Official UK procurement notice
DHSC: PCP: National HIV Programme 2026-2029
Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department of Health and Social Care has entered into a contract for the deliver of the National HIV Prevention (England) Programme for the next 3 financial years 2026/27, 2027/28 and 2028/29.
The programme focusses on populations disproportionately affected by HIV in whom the evidence demonstrates a higher or emerging burden of infection, or specific challenges in accessing prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care. This includes, but is not limited to, white GBMSM, ethnic minority GBMSM, black African heterosexual women, black African heterosexual men and other ethnic minority heterosexuals.
The Programme aims to:
- Improve awareness, knowledge, understanding and uptake of combination HIV prevention interventions, among populations most affected by HIV;
- Provide targeted HIV testing which reaches communities with unmet need to reduce the undiagnosed population and proportion of late diagnoses and reduce pressures on the NHS, supporting wider government priorities. This should include low HIV prevalence areas;
- Reduce inequalities in access to HIV prevention interventions by exposure, gender, geography and ethnicity
- Reduce levels of HIV related stigma, particularly self-stigma and stigma within different communities
- Enhance collaboration across national, regional and local partners and multi-sector organisations.
Contract Term: 3 years starting 1st April 2026
Maximum contract yearly value: £1,333,334 per year exclusive of VAT; £1,600,000 per year inclusive of VAT
Maximum total Contract Value: £4,000,000 exclusive of VAT; £4,800,000 inclusive of VAT
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 3 Jul 2028, 23:59 BST.
- How the procedure runs: The process will follow a competitive flexible procedure with suppliers submitting procurement specific questionnaire and initial tender on a first stage, follow by negotiations and final tender. The Authority reserve the right to award the contract on initial tender.
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£4,000,000
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- Technical & professional ability
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How this buyer will score bids.
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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 award criteria (1)
- Quality: Quality Criteria contains 8 questions on how the supplier propose to deliver on different elements of the contract.
- Economic & financial standing
Financial
Insurances
- Technical & professional ability
Cyber Security
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 3 Jul 2028
- First published
- 6 Oct 2025, 09:28 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Feb 2026, 09:33 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
C350854- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-062375- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a86fFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
Quarterly in arrears
- How it runs
The process will follow a competitive flexible procedure with suppliers submitting procurement specific questionnaire and initial tender on a first stage, follow by negotiations and final tender. The Authority reserve the right to award the contract on initial tender.
- Risks
- There is a risk that entering into negotiations could lead to a constrained implementation period. Consequently, some services may not be fully prepared to commence operations on 1 April 2026, which could result in phased service delivery.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 29 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tender must be submitted via esourcing portal Atamis.
The opportunity will be available on the Health Family Atamis eTendering System. You must be registered to have full access to all documents. Select this link to access and register your organisation to the Atamis system health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗, if you have not already done so. Registration is free of charge. You can search for the project by using the contract reference.
Once you have found the Opportunity, press the ‘Register Interest’ button to register your interest. This will make the project to appear on ‘My proposals and quotes’. From there you can review documents, send clarification messages, submit the response, or decline to respond, if you decide not to participate in the opportunity. For full details on the instruction to tender and terms of participations please refer to the Invitation to Tender document.
Timeline
6 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published375 days ago6 Oct 2025, 09:28 BST
- Clarification questions by352 days ago29 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline340 days ago10 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent312 days ago8 Dec 2025
- Award decision expected by269 days ago19 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published253 days ago5 Feb 2026, 09:33 GMT
- Contract starts198 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Oct 2025- Tender notice published6 Oct 2025, 09:28 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published8 Dec 2025, 07:38 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete8 Dec 2025, 07:38 GMT
- Contract signature expected30 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published5 Feb 2026, 09:27 GMTUK7
- Contract details notice published5 Feb 2026, 09:33 GMTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-10: 1 release · 6 Oct 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUSTSMENational HIV Prevention Programme 2026-291 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 | £1,333,334 | 8 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
| THE TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUSTSME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
DHSC: PCP: National HIV Prevention (England) Programme 2026-2029 · THE TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUSTSME
- Signed
- 4 Feb 2026
- Value
- £4,000,000
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029
- Status
- active
- Change Error on start date in the notice although not in the description. Start date of contract is 1st April 2026
3 agreed KPIs: 3,000 Kits delivered through community activities · 10,000 Number of self testing kits distributed · 12 community outreach events
- 3,000 Kits delivered through community activities, Delivery of HIV self-testing kits through community activities. This target is annual although reported quarterly.
- 10,000 Number of self testing kits distributed, Number of kits distributed online for the annual national campaigns.
- 12 community outreach events, Number of community outreach events delivered each year.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders | 4 | 1 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Terrence Higgins TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
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
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender