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title: "HH037-25-TW05 Forensic and Custodial Medical Service (A&B)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0773a4"
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current_stage: "Award"
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published: "2026-09-16"
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# HH037-25-TW05 Forensic and Custodial Medical Service (A&B)

Buyer: NHS Highland  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0773a4

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## Summary

NHS Highland commissioned a forensic and custodial medical service, classified as specialist medical services. The requirement covers medical provision connected with forensic and custodial settings, serving the Highland and Islands area of Scotland. It is a services contract with one lot covering the complete requirement. The buyer is NHS Highland, based in Inverness. The selected supplier, Custody and Offender Medical Services (COMS), is based in Troon and specialises in healthcare for people in custody and offender populations. This requirement is relevant to providers of forensic medicine, custody healthcare, prison or police custody medical services, and related specialist clinical support operating across Highland and Islands locations.

The procurement has been completed and awarded, with one active award to Custody and Offender Medical Services (COMS). NHS Highland used a limited procedure described as an award without prior publication of a call for competition. The contract was signed on 1 April 2025 and is active, with an awarded contract value of £120,000. One bid was recorded for the lot, and it came from an SME. The published evaluation information identifies specialist medical services as the procurement classification; the available record does not set out separate quality, price or other weighted criteria. The award covers the single lot for the forensic and custodial medical service.

This procurement demonstrates a defined demand from NHS Highland for specialist healthcare delivered in forensic and custodial settings across the Highland and Islands area. A credible future competitor would need clinical capability in forensic and custody medicine, an understanding of the needs of people detained in custody or involved with offender services, and the operational capacity to provide a dependable service across the relevant geography. Experience of working with NHS organisations and custodial, justice or secure-estate stakeholders would strengthen a supplier’s position. The outcome also shows that an SME can deliver the requirement and that the buyer has used a restricted, non-competitive award route, making established specialist relationships, demonstrable service readiness and a clear ability to meet the whole requirement commercially important.

## Notice

Forensic and Custodial Medical Service

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087863-2026 |
| 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 | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £120,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS Highland |
| Locality | INVERNESS |
| Postcode area | Inverness |
| Postcode | IV2 3BW |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM2 Highlands and Islands |
| ITL 3 | TLM20 Highlands and Islands |
| Local authority | Highland |
| Electoral ward | Inverness South |
| Westminster constituency | Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire |
| Delivery location | TLM6 Highlands and Islands |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Custody and Offender Medical Services (COMS) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85121200 - Medical specialist services

## Release History

- 16 Sep 2026 at 15:13 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087863-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.nhshighland.scot.nhs.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000843220
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00302

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