--- title: "PCS National Assurance for Primary Care Contractor 2026-27" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-068770" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-068770" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-068770.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-068770.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "NHS ENGLAND" published: "2026-04-21" --- # PCS National Assurance for Primary Care Contractor 2026-27 Buyer: NHS ENGLAND Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-068770 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-068770) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-068770.json) ## Summary On 21 April 2026, NHS England awarded a contract for the "PCS National Assurance for Primary Care Contractor 2026-27," fulfilling its objectives under the Procurement Act 2023. Located in London, the buying organisation, NHS England is a central government public authority seeking advancements in health services, specifically focusing on vaccine and immunisation programmes across primary care contractor groups. The procurement utilised a direct award method due to technical reasons, ensuring proper delivery by NHS Business Services Authority as the exclusive supplier. The contract, valued at £16,500,000, is set to commence on 21 April 2026 and conclude on 31 March 2027, highlighting NHS England's commitment to facilitating better healthcare access and digitalisation, in line with its 10 Year Plan. This strategic contract provides significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in health services, fraud audit services, and digital healthcare solutions. Given the nature of the direct award, organisations with unique technical capabilities and statutory authority could find opportunities in similar public sector engagements. Large-scale healthcare providers and those with existing operational capabilities in national datasets and system access will be well-positioned to compete in this sector, potentially leveraging their expertise to support NHS England's goals of reducing inequalities and enhancing preventative healthcare interventions. ## Notice The National Provider Assurance service delivered by NHSBSA provides a centralised national assurance service, covering all four primary care contractor groups including vaccine and immunisation programmes. The national assurance service delivers a solution for NHSE that supports contractors and commissioners to work more efficiently and to deliver better services, directly supporting the ambitions of the 10 Year Plan and NHSE objectives to improve effective access to care, increase preventative interventions, become more digitally enabled and reduce inequalities. This requirement relates to national assurance services delivered by NHSBSA. While the services are provided by an NHS arm's length body, NHS England is publishing this notice on a precautionary basis under the Procurement Act 2023 ### Procurement Information Paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 - absence of competition for technical reasons ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036192-2026 | | Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Direct | | Procurement method details | Direct award | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Large | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 21 Apr 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 30 Mar 2026 | | Contract period | 20 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £16,500,000 | | Contracts value | £16,500,000 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Complete | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS ENGLAND | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South East London | | Postcode | SE1 8UG | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI45 Lambeth | | Local authority | Lambeth | | Electoral ward | Waterloo & South Bank | | Westminster constituency | Vauxhall and Camberwell Green | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 2 | | Supplier names | NHS BSA; NHS BUSINESS SERVICES AUTHORITY | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 79212400 - Fraud audit services - 85100000 - Health services ## Release History - 21 Apr 2026 at 14:06 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036192-2026 - 21 Apr 2026 at 13:53 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036176-2026 - 21 Apr 2026 at 13:08 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036124-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036192-2026 21st April 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036176-2026 21st April 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036124-2026 21st April 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.england.nhs.uk/ - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents - https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-068770. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-068770.json.