Termination of Pregnancy Services · BPAS - British Pregnancy Advisory Service for NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (Mar 2026)

CPV: Health services

Procedure method

Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Legal basis

CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)

Procurement category

Services

Notice status

Awarded without competition

Procurement threshold

Unspecified in notice

Regulatory regime

Standard

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

11 Mar 2026, 16:04 GMT

Last source update

8 May 2026, 17:37 BST

FTS notice number

2026/S 000-042742

Classification (CPV)

Health services

Delivery area

East Midlands (UKF)

Official registry OCID

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Why no open competition

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Published justification

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award.

The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period.

Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by the 23rd March 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by the 23rd March 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Email address where written representations should be sent: [email protected] Details of the award decision-makers: NHS LNR ICB cluster Committees Meeting in Common for Finance and Contracting 03 March 2026 Any declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision and how these were managed: - None were declared. The Contracting Authority has assessed the provider's suitability and technical / professional ability to undertake this service based on their current activities and performance. The provider's economic and financial standing has been considered in proportion to the contract value and terms. Relative importance and rationale for the relative importance of the key criteria, and the rationale for choosing the provider with reference to the key criteria: 1. Quality and innovation BPAS are achieving all of the current contract KPI requirements and service users report excellent satisfaction rates. Quality and safeguarding compliance are assured via current contract management processes. The provider promotes innovation, for instance in their telephony and web user interfaces, to improve data capture, quality of service and support business continuity. 2. Value The service has been evaluated as offering good value in terms of costs, and overall benefits to service users. 3. Integration, collaboration and service sustainability BPAS actively participates in the ICB hosted Women's System Partnership, which is a strategic forum designed to bring together women's health leads and partners across LLR to improve health outcomes and access, as well as reducing health inequalities. 4. Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice • BPAS has worked pro-actively with the ICB, making use of a variety of local media, to ensure that women are aware of how termination of pregnancies funded by the NHS can be accessed. • BPAS also provides choice by offering the use of any location within the country which enables service users additional confidentiality. 5. Social value In addition to abortion advice and treatment BPAS provide pregnancy testing, counselling, Sexually Transmitted Infection screening and contraception through the network of reproductive healthcare centres. BPAS also provide specialist contact centre services to the NHS such as Central Booking Services to speed up access to abortion treatment across a range of NHS and agency providers. All income generated from the services provided by BPAS is invested in UK services and advocacy work.

• BPAS - British Pregnancy Advisory ServiceAwarded supplierGB-NHS: NT1 Leamington Spa, West Midlands, CV34 6RQ

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