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# Independent Investigations

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/independent-investigations-ocds-h6vhtk-032f75). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The NHS Commissioning Board: "Independent Investigations". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [The NHS Commissioning Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-nhs-commissioning-board-GB-FTS-31594)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services, Investigation services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-032f75`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/independent-investigations-ocds-h6vhtk-032f75#tl-md)

## Description
Providers within the marketplace are being given notice of NHSE's intention to reopen the Independent Investigations Framework. 
The framework was originally awarded as a bespoke process and is being re-opened under the “light touch regime” of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as described in the original Contracts Award Notice 2019/S 214-526090. The Framework will re-open with the original requirements of completion of a Qualification Questionnaire to qualify for acceptance onto the framework agreement.
The framework is split into five lots:
Lot 1 - Individual Independent Investigations
Lot 2 - Partnership Investigations
Lot 3 - Local Care Systems
Lot 4 - Health & Social Care & Partners Investigations
Lot 5 - Systematic Independent Investigations
We intend to reopen the Framework in May 2022.
Further information will be available when the framework is reopened. This notice is not a call for competition.

## Lots (1)
### Lot N/A: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `N/A`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 79720000, 85100000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The framework is divided into lots that meets the technical and geographic requirements for the NHS. The procurement is intended to commence in May 2022 with a call for competition notice published on FTS. It remains the NHS's intention to have in pl...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010455-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-04-22T10:30:00.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T00:58:07.266Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-032f75