Official UK procurement notice
Clinical Portals: Management Of GP TeamNet Clinical Portal Platform Clinical Support Information (CSI) and Pathway Implementation
Authority: NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA 12-month Urgent Direct Award for the management of GP TeamNet Clinical Portal Platform Clinical Support Information and Pathway Implementation. This supports more standardised operating processes and models of care being developed and implemented across all providers to address variation in quality and outcomes for patients in accordance with the NHS 10-Year Plan - Fit for the Future.
This 12-month Urgent Direct Award in accordance with Schedule 5 Paragraph 13 (Section 51(3)(a)) of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA2023) will be followed by a PA2023 compliant competitive process (dependent on confirmation of future funding as this is not yet confirmed). A NENC ICB project team has been identified to move forward with market engagement and analysis in support of a future competitive procurement process and to welcome comment and feedback from market providers.
Contract Term: 01 April 2026 - 31 March 2027
Contract Value: £744,000 (£620,000 exclusive of VAT)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Feb 2026, 16:02 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Mar 2026, 16:19 GMT
- Authority reference
NENC081- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-023703- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064d05Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement; Urgency
- Published justification
PA2023 Schedule 5 Urgency 13
Where-
(a)the goods, services or works to be supplied under the public contract are strictly necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency, and
(b)as a result the public contract cannot be awarded on the basis of a competitive tendering procedure.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Feb 2026- Transparency notice published10 Feb 2026, 16:02 GMTUK5
- Contract signature expected13 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published16 Mar 2026, 16:19 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunderland GP Alliance1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 | £620,000 | — | Awarded |
| Sunderland GP Alliance | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
N/A There is only one contract. Listing of Contract 2 is not accurate. · Sunderland GP Alliance
- Signed
- 16 Mar 2026
- Value
- —
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
Clinical Portals Management · Sunderland GP Alliance
- Signed
- 4 Mar 2026
- Value
- £620,000
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
3 agreed KPIs: In accordance with the NHSE Standard Contract · In accordance with the NHSE Standard Contract · In accordance with the NHSE Standard Contract
- In accordance with the NHSE Standard Contract
- In accordance with the NHSE Standard Contract
- In accordance with the NHSE Standard Contract
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SUNDERLAND GP ALLIANCE LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender