Official UK procurement notice
NENC010 - Integrated Podiatry Service - South Tyneside and Sunderland
Authority: NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionINTENTION TO AWARD NOTICE -for Integrated Podiatry Service - South Tyneside and Sunderland.
Previous transparency notices related to this include:
Prior Information Notice - 2025/S 000-047346, the reference detailed in Section IV 2.1 is a placeholder and the above reference is the correct one linked to this process.
CPV: Hospital and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1INTENTION TO AWARD NOTICE for Integrated Podiatry Services - South Tyneside and SunderlandAwarded
INTENTION TO AWARD NOTICE for Integrated Podiatry Services - South Tyneside and Sunderland. North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (Relevant Authority) intend to award a contract under the Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process for the provision of a Integrated Podiatry Services for South Tyneside and Sunderland.
Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 11:59:59 p.m. 28 October 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Written representations should be sent to NENC ICB at [email protected].
These are previous/current existing services which were published to the market with a revised service specification for an Integrated Podiatry Service for South Tyneside and Sunderland. NENC ICB published a Prior Information Notice 2025/S 000-047346 on 08 August 2025 inviting the market to submit an Expression of Interest in accordance with the process that must be followed when awarding a contract under the most suitable provider processed defined in Regulations 6(6) and 10 of PSR 2023.
As detailed in the published specification, the service requires an integrated Podiatry service, which must provide inpatient care as required for patients admitted to Sunderland Royal Hospital and South Tyneside District Hospital under specialities including Vascular and Diabetology, and outpatient care as required on these sites.
The reference detailed in Section IV 2.1 is a placeholder and the above reference is the correct one linked to this process.
The intended contract will run for an initial term of five years two months, from 01 February 2026, with the option of extending for a further two years. Additional information: INTENTION TO AWARD NOTICE for Integrated Podiatry Service - South Tyneside and Sunderland.
Previous transparency notices related to this include:
Prior Information Notice - 2025/S 000-047346
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 15 Oct 2025, 14:29 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Oct 2025, 14:29 BST
- Authority reference
NENC010- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-065625- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05cd61Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award 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 Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the Standstill Period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers at
[email protected] by 11:59:59 pm on 28 October 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
- Review procedure
In accordance with PSR 2023.
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award 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 Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 11:59:59 p.m. 28 October 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Written representations should be sent to NENC ICB at [email protected]. Service requirements were measured and assessed against the 5 Key Criteria of the PSR 2023 and with the rationale being the focus on providing an integrated model that meets new requirements. The Relevant Authority considered the service requirements, the relative importance of each of the PSR 2023 5 key criteria against the contracting arrangements, and what beneficial outcomes need to be achieved from the services. This information was used to determine what evidence would be assessed to confirm alignment with the 5 key criteria Following publication of a PIN on 08 August 2025 inviting Expressions of Interest, the Relevant Authority assessed all responses and requested and provided evidence against the published 5 key Criteria and service specific criteria to evidence the identified most suitable provider's suitability. Following assessment, review, recommendation for Award Decision, and an Award Decision was requested and received through the following NENC ICB governance process: Sunderland Place Subcommittee - 03 October 2025 South Tyneside Alliance Committee - 09 October 2025 Contracting & Procurement Subcommittee - 08 October 2025 NENC ICB Executive Committee 14 October 2025 Conflicts of interests were managed throughout the process. Potential conflicts of interests identified among potential project team members were assessed by non conflicted members. Individuals who identified a potential perceived conflict of interest were not given access to project documents or included in project discussions until it was confirmed they did not have a conflict. All governance committee meetings were briefed on the potential for conflicts of interests and conflicts with committee and board members were managed with any identified potential/perceived conflicted individuals not receiving copies of the MSP Outcome report and that member being asked to and agreeing to remove themselves from the meeting where the review and recommendation approval of the MSP process Outcome and agreement of the identification of the Most Suitable Provider was completed.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust | £24,974,128 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
NENC010 - Integrated Podiatry Service - South Tyneside and Sunderland · South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
- Signed
- 14 Oct 2025
- Value
- £24,974,128
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NENC ICB Independent Representation Review PanelReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.