Notice Information
Notice Title
Practice Level Support Services in General Practice
Notice Description
The aim of this procurement is to establish a commercial mechanism for Practice Level Support (PLS) services. PLS is an improvement support programme for general practice that helps general practices to make operational changes for the benefit of patients and staff. For patients, benefits are in improved access and health outcomes, and for staff through increased productivity and reduced workload. There are 7 contracts offered in 7 Lots, one for each region in England. The contracts are for 3 years with an option to extend for an additional year. A supplier can bid for all 7 Lots but can only win up to 3, please see ITT documents for more details. The contract will be used by NHS England as the main contracting authority but Integrated Care Boards (ICB's) will also be able to use the contract via clustering arrangements. Market engagement for this project was carried out in November/December 2026 please see link to market engagement notice https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073715-2025?origin=SearchResults&p=1
Lot Information
Midlands
Practice Level support services in general practice in Midlands
Renewal: Up to 12 months extension, subject to available funding and satisfactory performance
LondonPractice Level support services in general practice in London
Renewal: Up to 12 months extension, subject to available funding and satisfactory performance
North East & YorkshirePractice Level support services in general practice in North East & Yorkshire
Renewal: Up to 12 months extension, subject to available funding and satisfactory performance
North West EnglandPractice Level support services in general practice in North West England
Renewal: Up to 12 months extension, subject to available funding and satisfactory performance
South East EnglandPractice Level support services in general practice in South East England
Renewal: Up to 12 months extension, subject to available funding and satisfactory performance
East of EnglandPractice Level support services in general practice in East of England
Renewal: Up to 12 months extension, subject to available funding and satisfactory performance
South West EnglandPractice Level support services in general practice in South West England
Renewal: Up to 12 months extension, subject to available funding and satisfactory performance
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-065781
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014969-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
79411000 - General management consultancy services
85121100 - General-practitioner services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £48,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £48,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Feb 20264 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 16 Mar 20263 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 May 2026 - 31 May 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS ENGLAND
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- commercial@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SE1 8UG
- Post Town
- South East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI45 Lambeth
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Lambeth
- Electoral Ward
- Waterloo & South Bank
- Westminster Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014969-2026
18th February 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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