--- title: "Newham Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC 5) - Market Engagement Event" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-07755d" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-07755d" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-07755d.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-07755d.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NHS North East London Integrated Care Board" published: "2026-09-18" --- # Newham Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC 5) - Market Engagement Event Buyer: NHS North East London Integrated Care Board Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07755d [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-07755d) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-07755d.json) ## Summary NHS North East London Integrated Care Board intends to procure services to build, develop and operate a new Community Diagnostic Centre in Newham. The centre is intended to provide additional, digitally connected diagnostic capacity in the community, helping patients receive coordinated tests, preferably in one visit and closer to home. Services will include booking, fully staffed testing, compliance with quality accreditation requirements and complete reports for relevant referrers. The provider will need to work with other diagnostic centres and primary, secondary and community care providers across North East London to direct patients to appropriate testing locations. The centre is envisaged near Stratford, at a similar size and scale to standard Community Diagnostic Centres elsewhere in North East London and England. This procurement is at the planning stage and is not yet an invitation to tender. The buyer plans a Microsoft Teams market engagement event on 15 October 2026, from 13:00 to 15:30, to test proposed service requirements and outcomes, procurement and mobilisation timescales, contract duration, the financial model and procurement guidance. Interested providers are expected to register by 17:00 on 12 October 2026. The buyer expects the next notice to be published on 21 December 2026. The event will not be recorded by attendees, and third-party recording or AI transcription tools are prohibited. The engagement is intended to inform the future tender; no contract value, duration, lots beyond the single CDC service, procedure or evaluation criteria are stated. This will suit providers with the resources and experience to establish and operate a community diagnostic centre rather than only supply individual tests. Relevant capability includes developing a new healthcare site, managing bookings and patient flow, recruiting and deploying suitably qualified clinical and support staff, delivering a broad diagnostic service and producing accurate reports for referrers. Providers should be able to operate to recognised quality accreditation requirements and integrate their service with NHS diagnostic, primary, secondary and community care networks. Experience of digitally connected diagnostics, coordinated testing in fewer visits, population health improvement and reducing health inequalities would be well aligned with the stated aims. The expected centre scale favours organisations able to manage substantial operational capacity and collaborative system-wide delivery. ## Notice NHS North East London (hereafter referred to as "The Authority") invites interested, suitably qualified and experienced providers to attend a Market Engagement Event prior to the publication of tender opportunity for the provision of community diagnostic services in Newham. Market Engagement event details: Date: Thursday 15 October 2026 Time: 13.00 - 15.30 Location: Microsoft Teams Market Engagement: To assist the Commissioners with testing their assumptions and proposed service requirements, a market engagement event via MS teams will take place to explore the market's feedback on the following areas: * Outline of service requirements and key outcomes; * Timescales for procurement and mobilisation of the new contract; * Proposed contract duration and financial model; * Procurement tips; * Networking opportunity with providers. Please note that the market engagement event will not be recorded, and attendees are not permitted to make any audio, video, or other recordings of the session. Attendees must not use, introduce, or enable any third-party recording or AI-powered transcription tools (including virtual meeting assistants, note-takers, or similar applications) during the event. The Authority will transcribe the session solely for internal note-taking and the preparation of engagement outputs. Any transcript generated will be for internal use only, will not be shared with providers, and will not form part of the procurement documentation. Market Engagement Registration: Please complete the Market Engagement Event Registration Form by no later than 17:00 on Monday 12 October 2026, if you are interested to attend the event: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/tf4XxLkb83 ### Lot Information Lot 1 Community Diagnostic Centres deliver additional, digitally connected, diagnostic capacity in England, providing all patients with a co-ordinated set of diagnostic tests in the community and in as few visits as possible, enabling an accurate and fast diagnosis on a range of clinical pathways. CDCs provide a broad range of elective diagnostics away from acute facilities, reducing pressure on hospitals and giving patients quicker and more convenient access to tests. CDCs co-ordinate all the diagnostic tests a patient requires and, wherever possible, provide them under one roof in a single visit. More information on the core policy behind the creation of CDCs is available at: https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/community-diagnostic-centres/ The general aims of the CDC programme are: * improved population health outcomes * increased diagnostic capacity * improved productivity and efficiency * reduction in health inequalities * improved patient experience * support for the integration of care * make every contact count and support health promotion * act as test sites for quality improvement, research and innovation * contribute to NHS net zero ambitions * share learning across CDCS and systems * act as anchor institutions We currently have 3 CDCs operating within NEL, standard full scope CDCs in Mile End and Barking and a spoke (smaller) CDC in St George's HWBC. Between them, the network of NEL CDCs is on track to deliver, c. 225,000 tests this year and we are looking to build on this success with a further wave of CDC development, including opening a location in Newham. We are seeking a provider to build, develop and run this new CDC location that will fit into our wider system of diagnostics provision including acute and community partners in Newham and across NEL more widely. In order to support the correct flow of patients to the most appropriate location for testing, as close to their home as possible, this CDC location will be expected to work collaboratively with other CDCs in North East London and primary, secondary and community care providers as appropriate in the area. The provider will be expected to build and run the centre, including booking, provision of fully staffed and quality-accreditation-compliant testing and the provision of full reports returned to the relevant referrers. This centre is envisaged to be located near Stratford and to be a similar size and scale to other standard model CDCs in NEL and across the country. Additional information: NHS London Commercial Hub (LCH), hosted by NHS North East London ICB (Part of North East London Health and Care Partnership) is managing the Market Engagement process on behalf of the Authority. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088650-2026 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 18 Sep 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 21 Dec 2026 | | 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 | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS North East London Integrated Care Board | | Locality | LONDON | | Postcode area | East London | | Postcode | E14 5HJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI42 Tower Hamlets | | Local authority | Tower Hamlets | | Electoral ward | Blackwall & Cubitt Town | | Westminster constituency | Poplar and Limehouse | | Delivery location | TLI41 Hackney and Newham | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85100000 - Health services ## Release History - 18 Sep 2026 at 12:29 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088650-2026 ## Notice URLs - https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/tf4XxLkb83 - https://northeastlondon.icb.nhs.uk/ - https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/community-diagnostic-centres/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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