Award

PCS National Assurance for Primary Care Contractor 2025-26

  • NHS England

UK6: Contract award notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-082199

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05f3eb (view related notices)

Published 11 December 2025, 4:40pm



Scope

Reference

C387492

Description

The National Assurance Service provides a centralised national assurance service, covering all four primary care contractor groups including vaccine and immunisation programmes.

It delivers a solution for NHSE that supports contractors and commissioners to work more efficiently and to deliver better services, directly supporting the ambitions of the 10 Year Plan and NHSE objectives to improve effective access to care, increase preventative interventions, become more digitally enabled and reduce inequalities.

Some of the functions contained within the scope of the assurance service are delegated to the NHS BSA under the NHS Business Services Authority (Payments, Charges, Recovery of Charges and Penalty Charges) Directions 2015 (the 2015 Directions). Section_2_-_B5_NHS_BSA_2015_Directions_payments_and_charges.pdf (nhsbsa.nhs.uk), consequently there is no alternative Supplier for the fulfilment of these services.


Contract 1. PCS National Assurance for Primary Care Contractor 2025-26

Supplier

Contract value

  • £15,442,948 excluding VAT
  • £15,442,948 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Award decision date

11 December 2025

Standstill period

  • End: 22 December 2025
  • 8 working days

Earliest date the contract will be signed

24 December 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 24 December 2025 to 31 March 2026
  • 3 months, 8 days

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 85100000 - Health services

Procedure

Procedure type

Direct award


Supplier

NHS BSA

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PYDZ-5139-HQCJ

Stella House, Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside

Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE15 8NX

United Kingdom

Region: UKC22 - Tyneside

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Supported employment provider: No

Public service mutual: No

Contract 1. PCS National Assurance for Primary Care Contractor 2025-26


Contracting authority

NHS England

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDPT-3135-BWWY

Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd

London

SE1 8UG

United Kingdom

Contact name: Kaysha Maynard

Email: england.commercialqueries@nhs.net

Website: https://www.england.nhs.uk/

Region: UKI45 - Lambeth

Organisation type: Public authority - central government