Awarded· 21 Aug 2025
NHS SY ICB - COVID Medicine Decision Unit
NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board · Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber
NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board has awarded NHS SY ICB - COVID Medicine Decision Unit. It is a contract for other health and social care in Sheffield.
Source: Find a Tender, published 26 Aug 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Primary Care Sheffield
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 09:30
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About this tender
In brief
NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board has awarded NHS SY ICB - COVID Medicine Decision Unit. It is a contract for other health and social care in Sheffield. The contract went to Primary Care Sheffield. It was awarded on 21 August 2025. The contract value is £96,650.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 26 August 2025. The notice number is 051158-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-058d86.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board is in the procurement stage of awarding a contract under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. This procurement process pertains to the provision of remote triage and treatment services for high-risk COVID-19 patients, ensuring a rapid 24-hour response capability in South Yorkshire. The contract intends to address surges in disease activity without requiring additional premises, valued at £96,650.
Primary Care Sheffield Ltd is the intended provider, with the contract award decision pending the standstill period concluding post-notice publication, and representations closing by midnight on the 4th September 2025. The procurement falls under limited procurement methods due to its specific regulatory context, bypassing the Procurement Act 2023.
The notice in full
The service requires remote triage and treatment for up to 30 high-risk individuals per day with COVID-19, with a response rate of 24 hours. The service must be able to handle surges in periods of high disease activity. This must be done within the agreed contract value.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
The service requires remote triage and treatment for up to 30 high-risk individuals per day with COVID-19, with a response rate of 24 hours. The service must be able to handle surges in periods of high disease activity. This must be done within the agreed contract value.
Additional information: Key criteria 1. Quality and innovation - Weighting 20%
The service provider submits monthly performance metrics to the commissioner. These reports compare actual performance against the service specification. To date, the performance metrics have been met routinely, and there is no evidence to show they would falter in the future.
Key criteria 2. Value - Weighting 30%
The service requires remote triage and treatment for up to 30 high-risk individuals per day with COVID-19, with a response rate of 24 hours. The service must be able to handle surges in periods of high disease activity. This must be done within the agreed contract value.
The provider has met all key indicators detailed in the service specification, and there are currently no performance issues with the CMDU contract.
Key criteria 3. Integration, collaboration and service sustainability - Weighting 20%
he Provider will work collaboratively with Acute Trust providers to provide IV antiviral therapies for individuals who are not eligible for oral treatments. The Provider will also ensure that patients' GPs are informed of patient outcomes promptly.
Additionally, the Provider will contribute to provide clinician education around COVID-19 treatment for General Practitioners at local education sessions organised by the Commissioner or by provided online resources.
key criteria 4. Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice - Weighting 20%
The service is available to those who meet the NICE eligibility criteria, ensuring those patients receive safe and timely treatments, irrespective of patient location or accessibility.
Service provision is based on NICE NG191. Remote triage and prescribing enable access to patients irrespective of location or accessibility.
Key criteria 5. Social value - Weighting 10%
The service has been designed so that no additional premises is needed and patients or staff are not required to travel for the consultation. Their ability to prescribe using EPS means that medication can be collected from the patient's local pharmacy, reducing lengthy travel.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Primary Care Sheffield
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
- Contracts value
- £96,650
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 051158-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-058d86
- CPV code
- 85121100 - General-practitioner services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Town
- Sheffield
- Postcode
- S1 3FG
- Electoral ward
- City
- Constituency
- Sheffield Central
- Delivery area
- South Yorkshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Sub-region
- Sheffield
- Area
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Procurement department
- Address
- Sheffield, S1 3FG · Yorkshire and the Humber · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Primary Care Sheffield
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about NHS SY ICB - COVID Medicine Decision Unit
Who won the NHS SY ICB - COVID Medicine Decision Unit contract?
NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Primary Care Sheffield on 21 August 2025.
How much is the NHS SY ICB - COVID Medicine Decision Unit contract worth?
The contract value is £96,650.
Who is the buyer for NHS SY ICB - COVID Medicine Decision Unit?
NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, based in Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber. The named contact is Procurement department.
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