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NHS England

NHS National Generic Pharmaceuticals - Wave 15c

Medical Equipment & PharmaCPV 33600000
Value£557.6m
Deadline10 Oct 2025
Published10 Sept 2025
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 10 Sept 2025ClosedCloses 10 Oct 2025
Who to contact
england.generics@nhs.net

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Additional information may be obtained from the abovementioned address. Tenders must be submitted to the abovementioned address.

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Contract value in context
£557.6mtotal contract value
median £123k
this tender£0£602.2m

This is a large award for Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 9,456 valued Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

NHS England's Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals cycle is past due — it ran about every 8 months across 3 notices, and the door is open now. It may re-tender at any time.


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The brief

NHS National Framework for Generic Pharmaceuticals - Wave 15c Offer reference number: CM/PHG/23/5699 Period of framework agreement: Dates detailed below, with an option or options to extend (at the authority's discretion) for a period or periods up to a total of 48 months.

Potential periods of call-offs under the framework agreement: CM/PHG/23/5699/01 Oral (plus non-parenteral) products CESW/LSNE/NWLN 01/06/2026 to 31/05/2027 (12 months) CM/PHG/23/5699/02 Hospital only products DLS: 01/06/2026 to 31/05/2028 (24 months) DNE: 01/06/2026 to 31/05/2028 (24 months) CM/PHG/23/5699/03 Hospital only (housekeeping) products DLN/DNW 01/06/2026 to 31/01/2027 (8 months) DCE/DSW 01/06/2026 to 30/09/2027 (16 months)

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What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
Period of framework agreement: Dates detailed below, with an option or options to extend (at the authority's discretion) for a period or periods up to a total of 48 months.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05193a
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
055409-2025
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