RFP QuestBeta
OpenStage · planning

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Pharmacy Services (Physical Health, Mental Health and Learning Disability)

HealthcareCPV 85149000
Value£70.9m
Deadline
Published30 Sept 2025
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
Dan Kirkbride
dan.kirkbride@nhs.net
07766457290

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£70.9mtotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£76.6m

This is a large award for Health & Social Care — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust's Health & Social Care cycle is past due — it ran about every 4 months across 3 notices, and the door is open now. It may re-tender at any time.

69% of Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

Which is the argument for getting on the list rather than winning this one. The incumbent is rarely the last winner — it is the roster. See the retention odds by category →


You'll hear when Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust publishes Health & Social Care work again. One email per notice, unsubscribe in one click. We don’t use your address for anything else.

Match for your company
Sign up free to see how well this tender matches your company — the score, the signals that align, and where the gaps are.
The brief

The Authority would like to engage with potential providers to explore the delivery of Pharmacy Services across Physical Health, Mental Health, and Learning Disability Services for Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust. >> Physical Health Services The Trust provides a broad range of Physical Health Services across all age groups.

These services include inpatient care, minor injuries management, and a wide spectrum of specialist community services.

Many of these are delivered through 6 community hospitals; however, care is also offered within other community venues where this may be more convenient and accessible to patients.

Wherever possible, the Trust prioritises supporting people within their own homes or as close to home as feasible, ensuring care is delivered in the most patient-centred manner. >> Mental Health and Learning Disability Services The Trust provides Mental Health (MH) and Learning Disability (LD) services across all age groups, encompassing both inpatient and community-based care.

Acute MH and LD inpatient services are delivered from 13 units across 5 sites within the county, supported by an extensive network of community services comprising 22 dedicated MH and LD teams.

Pharmacy support for these services includes the provision and dispensing of medicines to both inpatient and community settings. >> Pre-Market Engagement This Pre-Market Engagement aims to understand the market’s capacity, capability, and interest in providing these services.

We are looking to learn more about what potential providers can offer and to shape our thinking before making any decisions about the future service model.

The feedback received will help the Authority decide on the best way forward, including whether there is sufficient market interest.

In the absence of responses, we may reasonably conclude that there is limited provider capability or appetite for this opportunity.

This is an opportunity for potential providers to share their views and experience to help us plan effectively for the provision of these services, by responding to the pre-market engagement questionnaire. >> Procurement Process Although this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice has been issued under the Procurement Act 2023, this does not represent a commitment that any subsequent procurement process, should one be undertaken, will necessarily be governed and conducted under the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 (including the Light Touch Regime).

Depending on decisions regarding the future service model, any subsequent procurement may fall under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) regulations.

It is also possible that different elements of service provision, such as Physical Health and Mental Health services, could be governed by different legislative frameworks (e.g.

Physical Health under PA23 and Mental Health under PSR).

Further details are available form the Pre-Market Engagement Information Pack available to download from Atamis.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Pharmacy support for these services includes

Pharmacy support for these services includes the provision and dispensing of medicines to both inpatient and community settings.

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.

Buyer intelligence

Make the case to bid

Reveal who to approach at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, and generate a go-to-market strategy from their news, accounts and people.

Sign up free to unlock buyer intelligence

Free to start. Named contacts come from published notices; the strategy is generated from the buyer’s news, accounts and people.

Deep dive · beta

The full intelligence dossier

Our agent reads Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust’s accounts, hunts live signals, finds the people who decide — and hands you a bid strategy plus a go-to-market influence plan, including what your team should post this week. You approve every paid step.

Sign up free to run a deep dive

Five included while we’re in beta, and the agent asks before it spends on any paid step.

Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a567
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
061106-2025
View the original notice on Find a Tender

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

Market context

Who wins this kind of work

The suppliers and buyers around this opportunity — drawn from official award data. Drag to orbit; click a node to explore.

Top suppliers & buyers in Health & Social Care

This view needs WebGL, which this browser has turned off.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust’s tender network

This view needs WebGL, which this browser has turned off.
Also open now

Similar open tenders

National Collaborative Framework for the Provision of Services for Adult Mental Health Learning Disability / Child And Adolescent Mental Health Hospitals

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)

Closes 21 Sept 2026Healthcare
£105.1bnValue

Independent Adult Advocacy Service - Generic, Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) and Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)

North East Lincolnshire Borough Council

Closes 14 Sept 2026Healthcare
£1.6mValue