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Individual Funding Requests & Prior Approval

NHS HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

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23 Sep 2026 at 09:49

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Summary of the contracting process

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board procured BlueTeq’s software service for Individual Funding Requests and Prior Approval across the South East region’s integrated care boards: Thames Valley, Surrey and Sussex, Kent and Medway, and Hampshire and Isle of Wight. The platform supports non-routine commissioning decisions through consistent end-to-end processes aligned with NHS England guidance and local commissioning policies. It covers clinically exceptional cases requiring Individual Funding Requests and interventions requiring Prior Approval, with access for GPs, secondary care clinicians and specialist prescribers, pharmacists and medicines optimisation teams, and IFR teams and commissioners. The recorded delivery location is Eastleigh, Hampshire.

The procurement is complete and was awarded to Blueteq on 10 September 2026. The contract value is £203,400, with a contract period from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2029. The buyer used a selective procedure through a call-off from a framework agreement. The original tender deadline was 1 August 2026. The procurement was classified as a services requirement and was marked as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. No evaluation criteria or separate lot awards are recorded in the published process details.

This award demonstrates demand from Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB for specialist software that manages individual funding requests and prior approval across multiple regional ICBs. A credible competitor would need a platform that handles clinically exceptional funding cases and prior approval decisions in a consistent end-to-end workflow, while supporting alignment with NHS England guidance and local commissioning policies. The system must serve distinct user groups and access routes, including primary care, secondary care clinicians and specialist prescribers, pharmacy and medicines optimisation teams, and commissioning and IFR staff. Experience delivering commissioning workflow software across multiple organisations and clinical user groups would be relevant. The buyer used a framework call-off route, so suppliers seeking comparable work should be positioned to compete through an appropriate framework.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Individual Funding Requests & Prior Approval

Notice Description

HIOW ICB have procured the BlueTeq Individual Funding Requests and Prior Approval Software for the SE Region ICBs: Thames Valley, Surrey and Sussex, Kent and Medway and Hampshire and Isle of Wight. The system will support Individual Funding Request and Prior Approval providing a single, consistent platform for managing non-routine commissioning decisions across the SE Region ICBs. The system supports: Individual Funding Requests (IFR) - for clinically exceptional cases and Prior Approval (PA) - for interventions providing a consistent, end-to-end process across these areas whilst aligning with NHSE guidance and local commissioning policies, supporting multiple user groups and access routes, including: Primary care (GPs), Secondary care clinicians and specialist prescribers, Pharmacists and medicines optimisation teams and IFR teams and commissioners.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-06fc62de-7bb8-4754-bad6-86e807bff1b6
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0453eeb9-e8fd-45c9-9cea-63dce6afddd7
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Call-off from a framework agreement
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£203,400 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£203,400 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
10 Sep 20263 weeks ago
Contract Period
1 Oct 2026 - 30 Sep 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
EASTLEIGH
Postcode
SO50 5PB
Postcode Area
Southampton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ35 South Hampshire
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Eastleigh
Electoral Ward
Eastleigh Central
Westminster Constituency
Eastleigh

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Blueteq Limited

Further Information

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