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Special School Nursing Review

NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board

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17 Jul 2026 at 15:38

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Summary of the contracting process

NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board commissioned a specialist review service for special school nursing across West and North London. The work involved providing expert advice to review and moderate needs assessments completed by each health provider, and acting as a critical friend on the draft common core service specification and related commissioning materials. This is a health and specialist advisory service, with an administrative social services classification (CPV 85321000). The requirement was intended to support consistent assessment of need and the development of shared commissioning requirements for special school nursing. The buying organisation is NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board, based in London.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded following a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The requirement was arranged as one lot, with price as the stated award criterion. The lot is recorded as cancelled, while the award and contract are active. Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust was selected, with one bid recorded. The lowest and highest valid bid were both £2,500, so this is the recorded winning bid value rather than a separately stated contract value. The contract was signed on 17 July 2026. The procurement used the Procurement Act 2023 Light Touch Regime. The award was made to the Brighton-based NHS community trust for the special school nursing review requirement.

This procurement indicates demand from NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board for independent, specialist capability in special school nursing review and commissioning support. A credible future competitor would need to understand how health providers assess nursing needs in special schools, and be able to scrutinise, moderate and constructively challenge assessments produced by multiple providers. It would also need strong advisory skills for reviewing service specifications and related commissioning documents, with enough subject-matter expertise to identify inconsistencies and support a common service model. The selected supplier was a large NHS community trust, suggesting that relevant clinical credibility, public-sector health experience and the capacity to work across several providers would strengthen a competing offer.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Special School Nursing Review

Notice Description

Proving specialist, expert advice to review and moderate needs assessments completed by each health provider of Special School Nursing across WNL, and to act as a critical-friend reviewer of the draft WNL ICB common core service specification (and related commissioning materials) for special school nursing.

Procurement Information

Not required

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ce22
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067925-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award 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

85321000 - Administrative social services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
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 West and North London Integrated Care Board
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
NW1 5JD
Postcode Area
North West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
TLI London
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
Marylebone
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Further Information

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