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# Provision of Independent Medical Advice Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-independent-medical-advice-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06aea2). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Home Office: "Provision of Independent Medical Advice Services". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £0. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Home Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/home-office-gov-d16)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Community health services, Health and social work services, Health services, Miscellaneous health services, Psychiatrist or psychologist services (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-independent-medical-advice-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06aea2#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06aea2`

## 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/provision-of-independent-medical-advice-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06aea2#tl-md)

## Description
A procurement is being considered for the provision of an Independent Medical Advice Service (IMAS), which will deliver independent, expert medical advice to support asylum and wider immigration decision-making.
The service will support caseworkers in circumstances where medical evidence is presented, and specialist clinical input is required to inform decision making. Advice may include consideration of physical and mental health matters relevant to individual cases.
The Authority is seeking to engage with organisations capable of delivering responsive, reliable and independent medical advisory services, providing objective medical input to support operational decision making. 
The anticipated service scope may include:
•	Independent clinical review and advice based on submitted medical information.
•	Provision of medical opinion to support casework decision where clinical expertise is required.
•	Delivery of advice within agreed service standards and timescales.
•	Appropriate clinical governance, quality assurance and information handling arrangements.
The purpose of this engagement is to better understand market capability, capacity, delivery models, and commercial approaches available to support the future service. Further information regarding service requirements, volumes and operational arrangement may be shared with interested organisation as part of subsequent engagement activity. Please refer to “Engagement process description” below.
For the purposes of this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice, the estimated contract value has been listed as £0. This is a placeholder and does not reflect the anticipated value of the contract. The total contract value is currently being developed internally and will be communicated to the market via the appropriate Tender Notice once the estimate has been finalised. 
The content of this Notice, including the nature of works and indicative timeline, are subject to change and does not commit the Authority to commence any procurement process.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 85100000, 85121270, 85140000, 85141000, 85323000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 19/02/2027 to 19/02/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F053298-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-05T11:32:43.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T11:27:32.931Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06aea2