Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS England - North East and Yorkshire Health and Justice Team
Leeds
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKE3 - South Yorkshire
NHS Organisation Data Service
Y63
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.england.nhs.uk/north-east-yorkshire/
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
NHSE942 - Primary Care and Mental Health Services for South Yorkshire Adult Male Prisons
Reference number
NHSE942
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This is an INTENTION TO AWARD Notice following The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 - Competitive Process.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England - North East and Yorkshire Health and Justice Team (the Relevant Authority) who have undertaken a competition process to provide Primary Care Services (including Substance Misuse) and Mental Health Services (including Learning Disabilities and Autism) for South Yorkshire adult male prisons within His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS).
Contract Start Date: 01 September 2026
Contract End Date: 31 March 2035
The contract term is for an initial period of 5 years and 7 months, with an option to extend for a further 3 years at the discretion of the Relevant Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £141,315,164
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKE3 - South Yorkshire
Main site or place of performance
The South Yorkshire Prisons covered are;
His Majesty's Prison (HMP) & Young Offenders Institute (YOI) Doncaster,
HMP & YOI Moorland,
HMP Lindholme and
HMP & YOI Hatfield.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This is an INTENTION TO AWARD Notice following The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 - Competitive Process.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England - North East and Yorkshire Health and Justice Team (the Relevant Authority) who have undertaken a competition process to provide Primary Care Services (including Substance Misuse) and Mental Health Services (including Learning Disabilities and Autism) for South Yorkshire adult male prisons within His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS).
Contract Start Date: 01 September 2026
Contract End Date: 31 March 2035
The contract term is for an initial period of 5 years and 7 months, with an option to extend for a further 3 years at the discretion of the Relevant Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.
Contract Value: £141,315,164
This is an Existing and incumbent provider.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Cost criterion - Name: Key Criteria 5: Value (Price) / Weighting: 15
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2025/S 000-062989
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
21 January 2026
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Practice Plus Group Health and Rehabilitation Services Limited
Reading
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKE3 - South Yorkshire
Companies House
10498997
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £141,315,164
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
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 Regulations 2024 (Procurement Act 2023) and Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. A contract will not be awarded until after the 9th working day following standstill. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight 2nd February 2026.
Any representations should be sent via the Atamis messaging portal and/or via email to necsu.neprocurement@nhs.net
The individual(s) making the award decision are:
NHS England - North East and Yorkshire (Health and Justice Team) Local Governance Group and Regional Leadership Group.
There were no declared potential conflicts of interest for individuals making the award decision.
Conflicts of interest were completed by all involved in the process and no potential conflicts were identified.
The scoring criteria for the Basic Selection Criteria Questions were either evaluated as Pass/Fail or For Information.
The Relevant Authority considered the five key criteria against the service requirements and determined the relative importance of each, as outlined below and detailed within in the provider response documentation.
Quality and Innovation - 48%
Value (price) - 15%
Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - 10%
Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice - 17%
Social Value - 10%
The successful provider was selected based on offering the most advantageous Provider response by scoring the highest combined score for quality (key criteria) and finance, evaluated against the published evaluation criteria as detailed within the provider response documentation. As a result, they are the recommended provider and have been awarded the contract, subject to final agreement.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS England - North East and Yorkshire - Health and Justice Team
Leeds
Country
United Kingdom