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NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board (ICB) in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) (PSR) 2023, through exercising the use of Direct Award B, are seeking to establish a qualified list of providers which offers patient choice in respect of Cataract and YAG Laser Services. This procurement is subject to the provisions set out within the Provider Selection Regime 2023 and The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023.

SWFT and GEH invites suitably qualified and experienced providers to submit tenders for the provision of general waste management services. This contract covers the collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal of general waste generated across the Trust’s facilities. The successful provider will ensure full compliance with relevant legislation, NHS standards, and environmental best practices. THIS CONTRACT HAS SCOPE TO INCLUDE OTHER HOSPITALS WITHIN THE ICB AND FOUNDATION GROUP THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE AWARD.

Scope: Description: Please refer to the Pipeline Notice published on 2nd April 2026 for contextual information about Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust intends to undertake preliminary market engagement (PME) in advance of a forthcoming re-procurement exercise for the provision of a portfolio of already-outsourced IT and digital services that will collectively support end‑user technology, infrastructure, operations, cybersecurity, and service management. Information about the PME process and expected activities can be found below, under the heading “Pre-Market Engagement”. The current expected scope of service includes provision, management, and continuous improvement of the following service areas: ITSM Tooling & Service Desk Provision and management and operation of a full 24×7×365 service desk including telephone, webchat, portal with self‑service capabilities, leveraging AI and automation. Service Management Functions End‑to‑end IT, ITIL aligned, service management, including incident, request, change, configuration, and problem management; major incident handling; release and deployment management; knowledge and asset management. Workplace & End‑User Services User Experience focussed provision and support of PCs, laptops, tablets, and mobile devices; user experience analytics; build and patch services; field engineering and Tech Bar support; Active Directory management; and evergreen refresh activities. Infrastructure Services Management of on‑premises hosting, VMware platforms, monitoring and event management, capacity and availability oversight, patching and backup services, and Azure cloud services. Networking Services Provision and maintenance of LAN, WLAN, network monitoring, management, maintenance, incident response, and installation services. Security Services & Cyber Operations Security event management, security management planning, vulnerability management, compliance reporting, risk management, cybersecurity programmes, business continuity, service continuity, and disaster recovery support. Infrastructure & Technology Projects Agile delivery support, portfolio management, service transition, project coordination, technical resource provision, and overall project management for delivery of infrastructure programmes. Architectural Support Road‑mapping, innovation forums, project assurance, and obsolescence management. Additional Services ITSM platform provision and management, managed print services (MFDs, scanners, printers and specialist printers). Depending upon the particular service in question, the services will need to be provided both on-site - across the Trust’s premises and any external data centre locations used by the Trust - and remotely.

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NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board (ICB) in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) (PSR) 2023, through exercising the use of Direct Award B, are seeking to establish a qualified list of providers which offers patient choice in respect of Community Ophthalmology Services. This procurement is subject to the provisions set out within the Provider Selection Regime 2023 and The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023.

