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Published 15 Sept 2026, 17:15 BST

Official UK procurement notice

BNSSG Neighbourhood Health Development Fund Delivery

Authority: NHS Bristol North Somerset & South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (Central government)

Direct awardLight touch regime
Awarded value £6,583,333published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to ONE CARE (BNSSG) C.I.C

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A time-limited development and mobilisation fund to enable frailty-focused Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs) to move from design into practical delivery across the BNSSG ICB footprint.

A design framework describing the requirements, outcomes and milestones has been developed.

The fund will be used to build provider capability, test new ways of working, strengthen neighbourhood coordination, support digital and operational enablers, and generate learning to inform future compliant commissioning decisions, including the longer-term Adult Community Health Services recommissioning and future Multi Neighbourhood Provider contract development.

The contract will be time limited to a period of 18-months for the period 1st October 2026 - 31st March 2028.

The total lifetime value of the contract is £7,900,000. Proposed deployment is £2,910,000 for 01/10/26 - 31/03/2027 and £4,990,000 for 01/04/27 - 31/03/2028.

Issuing of this Transparency Notice will now instigate a voluntary standstill period which will not be less than eight-working days, 16/09/2026 - 25/09/2026 (the Standstill Period). A contract will only be signed after satisfactory completion of the standstill period.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Awarded
Delivery: South West
85323000 Community health services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award — no call for competition
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
15 Sept 2026, 17:15 BST
Last source update
15 Sept 2026, 17:15 BST
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
South West (UKK11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06fa8e
Why no open competition
Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement; Urgency
Published justification
BNSSG ICB has held £7.9 million previously allocated to the discontinued Integrated Care at Home procurement. In December 2025, the Executive Team agreed that the resource should instead support partners to design, test and prepare for neighbourhood delivery, following concerns about provider maturity and market readiness. A three-phase, provider-led and system-supported process was coordinated through the more…Neighbourhood Health Programme Group, with the System Executive Group acting as programme board. The Direct Award Justification under schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 is: The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where- (a) a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and (b) the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £6,583,3331 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ONE CARE (BNSSG) C.I.CSMENeighbourhood Health Development Fund Delivery1 Oct 2026 — 31 Mar 2028£6,583,333Standstill

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 15 Sept 2026
  1. Contract signature expected
    29 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
  2. Transparency notice published
    15 Sept 2026, 17:15 BSTUK5

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-NHS: QUY · GB-PPON: PPCD-6597-HCDW Floor 2, North Wing, 100 Temple Street, Bristol, South West, BS1 6AG
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Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure

  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender