Official UK procurement notice
Primary Care Regulations Advice & Training Service
Authority: NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe service will facilitate and support the subscription to primary care aligned to the delivery of national priorities and manifesto commitments. The support subscription will provide opportunities for primary care team members to unlimited access development through a series of structured training events, networking opportunities personal development sessions, webinars, and workshops, as well as specialist advice via a help desk for immediate support.
In addition, the contract provides 314 credits which can be used to access several different services which include:
National events programmes, Locally run workshops, informed facilitation, a range of leadership development resources, executive coaching and workshops to develop teams as well as a range of other support, including access to specialist advisers and virtual networking solutions (through NHS Networks). Credits can be used to access this support by agreement.
This service will be accessible for all primary care contractor groups (GP, pharmacy, ophthalmic and dentistry) within the North East and Yorkshire, including Cumbria.
CPV: Health training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- 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 Jun 2025, 12:03 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Jul 2025, 10:14 BST
- Authority reference
NENC034- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-039485- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0545fcFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
10 Jun 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 4 dates- Planning notice published10 Jun 2025, 12:03 BST
- Market engagement17 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
The Contracting Authority are seeking to understand how many capable suppliers in the market can provide this service, this information will inform the next steps in the procurement process. If appropriate, any future competition process will invite potential suppliers to submit a request for quotation advertised via the Central Digital Platform.
Expressions of Interest must be submitted by 5pm on 17 June 2025.
NENC ICB is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this EOI exercise and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NENC ICB, including EOI submissions, will be conducted via Atamis:
health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
If you have already registered on the system (e.g. to access contracts with another Health Family organisation) then there is no need to re-register. If you have not already done so you should now register as a Supplier on the shared system by selecting the link above.
It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. If you find that you need any advice or support in registering please contact the Atamis helpdesk using the following details:
Phone: 0800 9956035
E-mail: [email protected]
Opening times 8am - 6pm
An Atamis Supplier guide can be accessed by clicking on the link above.
- Latest notice published14 Jul 2025, 10:14 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Jun 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Jun 2025, 12:03 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Jun 2025, 15:25 BSTUK2
- Contract details notice published14 Jul 2025, 10:14 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete14 Jul 2025, 10:14 BST
- Procurement method changed14 Jul 2025, 10:14 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Care Commissioning Community Interest CompanyVCSE | £44,400 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Credits support contract for training and development support · Primary Care Commissioning Community Interest CompanyVCSE
- Signed
- 2 Jul 2025
- Value
- £44,400
- Period
- 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2026
- Status
- active
- Options
- There will be the option of purchasing additional components if a particular aspect exceeds the maximum amount as specified above.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Primary Care Commissioning Community Interest CompanyAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender