NENC010 - Integrated Podiatry Service - South Tyneside and Sunderland

INTENTION TO AWARD NOTICE for Integrated Podiatry Services - South Tyneside and Sunderland. North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (Relevant Authority) intend to award a contract under the Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process for the provision of a Integrated Podiatry Services for South Tyneside and Sunderland. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 11:59:59 p.m. 28 October 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Written representations should be sent to NENC ICB at nencicb.procurement@nhs.net. These are previous/current existing services which were published to the market with a revised service specification for an Integrated Podiatry Service for South Tyneside and Sunderland. NENC ICB published a Prior Information Notice 2025/S 000-047346 on 08 August 2025 inviting the market to submit an Expression of Interest in accordance with the process that must be followed when awarding a contract under the most suitable provider processed defined in Regulations 6(6) and 10 of PSR 2023. As detailed in the published specification, the service requires an integrated Podiatry service, which must provide inpatient care as required for patients admitted to Sunderland Royal Hospital and South Tyneside District Hospital under specialities including Vascular and Diabetology, and outpatient care as required on these sites. The reference detailed in Section IV 2.1 is a placeholder and the above reference is the correct one linked to this process. The intended contract will run for an initial term of five years two months, from 01 February 2026, with the option of extending for a further two years. Additional information: INTENTION TO AWARD NOTICE for Integrated Podiatry Service - South Tyneside and Sunderland. Previous transparency notices related to this include: Prior Information Notice - 2025/S 000-047346