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Published 11 Dec 2025, 14:01 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

PCS National Assurance for Primary Care Contractor 2025-26

Official notice

Authority: NHS England (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£15,442,948published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 11 Dec 2025no call for competition
Awarded to NHS Business Services Authority

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The National Assurance Service provides a centralised national assurance service, covering all four primary care contractor groups including vaccine and immunisation programmes.

It delivers a solution for NHSE that supports contractors and commissioners to work more efficiently and to deliver better services, directly supporting the ambitions of the 10 Year Plan and NHSE objectives to improve effective access to care, increase preventative interventions, become more digitally enabled and reduce inequalities.

Some of the functions contained within the scope of the assurance service are delegated to the NHS BSA under the NHS Business Services Authority (Payments, Charges, Recovery of Charges and Penalty Charges) Directions 2015 (the 2015 Directions). Section_2_-_B5_NHS_BSA_2015_Directions_payments_and_charges.pdf (nhsbsa.nhs.uk), consequently there is no alternative Supplier for the fulfilment of these services.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK
79212300 Statutory audit services85100000 Health services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
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
11 Dec 2025, 14:01 GMT
Last source update
9 Jun 2026, 16:08 BST
Authority reference
C387492
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-054423
Latest notice
Contract termination notice (UK11)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f3eb Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Some of the functions are delegated to the NHS BSA under the NHS Business Services Authority (Payments, Charges, Recovery of Charges and Penalty Charges) Directions 2015 (the 2015 Directions), consequently there is no alternative Supplier.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

22 Dec 2025 → 9 Jun 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends310 days ago
    22 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  2. Notice published141 days ago
    9 Jun 2026, 16:08 BST

Notice history

6 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Dec 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    11 Dec 2025, 14:01 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    11 Dec 2025, 16:40 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract details notice published
    16 Dec 2025, 10:10 GMT
    UK7
  4. Contract signature expected
    24 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  5. Contract details notice published
    4 Feb 2026, 21:27 GMT
    UK7
  6. Contract termination notice published
    9 Jun 2026, 16:08 BST
    UK11
Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2025-12: 2 releases · 11 Dec 2025, 11 Dec 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £15,442,9481 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Dec 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
NHS Business Services Authority24 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026£15,442,94811 Dec 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • PCS National Assurance for Primary Care Contractor 2025-26 · NHS Business Services Authority

    Signed
    16 Dec 2025
    Value
    £15,442,948
    Period
    24 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
    Status
    terminated, This contract termination is being published to advise of the end of this contract. The delay in publishing this notice is due to administrative and operational circumstances.
    Final value
    £15,442,948
    Termination
    contractCompleted
    • Change Redacted MOU Attached

    No agreed KPIs: N/A

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS England

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDPT-3135-BWWY Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd, London, London, SE1 8UGContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • NHS BSAAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PYDZ-5139-HQCJ Stella House, Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East, NE15 8NXContact email

Official documents & specifications (6)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure