Open tenders / Health & social care
Planned procurement · Notice 100730-2026
Integrated Urgent Care Services covering Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Central East (excl. Cambridge and Peterborough)
- Value
- Value not stated
- Stage
- Early notice
- Where
- East of England
- Lots
- 1
- Suitable for SMEs
- Not stated
- Contract
- Not stated
In plain English
Three NHS integrated care boards (Norfolk and Suffolk, Essex, and Central East) are planning to buy urgent care services across their areas, excluding Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. This covers NHS 111, clinical assessment, GP out-of-hours and urgent care coordination, and this notice is only for market engagement, not open for bids yet; the current plan is for contracts to start on 1 October 2028.
Good fit for: Large urgent care, NHS 111 or GP out-of-hours providers who want to shape the future tender.
- Not open for bids yet
This is a planning notice for market engagement, not a call for competition, and does not invite tenders
- Start date and process not yet confirmed
subject to governance approval, any future provider selection process and successful mobilisation
Written with AI from the official notice. Check the notice before relying on it.
What the buyer says
NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board, NHS Essex Integrated Care Board and NHS Central East Integrated Care Board (together, the “Relevant Authorities”) are collaboratively considering the future commissioning of Integrated Urgent Care Services across their respective geographical footprints, excluding Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.<br/><br/>The emerging scope includes NHS 111, Clinical Assessment Services, GP Out of Hours services and Urgent Care Coordination Hub arrangements. The ambition is to support more integrated and equitable access to urgent care, enabling patients to tell their story once, receive a trusted clinical assessment and be directed to the right care, closer to home where appropriate, while reducing avoidable pressure on emergency services.<br/><br/>The current planning assumption is that any future contractual arrangements would commence on 1 October 2028, following an indicative six-month mobilisation period, subject to governance approval, any future provider selection process and successful mobilisation.<br/><br/>This notice is being issued to support a programme of pre-procurement market engagement. The Relevant Authorities are seeking information and evidence from the market to inform future commissioning, service design and procurement decisions.<br/><br/>This is a planning notice for market engagement, not a call for competition, and does not invite tenders or commit the Relevant Authorities to a particular procurement route, service model, lotting structure or contract award. Final governance, delegation and contracting arrangements also remain to be agreed.
What happens next
This is an early notice: the buyer is planning a tender, and its documents come when the tender is published. Read the official notice for the details.
Procedure: not stated. Published 23 Oct 2026.
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