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Pharmacy and medicines contracts ending soon

25 running out within 18 months, worth £1.6bn between them.

Most of these will be advertised again, and the buyer is thinking about it long before the notice appears, which is the point at which a conversation is still worth having. What to do with a contract that ends in a year.

Pharmacy and medicines contracts ending in the next 18 months
EndsContractBuyerHeld byWorth
31 Oct 2026NHS National Framework for Golimumab InjectionNHS EnglandJanssen-Cilag Ltd£60m
30 Nov 2026Automated Liquid Handling System (for handling liquid samples from multiple tube sizes for DNA extraction preparation and quantification)Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation TrustHamilton Sales & Service UK Ltd£268.8k
17 Dec 2026Xenium Single-cell Spatial Transcriptomics/Proteomics Instrument for Medicines Discovery CatapultMedicines Discovery Catapult10x Genomics, Inc£344k
31 Dec 2026EPES, CFU and Ophthalmic applications Support, Upgrade and hardware RefreshBusiness Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics ServiceEnsono Limited£6.6m
10 Jan 2027Hey/16/040 - Pharmaceutical IsolatorsHull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS TrustCirrus Containments£74.8k
18 Jan 2027Indepth InterviewsCell Therapy Catapult LimitedTechnopolis Ltd—
31 Jan 2027NHS National Framework for Transition products (Nilotinib and Ticagrelor)NHS EnglandAccord-UK Ltd£22.1m
31 Jan 2027LIONNS-D2 Project - Production of T3S API, IMP and FDFCardiff UniversityArdena Holding NV£953.6k
31 Jan 2027NHS National Framework for Generics HousekeepingNHS EnglandAccord-UK Ltd£17.8m
31 Mar 2027NHS England South (South East) - Integrated Healthcare Service to Sussex Adult prisons (HMPs Ford and Lewes)NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support UnitCare UK Health and Rehabilitation Services Ltd£42.2m
31 May 2027NHS National Framework for Medical Retinal Vascular Treatments - 1 December 2025NHS EnglandAbbVie Limited£688.8m
30 Jun 2027NHS England and NHS Improvement South (South East) - Integrated Healthcare Services for HMP YOI WinchesterNHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support UnitCare UK£40.9m
31 Aug 2027NHS National Framework Agreement for OmalizumabNHS EnglandCelltrion Healthcare United Kingdom Limited£87.4m
31 Aug 2027NHS National Framework for the supply of Tocilizumab InjectionNHS EnglandCelltrion Healthcare United Kingdom Limited£150.1m
31 Aug 2027Provision of Community & School Aged Immunisation Service across East of England (4 x LOTS)NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support UnitEssex Partnership University NHS FT£49m
28 Sep 2027Cloud-Based Scientific Literature Content and Management PlatformCell Therapy Catapult LimitedLivedata Limited—
30 Sep 2027NHS National Framework for Generics HousekeepingNHS EnglandAccord-UK Ltd£21.6m
30 Sep 2027Framework for the supply of Ready to Administer ProductsUniversity Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation TrustB.Braun£6.4m
30 Sep 2027NHS National Transition Framework for Apremilast, Pazopanib and DapagliflozinNHS EnglandZentiva Pharma UK Limited£25.9m
1 Oct 2027End to end CDMO services for the importation, encapsulation and distribution of T3S and Placebo for the LIONNS-D2 TrialCardiff UniversitySimbec-Orion Group Ltd£212.5k
30 Oct 2027Stop Smoking Service - 2026North Tyneside Borough Council—£380k
30 Nov 2027Helix Biotech Biosimilar mRNA VaccinesSecretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security AgencyHelix Biotech Inc.£150k
31 Dec 2027Transitional Drugs 5NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Mercury Pharmaceuticals Ltd£5.6m
29 Feb 2028NHS National Proprietary Pharmaceuticals - Low Molecular Weight Heparins and Fondaparinux ProductsNHS EnglandAventis Pharma ltd t/a Sanofi£321.3m
31 Mar 2028DHSC: Global and Public Health: Express Freight Service (FY 25-26)Department of Health and Social CareKuehne & Nagel Ltd£3.4m