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Market Engagement for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Optimisation Service

NHS NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

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30 Oct 2026 at 13:03

Planning Notice
Summary of the contracting process

NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board is developing a system-wide cardiovascular disease prevention and optimisation service across Norfolk and Suffolk. The proposed service will provide a digitally enabled pathway, initially focused on high blood pressure and cholesterol management. It is intended to connect identification and assessment with clinical review, starting and optimising treatment, behaviour-change support, monitoring and follow-up. The approach aims to replace fragmented, reactive activity with coordinated care, support national priorities for hypertension and cholesterol, and promote proactive population health, neighbourhood delivery and care closer to home. The service is expected to use existing local health system resources alongside additional capacity, applying consistent standards across the area while adapting delivery to local population needs, including underserved and deprived communities.

The process is at planning and the buyer has not started a competition. The ICB is using a second market-engagement event to update prospective providers and test its emerging service model and requirements before preparing procurement documents. It expects to commission one lead provider, accountable for coordinating and delivering the full pathway, with a consortium or subcontractor network where specialist expertise is needed. The stated estimated value is £12.4 million. The buyer expects to publish a further notice in June 2027. A face-to-face engagement event is planned for 27 November 2026 at 10 am in the Rose Mead Room, Endeavour House, Ipswich; organisations are invited to request a place by email. Attending will not confer an advantage in any later competition, and non-attendance will not prevent participation.

The planned model is likely to suit a provider able to lead a complex, integrated health service across Norfolk and Suffolk, bringing together clinical care, digital support, behaviour-change interventions, monitoring and follow-up. The lead organisation will need the capacity and governance to coordinate an end-to-end pathway and work with specialist partners through a consortium or subcontracted network. Relevant experience in cardiovascular prevention, hypertension and lipid management, population health and neighbourhood-based care would align with the stated aims. Providers should be prepared to deliver consistently across a broad area while adapting services to local needs, including those of rural, coastal, deprived and other underserved communities. The buyer has developed a proposed model and activity assumptions and is seeking market feedback before finalising its requirements, giving potential partners a chance to consider how they could contribute.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Market Engagement for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Optimisation Service

Notice Description

The ICB is developing a single, integrated and digitally enabled CVD prevention and optimisation pathway across Norfolk and Suffolk, with an initial focus on hypertension and lipid management. The programme is intended to replace fragmented, reactive activity with a coordinated pathway that connects identification, assessment, clinical review, treatment initiation and optimisation, behaviour-change support, monitoring and follow-up. The pathway will support delivery of the Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework priorities for hypertension and cholesterol, while also supporting a broader shift towards proactive population health management, neighbourhood delivery, care closer to home and reduction of health inequalities. The proposed service will bring together existing system assets and additional capacity. It is expected to support consistent standards across the ICB footprint while allowing delivery to be tailored to local population need, including Core20PLUS5 populations and deprived, rural, coastal and other underserved communities.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The ICB intends to commission the service through a single Lead Provider arrangement. The Lead Provider will hold overall accountability for coordinating and delivering the end-to-end pathway and will be expected to work through an appropriately governed consortium and/or subcontracted network where specialist capabilities are required. Additional information: The initial PIN 2026/S 000-164159 was published in July 2026

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0794a2
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103202-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£12,400,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Oct 20263 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
1 Jun 20277 months to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NORWICH
Postcode
NR1 2DH
Postcode Area
Norwich
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH5 Norfolk
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk
Delivery Location
TLH14 Suffolk CC, TLH15 Norwich and East Norfolk, TLH16 North and West Norfolk, TLH17 Breckland and South Norfolk
Local Authority
Norwich
Electoral Ward
Lakenham
Westminster Constituency
Norwich South

Further Information

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