Official UK procurement notice
Healthcare and Foresic Services in Custody for South Yorkshrie and Humberside Police
Authority: South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSouth Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) for and on behalf of itself and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside (PCC) have procured a Healthcare and Forensic Service in Custody, for South Yorkshire Police (SYP) and Humberside Police (HP). The procurement was conducted in accordance with PA23 under the Competitive Flexible Procedure.
This requirement is for a collaborative contract for the two forces, with SYP as the lead force and SYMCA as the contracting authority, for services to be delivered by a single contractor.
- How the procedure runs: Stage 1 - Initial Tender Stage Invitation to participate in this procurement process and submit a tender response for the initial evaluation. The evaluation will comprise of: • Compliance Check • Excluded and Excludable Tenderers • Assessment of Conditions of Participation • Mandatory Criteria (Pass/Fail) • Initial evaluation of the Award Criteria (Quality 60%, Social Value 10%, Price 30%) Tender submissions must achieve a total score of over 90 out of a maximum score available of 180 for Quality, in order to progress to stage two. Any tender submissions that score 90 or less will not progress further and will not be invited to take part in stage two of this procurement process. A maximum of four tenderers, who have achieved the highest overall combined score for Quality, Social Value and Price and have achieved a score of over 90 out of the available 180 for Quality, will be invited to participate in stage 2. Stage 2 - Best and Final Offers (BAFO) Tenderers who have been successfully shortlisted at Stage One, will be invited to attend a dialogue meeting. The meetings will take place on the 21st and 22nd May 2026. During the meeting the Authority will discuss the Initial tender submissions, with the relevant tenderers, in order to improve the content of that Tender. Note: The Authority will not negotiate the Minimum Requirements as set out in ITT Part 1 Statement of Requirements, ITT Part 5 Terms and Conditions of Contract or the Data Processing Contract Appendix F in ITT Part 1 Statement of Requirements. Following conclusion of the dialogue meetings, tenderers will be invited to submit their Best and Final Offers ("BAFO"). The authority will determine the Most Advantageous Tender ("MAT") by applying the Award Criteria to the final tenders recieved. Following evaluation of BAFOs, the Authority will identify the 'Preferred Tenderer' as the tenderer who has achieved the highest overall total score for Quality, Social Value and Price based on the Award Criteria (Quality 60%, Social Value 10%, Price 30%). Stage 3 - Preferred Tenderer Stage Prior to any Contract Award the Authority will undertake due diligence on the Preferred tenderer, including request for required certification and evidence. The Authority reserves the right to exclude the 'Preferred Tenderer', where they fail to satisfy any areas of due diligence and commence due diligence with the next highest ranked Tenderer.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£32,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the procurement pack.
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to the procurement pack with particular regard to ITT Part 2 - Instructions to Tenderers.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality including Social Value: 70%
- Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality including Social Value: Quality 60% Social Value 10%
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the procurement pack.
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to the procurement pack with particular regard to ITT Part 2 - Instructions to Tenderers.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Dec 2025, 09:40 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Sept 2026, 12:01 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 24 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
0158-2025- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-018528- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f357Find a Tender
- How it runs
Stage 1 - Initial Tender Stage
Invitation to participate in this procurement process and submit a tender response for the initial evaluation.
The evaluation will comprise of:
- Compliance Check
- Excluded and Excludable Tenderers
- Assessment of Conditions of Participation
- Mandatory Criteria (Pass/Fail)
- Initial evaluation of the Award Criteria (Quality 60%, Social Value 10%, Price 30%)
Tender submissions must achieve a total score of over 90 out of a maximum score available of 180 for Quality, in order to progress to stage two.
Any tender submissions that score 90 or less will not progress further and will not be invited to take part in stage two of this procurement process.
A maximum of four tenderers, who have achieved the highest overall combined score for Quality, Social Value and Price and have achieved a score of over 90 out of the available 180 for Quality, will be invited to participate in stage 2.
Stage 2 - Best and Final Offers (BAFO)
Tenderers who have been successfully shortlisted at Stage One, will be invited to attend a dialogue meeting. The meetings will take place on the 21st and 22nd May 2026. During the meeting the Authority will discuss the Initial tender submissions, with the relevant tenderers, in order to improve the content of that Tender.
Note: The Authority will not negotiate the Minimum Requirements as set out in ITT Part 1 Statement of Requirements, ITT Part 5 Terms and Conditions of Contract or the Data Processing Contract Appendix F in ITT Part 1 Statement of Requirements.
Following conclusion of the dialogue meetings, tenderers will be invited to submit their Best and Final Offers ("BAFO").
