Official UK procurement notice
Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Service 2025
Authority: Leicestershire County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLeicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council (the Councils) are inviting applications from General Practitioners for the provision of ‘Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Service’ in accordance with ‘The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime (PSR)) Regulations 2023 - Direct Award Process B.
The Councils have a requirement for Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Service as part of their wider public health responsibilities.
The service is required to deliver the provision, fitting, monitoring, and removal of IUDs, IUSs and SDIs for contraception purposes for women of Leicestershire and Rutland.
The service will provide patient choice across the geography of the counties and ensure consistent and timely delivery of long-acting reversible contraception.
Service aims are:
- improve sexual health outcomes
- improve access to long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) to Leicestershire and Rutland residents as part of a range of contraceptive options
- to raise awareness of the benefits of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) by providing high quality advice, support and information on the full range of contraception methods to all those on or seeking contraception
- to increase knowledge of LARC and mainstream contraception amongst healthcare professionals
- to increase knowledge of risks associated with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and refer to appropriate services
- to help contribute to a reduction in the rate of unplanned pregnancies, particularly in under 18s.
- to enhance professional practice
- to enable Providers to be active participants in an integrated multi-disciplinary service to help ensure easy and swift access to advice
- to ensure that the availability of post-coital IUD fitting for emergency contraception be more adequately provided as another means of reducing unintended conceptions
The service objectives are:
- delivery of a user friendly, non-judgemental, client centred and confidential LARC service
- be a key partner in the local network of contraceptive and sexual health services to help ensure easy and swift access to advice.
This contract is for an initial period of 4 years and shall take effect from 01 April 2025 – 31 March 2029. The Councils may extend this contract beyond the initial term by a further period or periods of up to 24 months (extension periods) to a maximum of 6 years.
The proposed service is based on current and known funding allocations. This could alter through the life of the contract in light of changes in future local and central government funding.
CPV: Health and social work services · Medical practice and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Councils are inviting applicants for the provision of ‘Long-Acting Reversible…Published value£700,000
The Councils are inviting applicants for the provision of ‘Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Service’ in accordance with ‘The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime (PSR)) Regulations 2023.
The PSR is the new legislation for the procurement of Healthcare Services. There are 5
different processes Relevant Authorities can use to award contracts. For the provision of this
Service, the Councils have decided to use Direct Award Process B.
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).
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £349,760 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Leicestershire County Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up
Leicestershire County Council’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: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning. Small firms win more of this buyer’s work than the market’s: 76% against 46%, n=54.
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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. More of this buyer’s work stays local than in this market: 81% against 48%, n=32.
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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 36 days of the bid deadline.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid20% / 18%
2–340% / 34%
4–620% / 24%
7+20% / 24%
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 estimate0% / 32%
Within ±2%100% / 59%
Above estimate0% / 8%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1The Councils are inviting applicants for the provision of ‘Long-Acting Reversible…Published estimate£700k
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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.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid30%
2–334%
4–623%
7+13%
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Where the award price may land.
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Based on 189 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£700k
Estimate£700k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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.
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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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| HCRG Care Services LimitedWorked for this buyer | Integrated Sexual Health Service 2025notice published Aug 2024 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Harmless CICWorked for this buyer | Supporting Those Bereaved by Suicidenotice published Oct 2025 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| ClinicoHealth Ltd (t/a Ashby Pharmacy)Worked for this buyer | Public Health Community Based Servicesnotice published Dec 2023 | Provision of oral Emergency Contraception (EC) to Women under 25 Years of Age | — | Similar wording and category |
| PCT Healthcare LtdWorked for this buyer | Public Health Community Based Servicesnotice published Dec 2023 | Provision of oral Emergency Contraception (EC) to Women under 25 Years of Age | — | Similar wording and category |
| APA (Leicester) Ltd (t/a The Village Pharmacy)Worked for this buyer | Public Health Community Based Servicesnotice published Dec 2023 | Provision of oral Emergency Contraception (EC) to Women under 25 Years of Age | — | Similar wording and category |
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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?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| 3 awards in 36m · last 11 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| £1.0bn31 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 4 live · £199m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=8 | |
| £3.5m5 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 2 live · £1.7m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 36% below n=2 | |
| 2 awards in 36m · last 18 months ago | 2 live · £2 iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| — | None on file | no comparable pairs |
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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 12 Nov 2024, 12:36 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Nov 2024, 12:36 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Feb 2029 – …
- Authority reference
DN747124- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-036562- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b5c7Find a Tender
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract 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 Public Contract Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. Under Process B, the contract direct award will be based on applicants being compliant in the following requirements: - Basic Selection Criteria (SSQ) - Financial Viability - Information Governance
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 28 Feb 2029, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 28 Feb 2029, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
12 Nov 2024 → 28 Feb 2029 · 4 dates- Notice published12 Nov 2024, 12:36 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Submission deadline28 Feb 2029, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened28 Feb 2029, 12:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Rutland County CouncilContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Leicestershire County Council & Rutland County CouncilReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.