Concession Contract for Publishing, Selling and Marketing of the British Pharmacopoeia

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.