---
title: "Women's Health Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e639"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS Central East Integrated Care Board"
published: "2026-08-18"
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# Women's Health Service

Buyer: NHS Central East Integrated Care Board  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e639

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## Summary

NHS Central East Integrated Care Board commissioned a women’s health service covering Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough. The service is delivered through community healthcare provision for registered patients across all primary care networks in both areas. Its scope includes specialist menopause clinics and long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), provided for contraceptive and gynaecological purposes. This is a healthcare services requirement, rather than a supply of goods or construction works. The service is intended to support local women’s health provision while the ICB reviews its outcomes and uses that review to inform the future model for community gynaecology services. The selected provider is BEDOC, a small or medium-sized enterprise based in Elstow.

The procurement is complete and was awarded to BEDOC on 14 July 2026. The contract is active, valued at £83,000, and runs for 12 months from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027. NHS Central East Integrated Care Board used Provider Selection Regime Direct Award Process A, without prior publication of a call for competition, under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The stated rationale was that there was no realistic alternative provider. The award criterion was cost, weighted at 100%, expressed as no realistic alternative provider. One bid was recorded. The contract covers the women’s health service for registered patients in Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough.

This award indicates demand for locally delivered women’s health services combining specialist menopause care with long-acting reversible contraception for contraceptive and gynaecological purposes. Suppliers considering future work for this buyer would need the clinical capability to provide both service areas, operate across Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough primary care networks, and serve registered patients at community level. Credibility would depend on being able to deliver an integrated service and provide evidence of outcomes that can support decisions about future community gynaecology provision. The route used also shows that the buyer considered there to be no realistic alternative provider, so a competing organisation would need a clearly established local delivery model and demonstrable ability to meet the full requirement.

## Notice

Women's Health Service in Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Women's health services provided by BEDOC include specialist menopause clinics and long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) for both contraceptive and gynaecological purposes, available to registered patients in all Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough PCNs. The ICB will undertake a review of the outcome of this service which will help decide on the model for community gynaecology provision going forwards. 

Contract term12 months: 01/04/2026 - 31/03/2027

The contact has been awarded following Direct Award Process A with a maximum contract value of PS83,000.

### Procurement Information

No realistic alternative provider.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078394-2026 |
| 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 | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 14 Jul 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £83,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS Central East Integrated Care Board |
| Locality | ELY |
| Postcode area | Cambridge |
| Postcode | CB7 4EA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough |
| ITL 3 | TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC |
| Local authority | East Cambridgeshire |
| Electoral ward | Ely West |
| Westminster constituency | Ely and East Cambridgeshire |
| Delivery location | TLH24 Bedford |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BEDOC |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 18 Aug 2026 at 09:51 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078394-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.centraleast.icb.nhs.uk/
- https://www.england.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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