. The initial high-level objectives would be to provide:
• reporting function to Trust and a national data set on the stock position and daily issuance of medicines in secondary care; and
• a price comparison tool that compares the prices paid by a Trust with those of national NHS procurement framework for medicines
Classification
CPV48000000 — Software package and information systems
CPV48517000 — IT software package
CPV72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
CPV72212517 — IT software development services
Lots
Lot 1Value not stated
Documents and notices
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
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.
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
72212517
Description
IT software development services
Planning and budget
Milestones
Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Suppliers interested in this opportunity are requested to sign up
A webinar will be held on Tuesday 13th October 2026 at 11:00am (BST) for 1:00 hours to further explain the requirements and aims of the programme. To book a slot for the webinar, please submit your details using the link below.
[https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f1b29a05-4cb0-4968-a6d4-101e60122344@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3?source=copyLinkLegacyShareLinkDialog]
If you experience any difficulties accessing the documents, please write to england.supplier@nhs.net
To access and download the RFI “Appendix A – RFI Response Questionnaire Secondary Care v161026” please follow the link provided (as shown below). For ease this information will be provided to your registered email address. Please follow instructions on how to register with Atamis.
To register on the NHS England’s e-Tendering portal and to access this opportunity, please go to https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. You can then search for the opportunity and access any further information.
The RFI documents and questionnaire can be found on Atamis by searching
“C473207 – Secondary Care Medicines Data Pre-Market Engagement”
The overall deadline for submitting questions relating to this RFI will be 17:00, 21/10/2026.
This preliminary market engagement exercise is due for return by 17:00, 30/10/2026.
Please note all communication including your submissions should be via Atamis
Due
1 Nov 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled
Documents
Entry 1
Id
097171-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Buyer location · London · UKI45 · SE1 8UG · United Kingdom
Notice and amendment history
3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
3 VERSIONS
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092056-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
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092063-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
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097171-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
NHS England is conducting preliminary market engagement on potential capability and/or tooling to process data from hospital pharmacy systems. The stated objectives are medicines stock and daily-issuance reporting for Trusts and a national dataset, plus a tool to compare Trust medicine prices with national NHS procurement framework prices. This is a planning-stage engagement notice, not an invitation to bid.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for organisations with hospital pharmacy data-processing, reporting and price-comparison tooling capabilities. Supplier eligibility, required credentials, delivery model and future tender requirements are unknown at this stage.
Key points identified
Data processing capability/toolingCapability and/or related tooling for data processing of data from hospital pharmacy systemsEvidence: Description: "NHS England is seeking to procure capability and/or related tooling for data processing of data from hospital pharmacy systems"
Medicines reporting objectiveReporting to Trusts and a national dataset on stock position and daily issuance of medicines in secondary careEvidence: Description: "reporting function to Trust and a national data set on the stock position and daily issuance of medicines in secondary care"
Price comparison objectiveTool comparing prices paid by a Trust with those of national NHS procurement framework for medicinesEvidence: Description: "a price comparison tool that compares the prices paid by a Trust with those of national NHS procurement framework for medicines"
90% approved-analysis confidence7 supplier criteria identified4 risks or unknowns
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NHS England is conducting preliminary market engagement on potential capability and/or tooling to process data from hospital pharmacy systems. The stated objectives are medicines stock and daily-issuance reporting for Trusts and a national dataset, plus a tool to compare Trust medicine prices with national NHS procurement framework prices. This is a planning-stage engagement notice, not an invitation to bid.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for organisations with hospital pharmacy data-processing, reporting and price-comparison tooling capabilities. Supplier eligibility, required credentials, delivery model and future tender requirements are unknown at this stage.
Key deliverables
Data processing capability and/or tooling for hospital pharmacy-system data
Reporting on medicines stock position and daily issuance
Price-comparison tool for Trust medicine prices against national NHS procurement framework prices
Associated licensing and implementation support, if included in the eventual scope
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
7 criteria identified
Data processing capability/tooling
97% confidence
Capability and/or related tooling for data processing of data from hospital pharmacy systems
View supporting evidence
Description: "NHS England is seeking to procure capability and/or related tooling for data processing of data from hospital pharmacy systems"
Medicines reporting objective
97% confidence
Reporting to Trusts and a national dataset on stock position and daily issuance of medicines in secondary care
View supporting evidence
Description: "reporting function to Trust and a national data set on the stock position and daily issuance of medicines in secondary care"
Price comparison objective
97% confidence
Tool comparing prices paid by a Trust with those of national NHS procurement framework for medicines
View supporting evidence
Description: "a price comparison tool that compares the prices paid by a Trust with those of national NHS procurement framework for medicines"
Licensing and implementation support
76% confidence
Mentioned as associated support; whether it will be required is unclear
View supporting evidence
Description: "associated licensing and implementation support"
Supplier eligibility criteria
99% confidence
Unknown
View supporting evidence
No eligibility criteria are supplied in the planning-stage notice data.
SME suitability
99% confidence
Unknown
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Source field suitable_for_sme is null.
VCSE suitability
99% confidence
Unknown
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Source field suitable_for_vcse is null.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Maximum stated value
98% confidence
GBP 6,750,000
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Process value_max: 6750000; currency: GBP.
Minimum value
99% confidence
Unknown
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Process value_min is null.
Commercial model and contract terms
99% confidence
Unknown
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No commercial model, pricing mechanism or contract terms are supplied.
Delivery
Delivery location
98% confidence
Unknown
View supporting evidence
The only location is labelled "Buyer location" (London, SE1 8UG), not a delivery location.
Implementation support
78% confidence
Potentially in scope; delivery requirements unknown
View supporting evidence
Description refers to "associated licensing and implementation support" but gives no delivery model or timetable.
notice_type: "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender"; stage: "planning"; source_status: "planning".
Bidding status
99% confidence
No invitation to tender or submission deadline is evidenced
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This is a preliminary market engagement notice; submission_deadline is null and procurement_method is null.
Display status
99% confidence
Open
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display_status: "open".
Procurement method
99% confidence
Unknown
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procurement_method and procurement_method_details are null.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Early-stage scope risk
98% confidence
The scope is expressed as initial high-level objectives and may change following market engagement.
View supporting evidence
Description: "The initial high-level objectives would be to provide"; notice stage is planning.
No confirmed competition timetable
99% confidence
There is no evidenced submission deadline, tender start date or contract period.
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tender_start_at, submission_deadline, contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null.
Unconfirmed procurement route and terms
99% confidence
Procurement method, contract terms, pricing model and supplier selection requirements are unknown.
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procurement_method and procurement_method_details are null; no terms or criteria are supplied.
Lot detail limitation
99% confidence
A planning-stage Lot 1 record exists but has no title, description, value or deadline, so no lot-specific scope can be identified.
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Lot 1 has null title, description, value_amount and submission_deadline.
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