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NHS England

Pharmacy Technician Clinical Skills Development

EducationCPV 80000000
Value£300k
Deadline11 Aug 2026
Published20 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 20 Jul 202621 days leftCloses 11 Aug 2026
Who to contact
england.workforcecommercialteam@nhs.net

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£300ktotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£2.4m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Education & Training band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 23,516 valued Education & Training tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

This requirement is to identify a delivery partner to provide: a clinical skills and knowledge training course for pharmacy technicians to develop them to maximise their capability in the delivery of extended clinical services in addition to NHS core services.

This is required for patient safety if we are to successfully implement the biggest reforms in pharmacy for decades.

The total contract value for running three 2-year programmes is set at £360,000 (inc.

VAT).

The training cost per cohort will be £60,000 per annum.

This is aligned to existing provision which meets system requirements (obtained through scoping survey).

The training will support patient safety where pharmacy technicians are undertaking new service s such as Pharmacy First.

There is a need, as highlighted through stakeholder engagement, to bridge the gap between initial education training to the level of clinical knowledge and skills required to meet service provision needs.

The intention is to run an open process under the Light Touch Regime via.

Contracts Finder.

The % split used will be 60% technical, 10% social value, 30% commercial.

NHS Standard Terms and Conditions for the provision of services will apply.

The deadline for submission of completed ITQ submissions is 11th August 2026 at 12:00pm (midday).

Late submissions will not be accepted therefore, please submit in good time prior to the deadline date and time.

All communications should be made via the messaging function on the e-Tendering portal during the tender exercise.

The Contracting Authority requests that all communications are channelled through the e-portal system and not with the Contracting Authority itself other than as expressly permitted within this ITQ.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

This requirement is to identify a delivery

This requirement is to identify a delivery partner to provide:.

02

This is required for patient safety if

This is required for patient safety if we are to successfully implement the biggest reforms in pharmacy for decades.

03

The training will support patient safety where

The training will support patient safety where pharmacy technicians are undertaking new service s such as Pharmacy First.

04

There is a need, as highlighted through

There is a need, as highlighted through stakeholder engagement, to bridge the gap between initial education training to the level of clinical knowledge and skills required to meet service provision needs.

05

All communications should be made via

All communications should be made via the messaging function on the e-Tendering portal during the tender exercise.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Stage
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Source
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