Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board
QJM
Bridge House, The Point, Lions Way
Sleaford
NG34 8GG
UK
E-mail: licb.lincsccgcontracting@nhs.net
NUTS: UKF30
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.lincolnshire.icb.nhs.uk
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
Specialist Neighbourhood Nurses Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85120000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
NHS Lincolnshire ICB is intending to utilise direct award process C of the Provider Selection Regime regulations to award a contract for the provision of:
- Specialist Neighbourhood Nurses Services
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
75 215.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKF3
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
NHS Lincolnshire ICB is intending to utilise direct award process C of the Provider Selection Regime regulations to award a contract for the provision of:
- Specialist Neighbourhood Nurses Services.
The contract duration is from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027 and the expected value of the activity for the lifetime of the contract is £75,215.
The provider is an existing provider and the services are existing services.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Cost criterion: The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard
/ Weighting: 100
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
Explanation
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 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 decision makers by 4th November 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
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:
2099/S 001-999999
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
22/10/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Hereward Group Practice
C83035
Exeter Street
Bourne
PE10 9XR
UK
NUTS: UKF3
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 75 215.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
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 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 decision makers by 4th November 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Representations should be made in writing to licb.lincsccgcontracting@nhs.net
The key criteria that the relevant authority used to make a decision were:
- Quality and innovation: provider is satisfying existing contract to a sufficient standard
- Value: provider is satisfying existing contract to a sufficient standard
- Integration, collaboration and service sustainability: provider is satisfying existing contract to a sufficient standard
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice: provider is satisfying existing contract to a sufficient standard
- Social value: provider is satisfying existing contract to a sufficient standard
Contract award decision-makers: Director of Commissioning
Conflicts of interest identified: none declared.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board
Sleaford
UK
E-mail: licb.lincsccgcontracting@nhs.net
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
22/10/2026