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# Prior Approval System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/prior-approval-system-ocds-h6vhtk-04d460). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS England: "Prior Approval System". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-england-gov-pb481)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** UKE
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £185,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04d460`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/prior-approval-system-ocds-h6vhtk-04d460#tl-md)

## Description
A 12 months contract required for the NHS England prior approval system whilst conducting the Discovery and Alpha phases and procurement of the next iteration of the prior approval system. The NHS England prior approval system enables clinicians to prescribe high-cost medicines to patients promptly by confirming patient eligibility via an online form detailing clinical treatment criteria. The system is also used to ensure that NHS providers are reimbursed appropriately for the use if high-cost medicines.<br/><br/>The Long-Term Plan describes the need to focus on quality, whilst driving efficiency and productive investment. It refers to unwarranted and unacceptable clinical variation, and the need to identify and eliminate such variation. It also refers to the need to exploit developments in information to accelerate improvements in care and improve transparency across organisations. The NHS England prior approval system supports this aim by ensuring that high-cost medicines are prescribed in accordance with NICE guidance and NHS England clinical policies.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Description:** A 12 months contract required for the NHS England prior approval system whilst conducting the Discovery and Alpha phases and procurement of the next iteration of the prior approval system. The NHS England prior approval system enables clinicians to p...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 001764-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Blueteq Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-172849`
  - Value: £185,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 001764-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £185,000
  - Signed Date: 02/12/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001764-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-17T15:53:44.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T23:19:24.222Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04d460