Notice Information
Notice Title
Special Allocation Scheme Services
Notice Description
THIS IS AN INTENTION TO AWARD NOTIFICATION North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board, NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (the Relevant Authority) who are undertaking a Most Suitable Provider process to commission a Special Allocation Scheme GP Healthcare services. This notice is an intention to award a contract under the PSR Most Suitable Provider process. The lifetime value of the contract - PS3,528,575 Period of contract: 3 years with effect from 01 June 2025 with an option to extend for an additional period of 24 months at the discretion of the Relevant Authorities and subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance. This contract will be awarded to the current incumbent provider.
Lot Information
Lot 1
THIS IS AN INTENTION TO AWARD NOTIFICATION North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board, NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (the Relevant Authority) who are undertaking a Most Suitable Provider process to commission a Special Allocation Scheme GP Healthcare services. This notice is an intention to award a contract under the PSR Most Suitable Provider process. The lifetime value of the contract - PS3,528,575 Period of contract: 3 years with effect from 01 June 2025 with an option to extend for an additional period of 24 months at the discretion of the Relevant Authorities and subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance. This contract will be awarded to the current incumbent provider. Additional information: THIS IS AN INTENTION TO AWARD NOTICE ONLY
Procurement Information
This is a Most Suitable Provider Process under PSR and this is a intention to award. This will be updated via a corrigendum following the conclusion of the 8 day standstill period as per PSR requirements
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051907
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055435-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £3,528,575 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 26 Apr 202510 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS LANCASHIRE & SOUTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PRESTON
- Postcode
- N/A
- Post Town
- Not specified
- Country
- Not specified
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- Not specified
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- Not specified
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- Not specified
- Delivery Location
- TLD North West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Not specified
- Electoral Ward
- Not specified
- Westminster Constituency
- Not specified
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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