Tech support for the dev. of the PCF requirements of the NHS Supplier Roadmap
The contract covers specialist technical support for developing the Product Carbon Footprinting (PCF) requirements within the NHS Supplier Roadmap’s 2028 milestone. NHS England, the national healthcare organisation responsible for leading the NHS in England, requires a third party to help select, tailor and test a technical methodology for measuring product-level emissions, initially focusing on high-emission areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical technologies and digital products. The supplier will work with a technical reference group to identify relevant methods and standards, assess them against NHS policy objectives, recommend practical application options, test the approaches with suppliers using real data, and report the resulting lessons. The work is valued at £96,000 and must support completion by the end of Q4 2026/27; specific delivery locations are not stated. The critical qualification is demonstrable expertise and experience in Product Carbon Footprinting within the health sector.
Buyer: NHS England. Source: Find a Tender. Updated 21 Oct 2026.
Key facts
- Estimated value: £96k
- Bids close: 11 Nov 2026
- Location: Lambeth
- Procedure: Below threshold - open competition
- Contract period: 18 Nov 2026 to 31 Mar 2027
- Category: General management consultancy services (79411000)
From the official notice
In 2021, the NHS Public Board approved a roadmap to drive supplier decarbonisation and support the achievement of the NHS Net Zero target. The 2028 milestone of this roadmap outlines new requirements to be introduced overseeing the provision of carbon footprints for individual products supplied to the NHS. The 2025 Five years of a greener NHS progress report refined the scope of this milestone to high-emission areas, particularly pharmaceuticals, medical technologies, and digital where more granular carbon insights can deliver value on the NHS’s journey to net zero. There isn’t currently a single methodology to measure product level emissions, and further work is required to define the technical approach that will deliver the expected benefits of this policy. This procurement exercise outlines the need to commission a third party with expertise and experience in Product Carbon Footprinting (PCF) in the health sector to support, by the end of Q4 26/27, the selection, tailoring and testing of the technical PCF requirement of the 2028 milestone. This includes working with a technical reference group (TRG) with experts in Footprinting to identify existing methods and standards, assessing their alignment against the NHS policy intentions, recommending options and how they could be practically applied in the identified areas, and testing them with suppliers, using real data, and reporting learnings from the process. Enabling the collection of granular data for high-emission areas i...
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Questions about this tender
When is the deadline?
Bids close on 11 Nov 2026.
What is it worth?
The estimated value is £96k.
Who can apply?
The buyer has marked it as suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.
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