Official UK procurement notice
Leicestershire Adult SARC - Market Engagement information
Authority: NHS England (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform NHS England Midlands, (the Commissioner's), are future strategic commissioning intentions regarding co-commissioning an integrated Adult Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) model for the Leicestershire police force area. The Commissioner would like to understand the level of provider interest in delivering these services and if there were any issues that would prevent a provider in applying and how these may be mitigated.<br/><br/>In the future the commissioner may proceed with either an MSP process or a competitive procurement, depending on the level of interest and the degree of competition demonstrated in the market.
CPV: Miscellaneous health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform the market of NHS…Planned
This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform the market of NHS England Midlands, (the Commissioner's), intention to recommission Adult Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) Services in Leicestershire. The Commissioner would like to understand the level of provider interest in delivering these services and if there are any issues that would prevent a provider in applying and how these may be mitigated.<br/><br/>NHS England East Midlands (NHSE), the Offices of the Police & Crime Commissioner (OPCCs) and Police Forces within the Leicestershire are seeking views of providers who have the capability and capacity to deliver SARC provision for adults (18 years and over).<br/><br/>A recommissioning exercise would aim to increase equity of access and ensure a consistent and high standard of quality care to victims of sexual assault. The service would be delivered in line with current national standards, guidance and best practice, and at the same time meet the local needs of the Force area.<br/><br/>If you are interested in providing these services in the future, please register on the e-procurement system, Atamis and submit a completed market questionnaire. <br/><br/>This exercise is being managed by NHS Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit (AGEM) on behalf of the Commissioner.<br/><br/>Organisations wishing to submit a questionnaire will need to register on the Arden GEM Atamis website and complete the questionnaire at the following location:<br/>healthfamily.force.com/s/Welcome ↗<br/>The Questionnaire should be completed by 5 pm on Friday 2 January 2026. The Atamis reference is C407978.<br/>This is purely an early engagement exercise; any subsequent procurement will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when published.<br/><br/>This is a market testing exercise and does not commit the Commissioners to carry out a procurement process. Current services will remain in place during this period in line with existing contracts and service level agreements. Additional information: These services are healthcare services falling within the Health Care Services, (Provider Selection Regime) (PSR) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023, do not apply to these services and thus do not apply to this notice.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How NHS England buys Miscellaneous health services (CPV 8514), and who usually turns up
NHS England’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Miscellaneous health services (CPV 8514) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in East Midlands.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in East Midlands.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 24 days of the bid deadline.
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Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
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How many bids past lots received.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid27% / 11%
2–342% / 16%
4–615% / 37%
7+16% / 37%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate38% / 20%
Within ±2%51% / 60%
Above estimate11% / 20%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform the market of NHS…CPV 8514No real estimate
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 19 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid11%
2–316%
4–637%
7+37%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Leicestershire PoliceEarlier contract | Leicestershire Adult Sexual Assault Referral Centre Services (SARC)notice published Jan 2025 | — | £1.4m | Matched as the earlier contract |
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Dec 2025, 15:13 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Dec 2025, 15:13 GMT
- Authority reference
AG25005- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-083462- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f6eeFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
16 Dec 2025 → 16 Dec 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published308 days ago16 Dec 2025, 15:13 GMT
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 56 days16 Dec 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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