Official UK procurement notice
Market Engagement - Consultant-led Clinical Review Service for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
Authority: NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is an advertisement for market testing only to gauge market interest which will influence future commissioning and procurement direction. This advertisement is issued under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) of the Healthcare Services Regulations 2023. NHS Shropshire Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board ICB (STW ICB) has not decided at this point which PSR process best applies.
NHS Shropshire Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board (STW ICB) has a requirement for a Consultant-led Clinical Review Service for existing patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS).
STW ICB are seeking Expressions of Interest (EoIs) from potential providers that are suitably qualified and experienced in delivering ME/CFS Consultant-led Clinical Review Services.
Any Provider wishing to express an interest in delivering the consultant led ME/CFS clinical review service in the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (STW) area should register their interest and complete the questionnaire on the Atamis Health Family eCommercial System at health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗, Atamis reference C415143, no later than 16:00 hours on 23/02/2026.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Within STW there are currently around 146 patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or…Planned
Within STW there are currently around 146 patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) who are overdue their follow up appointment with no consultant-led service in place. These patients have been reviewed by the local Community Trust and have been deemed too complex for the community service at present due to their current management plans.
STW ICB are seeking a provider to deliver a consultant-led clinical review service for existing patients with (ME/CFS). The service is to be provided from a base within STW, to determine their ongoing care requirements in line with one of the following three outcomes:
- Continue active treatment
- Discharge from the service in totality
- Management in community either via local community service or GP
STW ICB are seeking Expressions of Interest (EoIs) from potential providers that are suitably qualified and experienced in delivering an ME/CFS Consultant-led Clinical Review Service.
It is anticipated that any future contract will be for a 3-year period, with an estimated value of £40,000 per annum including VAT (total contract value £120,000). It is intended that this will be issued as a block contract. NHS Standard Contract Terms and Conditions will apply. It is anticipated that the Contract will commence as soon as is practically possible.
This market engagement exercise shall enable STW ICB to help inform the level of interest, capacity and capability of the market for this specialised service, inform the specification and influence future commissioning and procurement direction.
Any Provider wishing to express an interest in delivering this ME/CFS Consultant-led Clinical Review Service in the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (STW) area should register their interest and complete the questionnaire on the Atamis Health Family eCommercial System at health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗, Atamis reference C415143, no later than 16:00 hours on 23/02/2026
STW ICB is only seeking expressions of interest from providers who are attracted to this potential opportunity and capable of providing the service. Please only express an interest if you have the relevant authority to do so on behalf of your organisation.
The ICB reserves the right not only to change/amend it's approach but also reserves the right not to proceed with a procurement, and is not bound to follow through on any EoI received.
Please note those organisations that have expressed an interest will still be required to register separately for any future procurement and should not rely on their response to this EoI. Interested parties will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to this notice. Nor shall a response to this Market Engagement Notice guarantee an invitation to participate in any future procurement process.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board buys Health services (CPV 8510), and who usually turns up
NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board’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 services (CPV 8510) →
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in West Midlands.
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Half of these awards were announced within 69 days of the bid deadline.
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1 bid23%
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7+23%
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Lot #1Within STW there are currently around 146 patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or…CPV 8510Published estimate£120k
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1 bid23%
2–331%
4–623%
7+23%
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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 · publisher note attached- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Feb 2026, 11:17 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Feb 2026, 11:17 GMT
- Authority reference
WHISP-364- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-009366- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06152aFind a Tender
Publisher note: It should be noted that this is not a procurement exercise at this stage and participating organisations are responsible for their own costs. All details provided by STW ICB are in draft format, and STW ICB reserves the right to change/amend any aspect of its requirement prior to any potential future procurement exercise. The ICB reserves the right not only to change/amend it's approach, but also reserves the right not to proceed with a procurement. The Commissioner reserves the right to contact any provider in reference their response, though the Commissioner is not committed to do so. To register your Expression of Interest (EOI) please complete the questionnaire on the Atamis Health Family eCommercial System https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome, reference C415143. The closing date for EoIs is 16:00 hours on 23/02/2026. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) market engagement notice. Should STW ICB award any contract subsequent to this request, it will be 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 notice. STW ICB is not bound to act on any information generated from the questionnaire, and participation does not automatically guarantee any standing with regards to any future PSR process adopted by STW ICB.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
3 Feb 2026 → 1 Apr 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published261 days ago3 Feb 2026, 11:17 GMT
- Tender notice expected204 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
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