Official UK procurement notice
Barts Health NHS Trust / NHS North East London Integrated Care Board Acute Services Contract 2025/26 - 2027/28
Authority: NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provider is a NHS organisation, providing acute health care services including, but not limited to, Commissioner Requested Services (CRS) and specialised services. The provider is the only provider capable of delivering the services due to the nature of those health care services.
The lifetime value of this contract is £6,341,856,845 (inclusive of extension provision), at £1,585,464,211 per annum. The contract term will be three years, with an option to extend for a further year at sole discretion of the Authority.
CPV: Health services · Hospital and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jun 2026, 15:41 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Jun 2026, 15:41 BST
- Authority reference
C363884- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-056756- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b62fFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations.
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Notice of Award which followed a Direct Award A process. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice meets the transparency obligations under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 in relation to the Direct Award A process.
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The decision makers to award this contract were the Chief Finance and Performance Officer and Interim Chief Executive Officer. There have been no conflicts of interest declared. North East London Integrated Care Board (NEL ICB) is the Co-ordinating Commissioner for this contract with Barts Health NHS Trust. This contract is a multilateral contract that includes the following associate Commissioners: North Central London ICB, North West London ICB, South East London ICB, Bath & NE Somerset, Swindon & Wiltshire ICB, Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton Keynes ICB, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire & Berkshire West ICB, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough ICB, Cornwall & The Isles of Scilly ICB, Hertfordshire & West Essex ICB, Kent & Medway ICB, Mid & South Essex ICB, Norfolk & Waveney ICB, Suffolk & NE Essex ICB, Surrey Heartlands ICB, Sussex ICB, NHSE Specialist Commissioning. The annual contractual value is £1,585,464,211 per annum; commencing 1st April 2025 - 31st March 2028. There is an option to extend for a further one year period, at discretion of the Authority. The lifetime value (inclusive of one-year extension period) is £6,341,856,845.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barts Health NHS Trust | £6,341,856,845 †very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 056756-2026-1 · Barts Health NHS Trust
- Signed
- 16 Jun 2026
- Value
- £6,341,856,845
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- North East London Integrated Care BoardReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Barts Health NHS TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.