Official UK procurement notice
COVID-19 Vaccination Programme for Outreach Services for the Midlands Region
Authority: NHS England (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement description***This is an Intention to Award Notice***<br/><br/>NHS England – Midlands (referred to as the Commissioner) intend to award a contract to University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust for the Provision of COVID-19 Vaccination Programme for Outreach Services to cover the NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board locality.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1This is an intention to award notice under the competitive processAwardedPublished value£220,000
This is an intention to award notice under the competitive process.<br/>NHS England – Midlands (referred to as the Commissioner) intend to award a contract University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust for the provision of COVID-19 Vaccination Programme for Outreach Services following a robust Competitive Process.<br/><br/>Services are expected to commence on 1st October 2025 – 31st March 2026 for a duration of 6 months.<br/><br/>The lifetime value of the contract is £220,000.<br/><br/>This is an existing service and has been awarded to a existing provider.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating Choice: 35%
- Quality and Innovation: 15%
- price: 20%
- Social Value: 10%
- Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability: 20%
Published award criteria (5)
- Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability: 20.00%
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating Choice: 35.00%
- Quality and Innovation: 15.00%
- Social Value: 10.00%
- Price: 20.00%
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 2 Jul 2025, 15:46 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Aug 2025, 16:53 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 16 Jul 2025 – …
- Authority reference
AG25036- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-052168- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0557caFind a Tender
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. 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 standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 12pm (midnight) on Thursday 4th September 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.<br/><br/>Written representations need to be sent via the Atamis e-tendering portal, Project Reference: C372781 - COVID-19 Vaccination Programme Outreach Services - Birmingham & Solihull ICB.<br/><br/>The award decision makers are NHS England’s Regional Commissioning Group and;<br/><br/>The Project Group:<br/><br/>The evaluation panel who consisted of NHS England and NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board personnel: -<br/><br/>- Deputy Head of Operations Covid-19<br/>- Covid 19 Project Manager<br/>- System Dir. Imms and Vaccs<br/><br/>No conflicts of interest were flagged as part of this process.<br/><br/>The Basic Selection Criteria was scored on a Pass/Fail or For Information basis. The Key Criteria were weighted as follows:<br/><br/>1. Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability – 20.00%<br/>2. Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating Choice – 35.00%<br/>3. Quality and Innovation – 15.00%<br/>4. Social Value – 10.00%<br/>5. Value – 20.00%<br/><br/>The weightings for the 5 key criteria were determined by the procurement panel to give appropriate relative importance to each of the sections equally in line with the commissioning expectations for the service. These were assessed on a scored basis (0-5) as per the evaluation criteria set out within the procurement documentation.<br/><br/>The awarded Provider has been selected as they have met all requirements of the Basic Selection Criteria and scored the highest overall out of 100 against the published Key Criteria (listed above).
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Submission deadline
- 16 Jul 2025, 10:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 240 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 16 Jul 2025, 10:00 BST
Timeline
16 Jul 2025 → 28 Aug 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline16 Jul 2025, 10:00 BST
- Bids opened16 Jul 2025, 10:00 BST
- Notice published28 Aug 2025, 16:53 BST
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete21 Aug 2025, 16:25 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextVI.3 | This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. 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 standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be ma… | This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. 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 standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be ma… |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | £220,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 050639-2025-1 · University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
- Signed
- 21 Aug 2025
- Value
- £220,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support UnitReview contact point
- NHS England Independent Patient Choice and Procurement PanelReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria