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PCS National Assurance for Primary Care Contractor 2025-26

NHS ENGLAND · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 09:27.

Opportunity overview

The National Assurance Service provides a centralised national assurance service, covering all four primary care contractor groups including vaccine and immunisation programmes. It 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. Some of the functions contained within the scope of the assurance service are delegated to the NHS BSA under the NHS Business Services Authority (Payments, Charges, Recovery of Charges and Penalty Charges) Directions 2015 (the 2015 Directions). Section_2_-_B5_NHS_BSA_2015_Directions_payments_and_charges.pdf (nhsbsa.nhs.uk), consequently there is no alternative Supplier for the fulfilment of these services.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

NHS BSA

No match
Published award value
£15.4m
Awarded
18 Sept 2025
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-PPON PYDZ-5139-HQCJ
Location
Newcastle upon Tyne, UKC22, NE15 8NY, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
C387492
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Some of the functions are delegated to the NHS BSA under the NHS Business Services Authority (Payments, Charges, Recovery of Charges and Penalty Charges) Directions 2015 (the 2015 Directions), consequently there is no alternative Supplier for the fulfilment of these services in full.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-NHS-X24
Name
NHS ENGLAND

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKE42
Country
GB
Locality
Leeds
Postal Code
LS1 4AP
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
NHS England, 7&8 Wellington Place

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
X24
Scheme
GB-NHS

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PDPT-3135-BWWY
Scheme
GB-PPON
Organisation 2
Id
GB-PPON-PYDZ-5139-HQCJ
Name
NHS BSA

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKC22
Country
GB
Locality
Newcastle upon Tyne
Postal Code
NE15 8NY
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Stella House, Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
large
Sheltered Workshop
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No

Identifier

Id
PYDZ-5139-HQCJ
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Date
19 Sept 2025, 00:00
Title
PCS National Assurance for Primary Care Contractor 2025-26
Status
pending
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 4
Region
UKF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 5
Region
UKG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 6
Region
UKH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 7
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 8
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 9
Region
UKK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 10
Region
UKC
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 11
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 12
Region
UKE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 13
Region
UKF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 14
Region
UKG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 15
Region
UKH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 16
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 17
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 18
Region
UKK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85100000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health services

Value

Amount
15,442,948
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
15,442,948

Documents

Entry 1
Id
058028-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
19 Sept 2025, 11:00
Entry 2
Id
058037-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
19 Sept 2025, 11:07

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PYDZ-5139-HQCJ
Name
NHS BSA

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
1 Oct 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
31 Mar 2026, 23:59
Starts
1 Oct 2025, 00:00

Standstill Period

Ends
30 Sept 2025, 23:59

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Leeds · UKE42 · LS1 4AP · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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