Awarded· 18 Sept 2025
PCS National Assurance for Primary Care Contractor 2025-26
NHS England · Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber
NHS England has awarded PCS National Assurance for Primary Care Contractor 2025-26. It is a contract for other health and social care in Leeds.
Source: Find a Tender, published 19 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
NHS Bsa
2025
Award notice published
UK6 - Contract Award Notice · 10:07
View notice2025
Award notice published
UK5 - Transparency Notice · 10:00
View notice2025
Contract starts
2026
Contract ends
0½ years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
NHS England has awarded PCS National Assurance for Primary Care Contractor 2025-26. It is a contract for other health and social care in Leeds. The contract went to NHS Bsa. It was awarded on 18 September 2025. The awarded value is £15,442,948. The contract runs from 30 September 2025 to 31 March 2026. It lasts 0½ years.
It is run as a direct award. Find a Tender published it on 19 September 2025. The notice number is 058037-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-059df5.
Summary of the contracting process
The contract for the "PCS National Assurance for Primary Care Contractor 2025-26" has been awarded by NHS England, a central government public authority located at 7&8 Wellington Place, Leeds, United Kingdom. This procurement, completed via a direct award method, covers health services related to vaccine and immunisation programmes. The primary supplier for the service is NHS BSA, located in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Key dates include the award notice published on 19th September 2025, with the contract period running from 1st October 2025 to 31st March 2026. The service delivery covers several regions across the UK including UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, and UKK.
It is ideally suited for large-scale organisations with the technical capability to meet the specific requirements within the existing NHS BSA framework, given the absence of alternative suppliers due to the unique delegation under the 2015 Directions.
The notice in full
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.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 30 Sep 2025 to 31 Mar 2026 (0½ years)
- Awarded to
- NHS Bsa
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Direct
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
- Awards value
- £15,442,948
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Complete
- Awards
- Pending
Not stated in the notice: contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 058037-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-059df5
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Town
- Leeds
- Postcode
- LS1 4AP
- Electoral ward
- Hunslet & Riverside
- Constituency
- Leeds South
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Sub-region
- Leeds
- Area
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS England
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Leeds, LS1 4AP · Yorkshire and the Humber · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- NHS Bsa
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- £15,442,948
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
- Contract award notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/058037-2025
- Transparency notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/058028-2025
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-059df5 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about PCS National Assurance for Primary Care Contractor 2025-26
Who won the PCS National Assurance for Primary Care Contractor 2025-26 contract?
NHS England awarded the contract to NHS Bsa on 18 September 2025. It is due to end on 31 March 2026, which is when a re-tender would normally follow.
How much is the PCS National Assurance for Primary Care Contractor 2025-26 contract worth?
The awarded value is £15,442,948. The contract runs from 30 September 2025 to 31 March 2026 (0½ years).
Who is the buyer for PCS National Assurance for Primary Care Contractor 2025-26?
NHS England, based in Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber.
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