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Opportunity overview
In 2021, the NHS Public Board approved a roadmap to drive supplier decarbonisation and support the achievement of the NHS Net Zero target. The 2028 milestone of this roadmap outlines new requirements to be introduced overseeing the provision of carbon footprints for individual products supplied to the NHS. The 2025 Five years of a greener NHS progress report refined the scope of this milestone to high-emission areas, particularly pharmaceuticals, medical technologies, and digital where more granular carbon insights can deliver value on the NHS’s journey to net zero. There isn’t currently a single methodology to measure product level emissions, and further work is required to define the technical approach that will deliver the expected benefits of this policy. This procurement exercise outlines the need to commission a third party with expertise and experience in Product Carbon Footprinting (PCF) in the health sector to support, by the end of Q4 26/27, the selection, tailoring and testing of the technical PCF requirement of the 2028 milestone. This includes working with a technical reference group (TRG) with experts in Footprinting to identify existing methods and standards, assessing their alignment against the NHS policy intentions, recommending options and how they could be practically applied in the identified areas, and testing them with suppliers, using real data, and reporting learnings from the process. Enabling the collection of granular data for high-emission areas is key to assisting NHS England (NHSE) to demonstrate regard to the need to contribute towards compliance with its statutory climate change duties (Climate Change Act 2008 and Environment Act 2021). This project will support understanding of key products’ emissions, allowing the NHSE team and local stakeholders to prioritise actions to tackle supply chain emissions, as well as identifying opportunities for UK innovation and growth, improving health products value and supply resilience.
Classification
CPV79411000 — General management consultancy services
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Scope, procedure and submissions
Id
C468534
Status
active
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No
How to submit
Interested suppliers must submit a completed Bid Response Document via the Atamis e-Tendering Portal: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/login
Please note:
• Expressions of interest and bid submissions will not be accepted by any other means.
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Buyer location · London · UKI45 · SE1 8UG · United Kingdom
Notice and amendment history
1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
1 VERSION
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099715-2026Tender 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 seeking specialist Product Carbon Footprinting (PCF) expertise to help select, tailor and test technical PCF requirements for the NHS Supplier Roadmap’s 2028 milestone. The work includes reviewing existing methods and standards, assessing policy alignment, recommending practical options for pharmaceuticals, medical technologies and digital, testing approaches with suppliers using real data, and reporting lessons learned.
Who this may suit
Best suited to a consultancy with demonstrated health-sector PCF expertise and capability in footprinting methodologies, standards assessment, stakeholder technical-group engagement, supplier testing and reporting.
Key points identified
Product Carbon Footprinting expertiseExpertise and experience in Product Carbon Footprinting in the health sector.Evidence: “commission a third party with expertise and experience in Product Carbon Footprinting (PCF) in the health sector”
Technical methodology assessmentIdentify existing methods and standards, assess policy alignment, and recommend practical options.Evidence: “identify existing methods and standards, assessing their alignment against the NHS policy intentions, recommending options and how they could be practically applied”
Supplier data testingTest technical PCF requirements with suppliers using real data and report learnings.Evidence: “testing them with suppliers, using real data, and reporting learnings from the process”
95% approved-analysis confidence4 supplier criteria identified3 risks or unknowns
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NHS England is seeking specialist Product Carbon Footprinting (PCF) expertise to help select, tailor and test technical PCF requirements for the NHS Supplier Roadmap’s 2028 milestone. The work includes reviewing existing methods and standards, assessing policy alignment, recommending practical options for pharmaceuticals, medical technologies and digital, testing approaches with suppliers using real data, and reporting lessons learned.
Who this may suit
Best suited to a consultancy with demonstrated health-sector PCF expertise and capability in footprinting methodologies, standards assessment, stakeholder technical-group engagement, supplier testing and reporting.
Key deliverables
Identify existing PCF methods and standards with the technical reference group.
Assess alignment of methods and standards with NHS policy intentions.
Recommend practical PCF options for identified high-emission areas.
Test approaches with suppliers using real data.
Report learnings from testing.
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
4 criteria identified
Product Carbon Footprinting expertise
99% confidence
Expertise and experience in Product Carbon Footprinting in the health sector.
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“commission a third party with expertise and experience in Product Carbon Footprinting (PCF) in the health sector”
Technical methodology assessment
98% confidence
Identify existing methods and standards, assess policy alignment, and recommend practical options.
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“identify existing methods and standards, assessing their alignment against the NHS policy intentions, recommending options and how they could be practically applied”
Supplier data testing
99% confidence
Test technical PCF requirements with suppliers using real data and report learnings.
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“testing them with suppliers, using real data, and reporting learnings from the process”
Supplier eligibility conditions
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No eligibility, economic/financial standing, insurance, company-size or selection conditions are supplied.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Maximum contract value
99% confidence
£96,000 GBP.
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Opportunity value_max: 96000 GBP; Lot 1 value_amount: 96000 GBP.
Minimum contract value
99% confidence
Unknown.
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Opportunity value_min is null.
Delivery
Delivery deadline / intended completion
93% confidence
By the end of Q4 2026/27.
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“support, by the end of Q4 26/27, the selection, tailoring and testing of the technical PCF requirement”
Priority subject areas
98% confidence
Pharmaceuticals, medical technologies and digital.
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“high-emission areas, particularly pharmaceuticals, medical technologies, and digital”
Delivery location
99% confidence
Unknown; supplied location is identified as buyer location only.
procurement_method: “open”; procurement_method_details: “Below threshold - open competition”.
Submission deadline
99% confidence
11 November 2026, 12:00 UTC.
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submission_deadline: “2026-11-11T12:00:00Z”; Lot 1 submission_deadline matches.
Lots
99% confidence
One active lot is supplied, but it has no title or description.
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Lot 1 has status “active” and value £96,000; title and description are null.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Scope and lot-detail limitation
99% confidence
The single active lot has no title or description; the overall notice description is the available scope evidence.
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Lot 1 title and description are null.
Delivery timetable ambiguity
98% confidence
The stated completion point is “by the end of Q4 26/27”; no contract start or end date is supplied.
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Description: “by the end of Q4 26/27”; contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null.
Supplier requirements not supplied
97% confidence
Detailed selection criteria, certifications, insurance, pricing model and submission instructions are unknown from the supplied evidence.
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No such requirements appear in the supplied opportunity fields or tender-notice document metadata.
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