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title: "NHS 111 Service (Midlands Region) - Market Engagement"
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# NHS 111 Service (Midlands Region) - Market Engagement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhs-111-service-midlands-region-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-03b497). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board: "NHS 111 Service (Midlands Region) - Market Engagement". 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:** [NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-black-country-integrated-care-board-nhs-qua)
- **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
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03b497`

## 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/nhs-111-service-midlands-region-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-03b497#tl-md)

## Description
***This advert is for market engagement only***<br/><br/>NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board and NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board intend to undertake a procurement process for NHS 111 services to cover the West and East Midlands regions (including Staffordshire and Stoke) on behalf of themselves and the following Integrated Care Boards:<br/><br/>NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB<br/>NHS Coventry and Warwickshire ICB<br/>NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB<br/>NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB<br/>NHS Lincolnshire ICB<br/>NHS Northamptonshire ICB<br/>NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB<br/>NHS Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin ICB<br/>NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB<br/><br/>The Commissioners have published this Prior Information Notice to support market engagement only at this stage.<br/><br/>It is the current intention of the commissioners to procure the service as a single lot and appoint a provider to deliver the service covering the West and East Midlands region.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** NHS111 aims to ensure patients with an urgent clinical need are assessed and referred to an appropriate service, in a timely manner, by providing health advice and onward referral over the telephone and online. The NHS111 service will deliver a safe ...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008108-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-03-21T09:16:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T18:04:33.510Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03b497