Provision of Quality Delivery Partner Services

Buyer
Defence Equipment and Support
Value
£5,876,000
Closes
13 November 2026
Where
Bristol
Type
Open tender

In plain English

The UK Ministry of Defence's Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Team needs to hire specialist pharmaceutical and regulatory consultants to maintain and test medical countermeasures (emergency medical supplies) and ensure they stay compliant with UK and EU laws. This is a single contract worth approximately £5.88 million for various expert services including qualified pharmacists, regulatory advisors, testing facilities, and compliance support.

What the buyer wants

• Provide independent Qualified Persons to ensure compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice and Good Distribution Practice • Supply a Pharmacovigilance specialist and deputy to monitor drug safety and side effects • Deliver regulatory affairs consulting to ensure compliance with UK and EU pharmaceutical legislation • Arrange warehouse facilities for secure storage of medical countermeasures • Conduct stability testing, adverse event investigations, batch testing, transport and disposal services • Support the licensing and development of new medical countermeasures through early regulatory engagement • Provide training, audit support, and ongoing compliance monitoring

Likely requirements

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This contract will disqualify most small businesses because it requires specialized pharmaceutical regulatory expertise (Qualified Persons and Pharmacovigilance specialists are highly regulated professional roles), security clearance, substantial compliance infrastructure, and the budget suggests only large pharmaceutical consulting firms or established compliance specialists will bid successfully. You must have a registered UK legal entity and cannot subcontract from overseas.

How to bid

This is an open tender: any eligible business can respond directly to the buyer by the deadline, with no framework membership needed.

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