Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS England
Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd
London
SE1 8UG
UK
Contact person: Craig Stephens
E-mail: craig.stephens@nhs.net
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.england.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.england.nhs.uk/
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at:
https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
NHS England – East of England Bowel Cancer Screening Programme
Reference number: C445927
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
*This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN)*<br/><br/>NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS England – East of England (referred to as the Commissioner) wish to inform the market of a future procurement opportunity for NHS Bowel Cancer Screening in West Essex.<br/><br/>The Commissioner is placing this PIN in relation to a pre market assessment questionnaire regarding the provision of NHS Bowel Cancer Screening in West Essex. This will be used as a conduit to obtain feedback from the market to ascertain market capability and interest in the opportunity. <br/><br/>The feedback aims to achieve several critical objectives:<br/><br/>• Gain market views on the viability of procuring the services<br/>• Determine length of future contracts,<br/>• Determine a suitable mobilisation period for the services,<br/>• Feedback on the draft Service Specification,<br/>• Feedback on premises solutions, <br/><br/>The Commissioners would like to invite interested providers to register their interest via the Atamis e-tendering portal. Once registered providers will have access to a national service specification and the NHS Bowl Cancer Screening Programme - Schedule 4 and schedule 6 to aid completion of the market assessment questions. <br/><br/>We would like to encourage providers to review the national service specification and schedules provided in order to inform their responses to the market assessment questionnaire.<br/><br/>If your organisation is interested in this opportunity, then please respond to the market assessment questionnaire on Atamis and register your interest by following the instructions given below in section VI.3.0.1 Additional information. Please note the deadline for interested providers to complete the early market assessment questionnaire is 10.00am on 2nd June 2026.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85121251
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH3
Main site or place of performance:
West Essex
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This notice is purely for providers to express an interest in the opportunity to provide NHS Bowel Cancer Screening in West Essex.<br/><br/>The NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) aims to reduce the incident of and mortality from bowel cancer by delivering a systematic, quality assured population-based screening programme. Bowel Cancer Screening is offered every 2 years to people aged 50 to 74.<br/><br/>NHS England – East of England, would like to invite all interested providers to participate in an early market assessment questionnaire.<br/><br/>Please note the deadline for expressing an interest is 10.00am on 2nd June 2026.
II.2.14) Additional information
Please note the Contract Notice Publish date is only indicative at this time and is subject to change.
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
31/08/2026
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This is purely an early engagement exercise; any subsequent procurement will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when published.<br/><br/>This is a market testing exercise and does not commit the Commissioners to carry out a procurement process. Current services will remain in place during this period in line with existing contracts and service level agreements.<br/><br/>The procurement will be advertised in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime(PSR) Notice. The awarding of this contract will be subject to the HealthCare Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 will not apply to this award.<br/><br/>The Contracting Authority will be using an eTendering system for this market engagement exercise. To express an interest and access the questionnaire go to the 'Live Opportunities' list on the e-tendering portal at the following<br/>link: https://health-family-contract-search.secure.force.com/?searchtype=Projects and register your interest.<br/><br/>You can search for the opportunity by entering the following contract reference: C445927 - NHS England – East of England Bowel Cancer Screening Programme<br/><br/>Please note the deadline to complete the questionnaire is 10:00am on 2nd June 2026.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
13/05/2026