The authority will determine the Most Advantageous Tender ("MAT") by applying the Award Criteria to the final tenders recieved.
Following evaluation of BAFOs, the Authority will identify the 'Preferred Tenderer' as the tenderer who has achieved the highest overall total score for Quality, Social Value and Price based on the Award Criteria (Quality 60%, Social Value 10%, Price 30%).
Stage 3 - Preferred Tenderer Stage
Prior to any Contract Award the Authority will undertake due diligence on the Preferred tenderer, including request for required certification and evidence.
The Authority reserves the right to exclude the 'Preferred Tenderer', where they fail to satisfy any areas of due diligence and commence due diligence with the next highest ranked Tenderer.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Apr 2026, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 21 Apr 2026, 10:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
All Tendering activity for this procurement will be conducted through the Bluelight Electronic Tendering Portal:
sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/home ↗ (sell2.intend ↗.
co.uk/blpd/home)
In the event of any issues with the Portal at anytime before, during or after the Procurement Process, please contact the Portal's technical support team at:
Phone: +44 (0) 114 407 0065
E-mail:
Website:
www.in-tend.co.uk ↗ (www.intend ↗.
co.uk)
Suppliers should ensure that an appropriate person is selected as the main point of contact on the Portal. It is also the responsibility of the Supplier to ensure that the key contact details for the organisation are maintained and up to date on the Supplier profile on the Portal. All correspondence will be sent electronically via the Portal to this person.
Timeline
11 Dec 2025 → 26 Jan 2027 · 10 dates- Planning notice published319 days ago11 Dec 2025, 09:40 GMT
- Market engagement311 days ago19 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
Market Engagement Questionnaire
- Next notice expected240 days ago28 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published238 days ago2 Mar 2026, 14:40 GMT
- Clarification questions by188 days ago21 Apr 2026, 10:00 BST
- Submission deadline181 days ago28 Apr 2026, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by94 days ago24 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent85 days ago3 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published38 days ago18 Sept 2026, 12:01 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 91 days26 Jan 2027
Notice history
14 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Dec 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Dec 2025, 09:40 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published2 Mar 2026, 14:40 GMTUK4
- Published value published: £32,000,0002 Mar 2026, 14:40 GMT
- Status changed to active2 Mar 2026, 14:40 GMT
- Procurement method changed2 Mar 2026, 14:40 GMT
- Deadline published: 23 Apr 2026, 16:00 BST2 Mar 2026, 14:40 GMT
- Tender notice published17 Apr 2026, 13:05 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 27 Apr 2026, 10:00 BST17 Apr 2026, 13:05 BST+4 days · was 23 Apr 2026, 16:00 BST
- Tender notice published24 Apr 2026, 13:41 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 28 Apr 2026, 13:00 BST24 Apr 2026, 13:41 BST+1 days · was 27 Apr 2026, 10:00 BST
- Contract award notice published3 Aug 2026, 17:40 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete3 Aug 2026, 17:40 BST
- Contract details notice published18 Sept 2026, 12:01 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
Changes have been made to the clarification deadline and the submission deadline. These have been extended to Clarification - 21st April 2026 (10:00am) Submission - 27th April 2026 (10:00am)
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2026-04: 1 release · 17 Apr 2026
- 2026-03: 1 release · 2 Mar 2026
- 2025-12: 1 release · 11 Dec 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partnering Health LimitedSME26 Jan 2027 – 25 Jan 2032 · up to 25 Jan 2037Extensions: Provision to extend for up to a maximum of a further 5 years. | £34,499,418 | 3 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Partnering Health LimitedSME
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2026
- Value
- £34,499,418
- Period
- 26 Jan 2027 – 25 Jan 2032 · up to 25 Jan 2037 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The contract can be extend upto the 25th January 2037.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6final-stage tenders | 4 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonPARTNERING HEALTH LIMITED · South East England
- did not winIPRS AEROMED LIMITEDSME · North West England
- did not winMITIE CARE AND CUSTODY LIMITED · Greater London
- did not winPRACTICE PLUS GROUP HEALTH AND REHABILITATION SERVICES LIMITED · South East England
- did not winSPARK UK MEDICAL LIMITEDSME · North West England
- did not winHCRG MEDICAL SERVICES LIMITEDSME · East Midlands
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
6 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- HCRG MEDICAL SERVICES LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- IPRS AEROMED LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- MITIE CARE AND CUSTODY LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- PARTNERING HEALTH LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- PRACTICE PLUS GROUP HEALTH AND REHABILITATION SERVICES LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- SPARK UK MEDICAL LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender