Awarded contract

Provision of Integrated Healthcare Services in Norfolk prisons and Liaison and Diversion Service in Norfolk and Suffolk

Details

Value
£122,689,677
Topic
Health services
Published
27 October 2025

Tender description

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) notice that this provider selection process has been abandoned and a contract has not been awarded. This process has been abandoned under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply<br/><br/>The contract for Lot 1: Norfolk prisons consisting of HMP Bure, HMP Wayland and HMP Norwich has not been awarded. <br/><br/>The reasons for abandonment are as follows:<br/><br/>The Commissioner has made the decision to abandon the procurement process and not award a contract for the Services having taken and considered confidential and privileged legal advice. The confidentiality and privilege in that advice is maintained and will not be waived by the Commissioner.<br/><br/>Since the procurement was first launched, there have also been significant and material changes in the commissioning and prison landscape. Abandoning this procurement will enable the Commissioner to revise its requirements, thereby futureproofing the service. <br/><br/>Abandoning this procurement also has the benefit of ensuring that changes in the Sentencing Act and the wider commissioning landscape (including transfer of statutory responsibility from the Commissioner to ICBs) are able to inform any further procurement in a manner that meets the evolving needs of the population Lot 1: Lot 1: Norfolk Prisons This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice following a competitive process for the provision Integrated Healthcare services in Norfolk prisons consisting of HMP Bure, HMP Wayland and HMP Norwich. <br/><br/>The Service will commence on 01/04/2025 for a period of 4 years with the Commissioner having the option to extend the Contract for up to a further 2 years<br/><br/>The total contract value including extensions is £104,457,921 <br/><br/>Key criteria were as follows<br/><br/>Service Delivery - Section weighting total 8%<br/>Key Criteria: Section 1: Quality & Innovation - Section weighting total 19%<br/>Key Criteria: Section 2: Value - Section weighting total 20%<br/>Key Criteria: Section 3: Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability- Section weighting total 25%<br/>Key Criteria: Section 4 Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice - Section weighting total 13%<br/>Key Criteria: Section 5: Social Value - Section weighting total 10%<br/>Provider Interviews - Section weighting total 5% Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract 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 Act 2023 do not apply to this award. Lot 2: Lot 2: Norfolk and Suffolk Liaison & Diversion This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice following a competitive process for the provision of Liaison & Diversion in Norfolk and Suffolk.<br/><br/>The Service will commence on 01/04/2026 for a period of 4 years with the Commissioner having the option to extend the Contract for up to a further 2 years<br/><br/>The total contract value including extensions is £18,231,756<br/><br/><br/>Key Criteria Questions were as follows<br/><br/>Key Criteria: Section 1: Quality & Innovation -Section weighting total 37%<br/>Key Criteria: Section 2: Value - Section weighting total 20%<br/>Key Criteria: Section 3: Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability - Section weighting total 13%<br/>Key Criteria: Section 4 Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice - Section weighting total 15%<br/>Key Criteria: Section 5: Social Value - Section weighting total 10%<br/>Provider Interviews - Section weighting total 5% Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract 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 Act 2023 do not apply to this award.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published27 October 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date27 October 2025

About the buyer

NHS England runs the NHS in England, and buys as a central healthcare organisation with its own team of procurement professionals. Every tender is advertised on Atamis, the NHS's single eCommercial system, and larger contracts appear on Find a Tender. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements and the Crown Commercial Service. Clinical services are commissioned directly or through the Provider Selection Regime. Seven regional teams support the commissioning of healthcare services across the country. The central commercial function that develops procurement strategy for the whole NHS sits here.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS England's contract awards have been in education and training, health and social work, and IT services.

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  • 85100000 · Health services
  • 85312500 · Rehabilitation services

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