Tender: NHS England National Specialist Medicines Service (NSMS) Commission – 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2030

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NHS England is seeking suppliers to deliver the National Specialist Medicines Service (NSMS) contract from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2030, with an option to extend to 31 March 2031. The contract will support implementation of national medicines use and safety policies by developing cost-effective, standardised tools and processes for local adoption, provide expert clinical quality assurance in medicines technical services, support optimum value from medicines budgets, offer clinical support for frontline delivery, enable strategic commissioning of medicines-related services, and supply essential information on the clinical and cost-effective use and supply of medicines to stakeholders. The tender is divided into five Lots with annual budgets (ex VAT) as stated: Lot 1 Medicines Procurement £3,000,000; Lot 2 Quality Assurance £3,000,000; Lot 3 Medicines Optimisation £1,000,000; Lot 4 Safer Medicines Use £1,000,000; Lot 5 Co-ordination £1,000,000, and a total budgetary value of £36,000,000 is included in the notice; an additional £1,000,000 per annum ex VAT is available for ad hoc optional services procured via a rate card and scenario testing but must not be relied upon in bids. Full tender documents and timetable will be available via the NHSE e-procurement portal Atamis (https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome), the tender will be open for approximately 60 days, clarification questions must be submitted via the correspondence facility for project C403537 and anonymised, and interested Tenderers must register on the Central Digital Platform to allow contract award and sharing of details with NHSE.