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Procurement of Critical Fill & Freeze Dry Consumables for Manufacturing

Medical Equipment & PharmaCPV 33680000

Value£700k

Deadline9 Oct 2026

Published9 Sept 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 9 Sept 202629 days leftCloses 9 Oct 2026

Who to contact

Calum Scanlon

calum.scanlon@mhra.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

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The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£700ktotal contract value

median £123k

this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 9,456 valued Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

MHRA has published 4 Medical Equipment & Pharmaceuticals notices, about every 9 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around June 2027.

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The brief

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.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

The MHRA is responsible for the production

The MHRA is responsible for the production, storage and global distribution of biological referance materials.

The Manufacturing team are responsible for

The aim of this tender is

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.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

What it takes to bid this

12–20 daysof bid-team effort

£8.2k–£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

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Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
Show at bidSocial value commitments

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