Official UK procurement notice
NHS SYICB - Sheff - CASES - Clinical Assessment, Support and Education Service
Authority: NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe ICB (Sheffield place) is seeking to optimise the potential of CASES in line with current NHS guidance around increasing community provision, including diagnostics. This is as required in the 2025 / 26 NHS Planning Guidance and the NHS Ten Year Plan www.england.nhs.uk/long-term-plan/ ↗ <br/><br/>We would expect to see the provider demonstrate:<br/><br/>1)Engagement with primary care to develop innovative ways to increase referrals through CASES;<br/><br/>2)Use of CASES intelligence to develop test of concept and to evaluate options for community activity that does not require a secondary care referral, but cannot be delivered in the primary care core contract;<br/><br/>3)Minimise the number of referrals that are sent back to primary care with advice and guidance which are then referred back into secondary care within a specific period
CPV: Medical analysis services · Medical practice and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Mar 2026, 14:47 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Mar 2026, 14:47 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-021390- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066678Find 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 Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 20/03/2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
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 Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 20/03/2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.<br/><br/>Written representations should be sent to - [email protected]<br/><br/>The award decision makers were - the Chief Finance Officer and the Interim Chief Executive.<br/><br/>No conflicts of interest were identified.<br/><br/>Please see section II.2.14.1 Additional information above for information on explaining the relative importance of the key criteria used to make a decision.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Care Sheffield Ltd | £3,335,900 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 021390-2026-1 · Primary Care Sheffield Ltd
- Signed
- 1 Oct 2025
- Value
- £3,335,900
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Independent patient choice and procurement panelReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Primary Care Sheffield LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.