Published date: 24 May 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 11 February 2025, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Database services - 72320000

  • Marketing services - 79342000

Location of contract

E14 4PU

Value of contract

£375,000

Procurement reference

CF-3047200D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

24 May 2025

Closing date

11 February 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

31 March 2025

Contract end date

30 March 2031

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Safety communication is a critical part of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)'s work, with the potential for a major and immediate impact on public health and safety, and consequently our corporate reputation. It is essential therefore that we issue effective communications and trusted advice via appropriate channels to relevant audiences, in a timely manner, to support patient safety and public health.

The objective of this Procurement Call for Competition is to award one Contract to support delivery of the MHRA's communications to healthcare professionals (HCPs) and facilitate improved safety communications including optimising engagement rates and reach.

The MHRA seeks the appointment of a Supplier who has experience of and expertise in:
- issuing broad email campaigns to a large audience including but not limited to NHS email addresses.
Please note, the Supplier would need to own or have access to the email addresses/contacts for a range of HCPs
- maintaining contact details to ensure up-to-date, and seeking to expand the contacts database.
- formatting and dispatching communications/emails (including ability to deal with NHS firewall/security challenges).

Procurement under PCR 2015 Regulations.

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Award information

Awarded date

30 April 2025

Contract start date

31 March 2025

Contract end date

30 March 2031

Total value of contract

£375,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

HSJ Information Ltd

Address

5th Floor, Aldgate Tower 2 Leman Street, London, E1 8FA

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

Purchasing

Address

10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf
London
E14 4PU
GB

Email

nadia.coleby@mhra.gov.uk