Coming up· published 8 Apr 2025
National Specialist Medicines Service (NSMS) 2026-29
NHS England · Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
NHS England is planning National Specialist Medicines Service (NSMS) 2026-29. It is a contract for other health and social care in Leeds.
Source: Contracts Finder, published 8 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
Market Engagement Notice · 16:14
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
About this tender
In brief
NHS England is planning National Specialist Medicines Service (NSMS) 2026-29. It is a contract for other health and social care in Leeds. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens.
The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs. Contracts Finder published it on 8 April 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-b5fd17-4ae5f2f0-d2b0-4da8-adc4-da38a40c30cc.
Summary of the contracting process
NHS England is in the planning stage for the "National Specialist Medicines Service (NSMS) 2026-29" procurement process. This service falls under the industry category of pharmacy services and will be conducted in Leeds, England. The early engagement notice was published on 8 April 2025, with an engagement end date set for 22 April 2025.
The procurement aims to develop cost-effective, standardised tools and processes for medicine use and safety, ensuring best value optimisation from NHS medicine budgets and facilitating strategic commissioning of medicine-related services. This tender offers substantial opportunities for business growth, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with expertise in pharmacy services and clinical quality assurance in medicines technical services.
Successful bidders will have the chance to work closely with NHS England, potentially avoiding duplication at the local level and improving the overall quality and value of medicine-related services provided across the UK.
The notice in full
NHS England is commissioning the 2026-2029 National Specialist Medicines Service (NSMS) contract. The contract holders will support in the implementation of national policies and priorities in medicines use and safety by developing cost effective standardised tools and processes that can be adopted/integrated locally. It will provide expert clinical quality assurance in medicines technical services and supports the NHS to get best value optimisation from the medicines budgets.
In addition, it will provide clinical support for frontline service delivery in relation to medicines and to enable strategic commissioning of medicines related services. The NSMS will provide essential information on clinical and cost effectiveness use of medicines and their supply at local and national level to ensure patient access to essential treatment to a range of stakeholders and citizens.
The premise of the contract is that these activities can avoid duplication at local level giving local clinicians more time for their patients and that opportunities to improve quality and value are taken up comprehensively.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Suitable for
- Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs)
Procedure
- Notice type
- Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Contracts Finder
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: lots, awards, contracts.
References
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-4ae5f2f0-d2b0-4da8-adc4-da38a40c30cc
- CPV code
- 85149000 - Pharmacy services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Town
- Leeds
- Postcode
- LS1 4AP
- Electoral ward
- Hunslet & Riverside
- Constituency
- Leeds South
- Delivery area
- North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Sub-region
- Leeds
- Area
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS England
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Jacqueline Connett-Powell
- Phone
- 07919528167
- Address
- Leeds, LS1 4AP · Yorkshire and The Humber · England
Documents and links
- Early engagement notice on Contracts Findercontractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/32cba019-5c85-45e8-becd…
- 20250407 PIN - National Specialist Medicines Contract 2026-29 - V4contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/7abfed12-8f5…
- OCDS record ocds-b5fd17-4ae5f2f0-d2b0-4da8-adc4-da38a40c30cc (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-b…
Questions about National Specialist Medicines Service (NSMS) 2026-29
When will the National Specialist Medicines Service (NSMS) 2026-29 tender open?
NHS England has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
Who is the buyer for National Specialist Medicines Service (NSMS) 2026-29?
NHS England, based in Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber. The named contact is Jacqueline Connett-Powell, on 07919528167.
How do I bid for National Specialist Medicines Service (NSMS) 2026-29?
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