Official UK procurement notice
Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS) Services in Thames Valley ICB - Market Engagement
Authority: NHS THAMES VALLEY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform the market of Thames Valley Integrated Care Board (ICB), (the Commissioner's), intention to commission a Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS) service in line with the national service specification, for the Thames Valley geographical area. The service specification can be found at: www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2… ↗
The Commissioner would like to understand the level of provider interest in delivering this specialised service.
The PAS service will provide specialist multidisciplinary maternity care for women at increased risk of Placenta Accreta Spectrum, delivered through designated specialist PAS centres operating as part of a regional network arrangement across the South East. The provider for the Thames Valley geographical area will be expected to work collaboratively with providers delivering PAS services across the other South East geographical areas and with local maternity services to ensure safe, effective and coordinated pathways of care.
While the service is commissioned primarily to meet the needs of the Thames Valley population, it is recognised that there may be a requirement to accept referrals from outside the geographical area. As the service becomes established, geographical boundaries may be reviewed in partnership with relevant service providers.
The contract will be for an initial duration of five years (60 months) with an optional extension of up to two years (2 x 12 months).
The approximate expected annual allocation of funding for the Thames Valley geographical area has been based on anticipated patient flow and incidence of complex PAS and is estimated at £283,500 per year, with an anticipated five year total value of £1,417,500.
This exercise is being carried out by NHS England South East, with procurement support from NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner. SCW is currently subject to restructuring, and the management of this procurement may therefore move to a successor at some point during the procurement process. Participants will be informed of any such change, and any administrative changes because of it.
CPV: Gynaecological hospital services · Gyneacologic or obstetric services · Health services · Medical hospital services · Surgical hospital services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How NHS THAMES VALLEY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD buys Health services (CPV 8510), and who usually turns up
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Half of these awards have an award date within 68 days of the bid deadline.
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1 bid16%
2–328%
4–635%
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Below estimate29%
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Above estimate5%
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Lot #1CPV 8510Published estimate£1.4m
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1 bid16%
2–328%
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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.
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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
- 21 May 2026, 14:22 BST
- Last source update
- 21 May 2026, 14:22 BST
- Authority reference
C448711- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-047153- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069f57Find a Tender
Publisher note: This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit the Authority or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. The Authority will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise. Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome, then complete the 'Market Engagement Event Registration Form' Microsoft (MS) Forms available within the system. Please note that you will need to be registered on Atamis, and then select the option to 'register an interest' under the project titled "Thames Valley ICB - Placenta Accreta Spectrum Service - Market Engagement'', project reference C448711 to gain access to the MS Forms registration link. The closing date of this PIN and to express an interest is 12 noon, Friday 19th June 2026. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) prior information notice. The 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 and The Procurement Act 2023 do not apply.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
21 May 2026 → 3 Aug 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published157 days ago21 May 2026, 14:22 BST
- Tender notice expected84 days ago3 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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