Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS England
York House, 18-22 Massetts Road
Horley, Surrey
RH6 7DE
UK
E-mail: scwcsu.procurement@nhs.net
NUTS: UKJ2
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.england.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://health-family.force.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
Integrated Healthcare Services to HMP Ford & HMP Lewes
Reference number: C448563
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
NHS England South East (NHSE) (the Commissioners) sought to recommission prime-provider led integrated healthcare services for HMP Ford, HMP Lewes, and HMP/YOI Winchester.
NHSE sought providers with the capacity and capability to provide outcome focused, integrated and patient centred primary healthcare services, equivalent to those available to the local community, delivering physical health, mental health, substance misuse and dental services.
NHSE will hold a contract with the prime provider, who in turn can directly provide care and/or subcontract care to other specialist providers.
The procurement was divided into the following Lots:
• Lot 1: HMP Ford and HMP Lewes
• Lot 2: HMP/YOI Winchester
This notice relates to Lot 1 only. (Lot 2 will be awarded at a later date following conclusion of the process. The current contract expiry date for HMP/YOI Winchester is 30th June 2027).
The services have been commissioned as part of the overall Offender Health pathway within the prisons and as such this model will ensure an integrated, recovery orientated service delivery system both within the prisons and onwards into the community. The service will focus on delivering person-centred care within seamless, integrated structured clinical and psychosocial interventions/services in prison and facilitating arrangements through the gate into the community to ensure effective continuity of care.
The Contract is due to commence on the 1st April 2027 for HMP Ford and HMP Lewes. The maximum total contract value is £54,663,063.
The Contract term, for both establishments, will be 7 years. There are no extension options.
TUPE applied to this procurement process.
This notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR).
The procurement has been carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
54 663 063.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85100000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ2
Main site or place of performance:
HMP Ford and HMP Lewes
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS England South East (NHSE) (the Commissioner) sought to recommission prime-provider led integrated healthcare services for HMP Ford and HMP Lewes (Lot 1).
NHSE sought providers with the capacity and capability to provide an outcome focused, integrated and patient centred primary healthcare service, equivalent to that available to the local community, delivering physical health, mental health, substance misuse and dental services.
NHSE will hold a contract with the prime provider, who in turn can directly provide care and/or subcontract care to other specialist providers.
HMP Ford is situated near Arundel in West Sussex. It is a category D open male prison, focused on the resettlement of prisoners, with an operational capacity of 389.
HMP Lewes is situated in Lewes, East Sussex. It is a category B local remand and resettlement prison for young offenders and adult males remanded or sentenced to 12 months or less. It has an operational capacity of 623.
The services will be commissioned as part of the overall Offender Health pathway within the prisons and as such this model will ensure an integrated, recovery orientated service delivery system both within the prisons and onwards into the community. The service will focus on delivering person-centred care within seamless, integrated structured clinical and psychosocial interventions/services in prison and facilitating arrangements through the gate into the community to ensure effective continuity of care.
The services included in the contracts include:
• General Practitioners Provision
• Primary Care Nursing (including long term conditions)
• Dental Services
• Pharmacy Services (including mechanism for Out of Hours provision)
• Inpatient Unit facility at HMP Lewes and HMP/YOI Winchester
• Substance Misuse Services (including Substance Misuse wings at HMP Lewes and HMP/YOI Winchester) Optometry
• Podiatry
• Audiology
• Primary and Secondary Mental Health and Learning Disability Services
• Health Promotion and Prevention
• Musculoskeletal therapies
• Smoking cessation
• Blood Born Viruses testing to include funding, access and delivery (including provision of testing facilities where necessary).
• Consultant-led Pain management clinic(s)
• Therapies
• Sexual Health screening - Tiers (1, 2)
• Social Care provision - HMP Winchester only via a Section 75 agreement with the Local Authority
• Escort and Bedwatch Services (via a risk share agreement)
• Appropriate administrative and data management support (including data intelligence and reporting resource; data and intelligence analysis)
In addition, the provider will be responsible for ensuring effective and meaningful pathways of care are established with secondary care / community based specialist health provision, including hospital based services, to meet patient's health needs.
The Contract is due to commence on the 1st April 2027 for a term of 7 years. There are no extension options.
The maximum total contract value is £54,663,063.
TUPE is likely to apply.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: The contract award criteria were specified in the procurement documents Quality & innovation - 18% Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - 43% Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice - 19% Social Value - 10%
/ Weighting: 90
Cost criterion: Value - Financial Planning - 6% Value - Price - 4%
/ Weighting: 10
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2026/S 000-055722
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/11/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Practice Plus Group Health and Rehabilitation Services Limited
10498997
Reading
UK
NUTS: UKJ11
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 54 663 063.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Confirmation was provided that Direct Award Process A, Direct Award Process B and Direct Award Process C were not applicable for this service.
The Most Suitable Provider process was not a viable option due to being unable to identify a suitable provider and the level of market interest identified through market engagement.
The decision to award these contracts in line with the Competitive Process was based on evaluation against the basic selection criteria (in the form of a Selection Questionnaire), which was assessed on a pass/fail basis, and the PSR 5 key criteria, which were assessed using a 0-4 scale.
Several tender questions were asked under each of the key criteria.
Quality & Innovation - 18%
Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - 43%
Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice - 19%
Value - 10%
Social Value - 10%
The provider selected for award has been chosen as they passed the basic selection criteria and were the highest scoring bidder overall, against the key criteria. Recommendations for award of contract were made by the NHS England Senior Delivery Group on 5th November 2026.
After conducting a thorough Competitive Process, taking into account the key criteria and applying the basic selection criteria, NHS England are content that the provider's bids sufficiently met the key criteria and thus can proceed to contract award under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
One declaration of potential conflict of interest and one declaration of actual conflict of interest were made via the conflict of interest process for this procurement and recorded accordingly. The non-conflicted members of the procurement working group assessed the nature and risk of each declared conflict and decided which steps to take to avoid or mitigate them. Both declarations were managed accordingly with appropriate mitigations.
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and The Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 24th November 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.
All written representations, whether from bidders participating in the procurement process or providers outside the process, should be submitted to Scwcsu.procurement@nhs.net.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS England
Horley, Surrey
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
11/11/2026