2025/26 Invitation to Tender

Pharmac | Te Pātaka Whaioranga invites tenders for the supply of certain pharmaceuticals to Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora hospitals and/or to community pharmacies in New Zealand.

Download the full text of the invitation to tender

The 2025/26 Invitation to Tender (2025/26 ITT) has been released on the In-Tend e-portal. 

A complete copy of the 2025/26 Invitation to Tender (ITT) is available in the link below. We will not be posting out any hard copies of the 2025/26 ITT.

If you have already registered your e-mail address with Pharmac’s tendering e-portal you can access the 2025/26 ITT in the e-portal in Current Tenders.

If you have not registered your company with the e-Portal, and you would like to participate in the Invitation to Tender, please register at In-Tend(external link)

2025/26 Invitation to tender notification

This invitation to tender incorporates the following schedules:

  • Schedule 1 sets out the definitions used in this invitation;
  • Schedule 2 specifies the pharmaceuticals for which you may submit a Tender Bid in relation to community supply and/or hospital supply;
  • Schedule 3 describes the process Pharmac intends to follow in relation to this tender, and provides instructions on how to submit a Tender Bid in relation to community supply and/or hospital supply;
  • Schedule 4 sets out terms that will apply if your Tender Bid in relation to community and/or hospital supply is awarded Principal Supply Status;
  • Schedule 5 sets out the additional special terms that will apply if your Tender Bid in relation to a particular pharmaceutical is awarded Principal Supply Status.

This invitation to tender also incorporates the information on the Electronic Portal referred to in this invitation.

If you wish to submit a Tender Bid in relation to community supply and/or hospital supply, you must submit it via the Electronic Portal to Pharmac no later than 4 pm (New Zealand time) on Monday 15 December 2025.

If you have any queries regarding the tender or require any assistance with the e-portal please contact the Tender Analysts (Stef Moir and Jade Matthews-Wanden) at tender@pharmac.govt.nz