Published date: 9 September 2022

This notice was replaced on 9 March 2023

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 9 March 2023)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Direct marketing services - 79342100

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£100,000 to £150,000

Procurement reference

NICEBNFM22

Published date

9 September 2022

Closing date

21 October 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

BNF Volumes Mailing List
NICE is responsible for the distribution of hard copy (print) prescribing guidance to Health Care professionals with a prescribing responsibility working within the English NHS. This comes in the form of two publications; the British National Formulary (BNF), which is published biannually, but distributed annually by NICE, and the British National Formulary for Children (BNFC), which is published and distributed annually. Both publications are published in September and collectively approximately 200,000 BNF and BNFC are currently distributed to the English NHS each year.
The Mailing Database Provider will hold, manage and analyse the mailing database for all Health Care Professionals who are eligible to receive a BNF or BNFC (collectively BNF Volumes). They will deliver mailing lists for each BNF publication to NICE's distribution partner in advance of each publication date. The mailing list will need to be amended for each BNF publication campaign to take account of any changes in allocation requested by NICE, following joint analysis of the eligible Health Care Professional groups. They will also provide an enquiry handling service to deal with telephone and email queries from Healthcare Professionals and others, regarding the delivery of BNF Volumes. The enquiry handling staff will also manage the mailing database, updating it as and when is necessary.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Mailing Database Provider for the British National Formulary

  • Early engagement
  • Published 12 August 2022

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

Irene Walker

Address

Level 1 City Tower
Manchester
M14BT
United Kingdom

Telephone

0161 870 3198

Email

irene.walker@nice.org.uk