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Published 30 Jul 2025, 13:47 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Public Health Enhanced Services in Primary Care

Official notice

Authority: Tower Hamlets·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regime
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£6,824,000≈ £2.5m / year · £8,188,800 inc. VAT · 2 value updates
Submissions closed 18 Dec 2025awarded 17 Mar 2026
Award (standstill) to Tower Hamlets GP Care Group CIC
Contract term 2 yrs 9 moends 31 Mar 2029 · up to 30 Mar 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Tower Hamlets council aims to improve the health and wellbeing of residents. Public Health Enhanced Services delivered within primary care in Tower Hamlets are a key way to achieve this. These services encompass a range of health interventions aimed at improving population health outcomes, specifically targeting areas such as sexual and reproductive health, cardiometabolic disease prevention, and substance misuse. Tower Hamlets General Practitioners (GPs) have long-established provision of a range of Public Health enhanced services to address substance misuse, provide for sexual health and undertake NHS Health Checks. Locally these are called Network Improvement Services (NIS). These services are in addition to the GP core contract commissioned by NHS England. The enhanced services provided include: GP Sexual Health and Reproductive Services (SRH) NHS Health Checks (NHSHC) programme Primary Care Substance Misuse Services, including shared care for OST and screening and referral related to alcohol harms.

  • How the procedure runs: Competitive Under PSR

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrs 9 moPublished value£6,824,000
Contract period: 1 Jul 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 (2 yrs 9 mo) · up to 30 Mar 2032 with extensionsValue: £6,824,000 exc. VAT · £8,188,800 inc. VAT
Delivery: UK
Extensions: 1+1+1Second stage: up to 2 candidates invited to tender
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)3
  • Economic & financial standing

    See ITT and Terms and Conditions

  • Technical & professional ability

    See ITT and Terms and Conditions

  • Condition of participation

    PSR

    shortlisting

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 20%Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality : 70% Quality
  • Price: 20% Price
  • Social Value: Social Value 10%
Conditions of participation3
  • Economic & financial standing

    See ITT and Terms and Conditions

  • Technical & professional ability

    See ITT and Terms and Conditions

  • Condition of participation

    PSR

    shortlisting
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
30 Jul 2025, 13:47 BST
Last source update
24 Apr 2026, 11:11 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 18 Feb 2026
Authority reference
HAC6120
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-073728
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056914 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

See terms and conditions

How it runs

Competitive Under PSR

Review and risk notes
Risks

KPI's in specifications

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: London Tenders Portal
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free regional portal
Requests to participate (first stage)
18 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
Submission deadline
18 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
8 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

30 Jul 2025 → 1 Jul 2026 · 11 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    30 Jul 2025, 13:47 BST
  2. Market engagement
    27 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

    The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice is to provide advance notice

    to the marketplace for the upcoming tender opportunity and the intention of the London

    Borough of Tower Hamlets to hold a preliminary market engagement session to identify

    potential suppliers to ensure the submission of strong bids.

    Market Engagement Session

    To provide potential suppliers with more information about the upcoming opportunity, we have added a Market Engagement Briefing Document with responses due by 27th August 2025 for suppliers wishing to engage.

  3. Tender notice published349 days ago
    13 Nov 2025, 17:05 GMT
  4. Clarification questions by324 days ago
    8 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
  5. Submission deadline314 days ago
    18 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
  6. Next notice expected258 days ago
    12 Feb 2026
  7. Award decision expected by251 days ago
    18 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
  8. Assessment summaries sent224 days ago
    18 Mar 2026
  9. Latest notice published187 days ago
    24 Apr 2026, 11:11 BST
  10. Standstill ends173 days ago
    7 May 2026, 23:59 BST
  11. Contract starts119 days ago
    1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

13 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Jul 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Jul 2025, 13:47 BST
    UK2
  2. Published value published: £5,459,334
    11 Nov 2025, 15:36 GMT
  3. Status changed to planned
    11 Nov 2025, 15:36 GMT
  4. Buyer details updated
    11 Nov 2025, 15:36 GMT
  5. Tender notice published
    13 Nov 2025, 17:05 GMT
    UK4
  6. Published value updated to £6,824,000
    13 Nov 2025, 17:05 GMT
    was £5,459,334
  7. Status changed to active
    13 Nov 2025, 17:05 GMT
  8. Procurement method changed
    13 Nov 2025, 17:05 GMT
  9. Buyer details updated
    13 Nov 2025, 17:05 GMT
  10. Contract award notice published
    24 Apr 2026, 11:11 BST
    UK6
  11. Status changed to complete
    24 Apr 2026, 11:11 BST
  12. Procurement method changed
    24 Apr 2026, 11:11 BST
  13. Contract signature expected
    1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-07: 1 release · 30 Jul 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £6,824,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Tower Hamlets GP Care Group CIC1 Jul 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2032Extensions: 1+1+1£6,824,00017 Mar 2026standstill to 7 May 2026Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1final-stage tenders00—

Who bid

Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PQBL-2673-MVYG New Town Hall, 160 Whitechapel Road London, London, London, E1 1BJContact name, email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Tower HamletsContracting authorityRegional or local authorityHealth London, LondonContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • TOWER HAMLETS GP CARE GROUP CICAwarded supplierGB-COH: 09233816GB-PPON: PNGB-4116-DCRG Island Health Practice 1st Floor, London, London, E14 3BQContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure