Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 22 May 2025, 11:46 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Primary Care Support Services

Official notice

Authority: NHS England (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£350,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jan 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 7 yrsends 31 Aug 2033 · up to 31 Aug 2036 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS England are conducting pre-market engagement for Primary Care Support Services: Administration Services The Procurement Act 2023 allows market testing and supports contracting authorities and the market to prepare for upcoming procurements. NHS England aims to ensure more effective and efficient procurement processes and intends to engage early and widely with the market to allow opportunities to shape its requirements. The initial aim of the pre-tender market engagement is to make interested parties aware of upcoming tenders for Primary Care Support Services:

  • Service one: Administration Services Furthermore, NHS England is keen to use the responses to understand from the market whether there is adequate interest in the proposed procurement activity and whether the market will be in a position to bid for and deliver the specified services. Primary Care Support Services (PCSS) are essential administration services underpinning provision of primary care in England and consists of a range of services to support primary care delivery. The current contract provides a range of administrative and back-office functions supporting primary care contractors (GPs, Pharmacists, Dentists and Opticians) in England. The service lines that the current contract covers are:
  • Payment Services (GP, Ophthalmic & Pharmacy contractors)
  • GP Pensions Administration Services
  • Patient Registration Services
  • Medical Records Administrations and Movement Services
  • Medical and Controlled Stationary Supplies Delivery Services
  • National Performers Lists Administration Services
  • Pharmacy Market Entry Administration Services

CPV: Accounting and auditing services · Administrative healthcare services · Development software development services · Miscellaneous health services · Pension services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 7 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2033 (7 yrs) · up to 31 Aug 2036 with extensions
Eligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
22 May 2025, 11:46 BST
Last source update
22 May 2025, 12:39 BST
Authority reference
C358059
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-024749
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Accounting and auditing servicesAdministrative healthcare servicesDevelopment software development servicesMiscellaneous health servicesPension services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051d21 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

22 May 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    22 May 2025, 11:46 BST
  2. Market engagement
    2 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST

    NHS England are conducting pre-market engagement for Primary Care Support Services: Administration Services Primary Care Support Services (PCSS) are essential administration services underpinning provision of primary care in England and consists of a range of services to support primary care delivery. The current contract provides a range of administrative and back-office functions supporting primary care contractors (GPs, Pharmacists, Dentists and Opticians) in England. The Procurement Act 2023 allows market testing and supports contracting authorities and the market to prepare for upcoming procurements. NHS England will be holding an online webinar on the 03 June 20205 (am) where interested suppliers will gain further insight to the procurement. At this stage, interested suppliers are invited to register their interests for the event by completing the attached webinar registration form and submitting a signed Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) provided by NHS England which can be found in the documents section of this project. Registration for the online event will close on the 2nd June 2025 at 12: 00 hours. Please note that NHS England has limited attendees at the event to 3 participants per organisation. Invites to the event will be sent by 17:00 on the 2nd June 2025 to suppliers which have: 1. Successfully registered their interests by completing and returning the webinar registration contact details table in section 7 of Appendix A: Instructions document; and 2. Successfully completed and returned the signed NDA. The NDA and registration must be uploaded and submitted electronically via the Health Family eCommercial Portal by 12:00 hours on 02 June 2025. Request For Information (RFI) documentation and further instructions will be made available to all eligible suppliers after the webinar via the portal. Please see attached documentation for further information.

  3. Tender notice expected298 days ago
    1 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts56 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    22 May 2025, 11:46 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    22 May 2025, 12:39 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS England, Leeds

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDPT-3135-BWWY 7&8 Wellington Place, Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS1 4APContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure