Official UK procurement notice
Prescription Exemption Checking Service (PECS) 2025/2026
Authority: NHS England (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPrescription Exemption Checking Service (DECS) 2025/2026
The Provider will investigate a random sample of prescription claims from patients who have claimed exemption from payment to verify the accuracy of the exemption declared. Claims are verified by cross checking the patient details on the prescription claim against the Provider records of valid exemption schemes which the Provider administer in addition to DWP records.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- 10 Sept 2025, 14:52 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jun 2026, 15:29 BST
- Authority reference
C371006- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-054386- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0597adFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
This function is delegated to the NHS BSA under the NHS Business Services Authority (Payments, Charges, Recovery of Charges and Penalty Charges) Directions 2015 (the 2015 Directions).
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
19 Sept 2025 → 9 Jun 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends19 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published140 days ago9 Jun 2026, 15:29 BST
Notice history
7 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Sept 2025- Transparency notice published10 Sept 2025, 14:52 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published10 Sept 2025, 15:44 BSTUK6
- Buyer details updated10 Sept 2025, 15:44 BST
- Contract signature expected23 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published10 Dec 2025, 11:23 GMTUK7
- Contract details notice published4 Feb 2026, 21:20 GMTUK7
- Contract termination notice published9 Jun 2026, 15:29 BSTUK11
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-09: 2 releases · 10 Sept 2025, 10 Sept 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHS Business Services Authority1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 | £18,585,381 | 10 Sept 2025standstill to 19 Sept 2025 | Standstill |
| NHS Business Services Authority | £0 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Prescription Exemption Checking Service (PECS) 2025/2026 · NHS Business Services Authority
- Signed
- 10 Sept 2025
- Value
- £0
- Period
- 1 Oct 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
- £18,585,381
- Termination
- contractCompleted
- Change Redacted documentation attached
No agreed KPIs: n/a
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NHS BSAAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Signed contract Redacted MOU
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender