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Procurement of Critical Fill & Freeze Dry Consumables for Manufacturing

Details

Buyer: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Value: £700,000
Topic: Pharmaceutical articles
Published: 9 September 2026
Submission: 9 October 2026in 2 weeks
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The MHRA is responsible for the production, storage and global distribution of biological referance materials. The Manufacturing team are responsible for the for the fill and finish of the materials, ensuring they meet the necessary specifications such as precision of fill, oxygen content, and moisture content. The aim of this tender is to identify a supplier capable of providing critical fill and freeze dry consumables to support manufacturing operations within the MHRA. The team use a variety of glass ampoules and vials (produced to our own specifications), stoppers, caps and crimp closures which have all been validated to run on our production lines and with our products. The MHRA is looking to find a supplier capable of providing these consumables at the specifications required. We also aim to find a supplier that puts customers at the centre of their business, where we can work collaboratively on future requirements, developments and projects.

Timeline

Completed: Tender published9 September 2026
Current notice
Next: Submission date9 October 2026in 2 weeks

About the buyer

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency regulates medicines, medical devices and blood components, buying as a central healthcare organisation with its own commercial team. Contracts Finder carries every live and forthcoming procurement opportunity. Larger competitions move to Find a Tender once they pass the high-value threshold. Suppliers register on the agency's eTendering portal with a DUNS number. A rolling commercial pipeline lists larger opportunities due over the next 18 months.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and laboratory and precision equipment.