Procurement of Specialised Pharmaceutical Logistics
Details
- Buyer
- NHS England
- Published
- 26 January 2026
- Submission
- 20 February 2026
- Source
- uk:atamis:dhsc
Tender description
NHS England is commissioning a single lead provider to deliver Specialised Pharmaceutical Logistics and Warehouse Services that support national vaccination and screening programmes. The appointed provider will manage the end to end supply chain, including storage, distribution, and deployment of all vaccine types to more than 11,000 frontline locations such as community pharmacies, GP practices, detained estates, and other healthcare settings. This procurement will replace the current contract and build on the logistics capability developed during the COVID 19 vaccination programme, which has enabled the delivery of over 150 million vaccines nationwide. Full service requirements and specifications are available in the ITT pack.
Timeline
- Completed: Tender published26 January 2026Current notice
- Completed: Submission date20 February 2026
About the buyer
NHS England runs the NHS in England, and buys as a central healthcare organisation with its own team of procurement professionals. Every tender is advertised on Atamis, the NHS's single eCommercial system, and larger contracts appear on Find a Tender. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements and the Crown Commercial Service. Clinical services are commissioned directly or through the Provider Selection Regime. Seven regional teams support the commissioning of healthcare services across the country. The central commercial function that develops procurement strategy for the whole NHS sits here.
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 NHS England's contract awards have been in education and training, health and social work, and IT services.
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-england.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-england.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-england.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-england.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-england.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@nhs-england.gov |
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