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PCS National Assurance for Primary Care Contractor 2025-26

NHS England

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: NHS England

Buyer Address: Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd, London, UKI45, SE1 8UG, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Sharron Giblin

Contact Email: sharron.giblin@nhs.net

Status
complete
Procedure
direct
Value
15442948.0 GBP
Published
16 Dec 2025, 10:10
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
24 Dec 2025, 00:00
Contract End
31 Mar 2026, 22:59
Category
n/a
CPV
79212300 - Statutory audit services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
NHS BSA
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

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.

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Documents

Document Description: Not published

Contracts

Contract Title: PCS National Assurance for Primary Care Contractor 2025-26

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