The 11 Midlands Region NHS Integrated Care Boards are inviting suitably qualified suppliers to provide Clinical Waste Collection and Disposal Services from Primary Care waste producing sites, these being General Practice (GPs) and Community Pharmacy (CP) settings across the geographical footprint of each of the 11 Midlands Region NHS Integrated Care Boards as set out in table 1.1 of Document 1 to this opportunity. These 11 ICB Commissioning organisations are separate Contracting Authorities, as listed below: Lot 1 = NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB Lot 2 = NHS Black Country ICB Lot 3 = NHS Coventry and Warwickshire ICB Lot 4 = NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB Lot 5 = NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB Lot 6 = NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB Lot 7 = NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB Lot 8 = NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB Lot 9 = NHS Lincolnshire ICB Lot 10 = NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB Lot 11 = NHS Northamptonshire ICB Each of the individual 11 ICBs are looking for a Supplier to deliver a Clinical Waste Collection and Disposal Service within their geographical area that: 1. Understands the importance of this collection service for our Waste Producer who deliver key services to the local population 2. Ensures collections are as scheduled and communicated to the GPs and Community Pharmacies with replacement consumables provided as required to Tier 1 Defined Active Waste Producers, Tier 2 Defined Pending Waste Producers and Tier 3 Undefined Pending Waste Procedures. Definitions of the Waste Provider Tiers are located in Document 5 Specification, section 5 Waste Producer Tiers. 3. Complies with regulatory requirements for safe and sustainable management of healthcare waste 4. Supports a circular economy concept of reducing, recycling and reusing waste 5. Supports the Greener NHS and the carbon reduction target 6. Supports each ICB’s cost reduction target of 50% set out by NHS England The Supplier will be required to demonstrate appropriate capability and infrastructure to enable the delivery of the service. For specific note, the Document 1 sets out the following: Please refer to Document 5 - Schedule 5 Service Specification, paragraph 5.5, which states that each Waste Producer is assigned a tier: Tier 1: Defined/Active Waste Producers Active Waste Producers are defined as Waste Producers which form the majority of the Service Requirements, and the core group of Waste Producers receiving Services. The Supplier will be required to provide Services to all Active Waste Producers from the Services Commencement Date. Tier 2: Defined/Pending Waste Producers “Pending Waste Producers” are defined as Waste Producers which can be defined/detailed but are not Active Waste Producers on the Services Commencement Date because they have other existing arrangements in place. It is intended that these Waste Producers will become Active Waste Producers following during the Term in accordance with Document 5 – Specification and or Document 6 – the Contract. The Service Requirements of Tier 2 Waste Producers will not form part of the Services until such time as the Authority notifies the Supplier that a Tier 2 Waste Producer is Active. Once a Tier 2 is designated by the Authority an Active Waste Producer, their Service Requirements shall form part of the Services. For the avoidance of doubt, no Change Control Process is required where a Tier 2 Waste Producer becomes Active and such change is solely at the discretion of the Authority. Tier 3: Undefined/Pending Waste Producer(s) These are other Waste Producers who have similar Service Requirements to Tier 1 and 2 Waste Producers who are unknown / undefined at the Services Commencement Date and may be added during the Term following completion of the Change Control Process (Schedule 13 of Document 6 - Contract). Examples of Waste Producers covered within Tier 3 include, but are not limited to: Other GP sites not included within Tier 1 and Tier 2 (as set out in Clauses 5.5.1 and 5.5.2 in Document 5 Specification) due to other existing arrangements or insufficient data available to include within the Service Requirements. This is estimated to be <1% of all GPs in England. Community Pharmacy Influenza Vaccination Scheme waste, which responsibility for commissioning currently sits with the Waste Producer themselves. There are approximately 1700 Community Pharmacies offering this service. Home Patients waste, i.e. any waste generated by clinicians or the patient themselves in a residential setting (e.g. diabetes sharps, home based dialysis, virtual wards). This may be collected via other NHS premises (e.g. GP/ Community Pharmacy) or the patient’s own home. Any other NHS services provided by new or existing primary care sites (e.g. Enhanced Services, pop-up clinics/vaccine sites), which are introduced during the Term. The Successful Bidder will need to anticipate possible changes to Service Requirements as NHS services evolve and change over time. As a result of this procurement exercise, a separate contract (NHS Terms and Conditions for the Supply of Goods and Services) will be established with each Successful Bidder for each of the eleven (11) Lots as set out in table 1.7 of Document 1 ITT process overview’ (which can be found in the supplier documents folder | Salesforce for this opportunity). A contract for an initial duration of 6 years will be awarded with the option for the Contracting Authority in each instance to extend for a period or periods of up to a further 4 years (maximum contract duration of 10 years). Please note: Over the past few months, the Authority has been working on the service requirements, documentation, and process to ensure it reflects our service needs and meets the new Procurement Act 2023 (PA23). Consequently, please be aware that the documents published may differ from those previously published as part of our preliminary market engagement discussions and previous procurement process and Bidders MUST read all the attached documentation to understand the requirements, prior to completing the response documentation. For specific notice, a UK3 notice (Notice identifier) 2025/S000-056062 was published 28th August 2025. However, the procedure identified has been amended in this opportunity, from a Competitive Flexible Procedure to an Open Procedure. To register your interest and submit a bid, please follow the link below, and search for the project reference as detailed: https://health- family.force.com/s/Welcome Project Reference: C435895 Project Title Healthcare Clinical Waste Services for Primary Care: 11 Midlands NHS ICBs (2)

The scope of this Procurement is Funeral Services for deceased patients who do not have a next of kin to organise their funeral. The contract also includes the cost of funerals following miscarriage and stillbirth and the transporting of deceased between hospital sites. The BCA (Black Country Alliance) Procurement department will be undertaking this exercise on behalf of both The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust and Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust. The anticipated contractual period is an initial 3 year duration with the option to extend for a further 2 periods of up to 12 months each.

The BBCS Procurement Collaborative, hosted by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is Preliminary Market Engagement for a contract for Urgent Primary Care Service on behalf of Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

Provision of PET-CT Scanning Capacity for the following Trusts: • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundations Trust (UHB)<br/>• University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW)<br/>• University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM)<br/>• Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWH)<br/>• Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBH)<br/><br/>Service anticipated to commence April 2027 for 24 months with option to extend for a further 12 months.

This is a competitive procedure under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The competition is being run by Birmingham Solihull Procurement Collaborative on behalf of Birmingham Mental Health Learning Disability and Autism Provider Collaborative.<br/><br/>Reach Out (RO) is the West Midland’s Adult Secure Provider Collaborative and provides the oversight and quality assurance for specialised mental health services across the region for medium and low secure adult inpatient services for mental illness, learning disabilities and autism, and specialist community forensic teams for mental illness.<br/>The aim is to commission 15 medium secure beds and 30 low secure beds, within the West Midlands region, preferably on a single site. These are expected to be a mixture of acute and rehab beds based on demand in keeping with patient’s best interests.<br/><br/>The Expected service commencement date is 1st of April 2027 and the duration of this contract will be 3 years, plus 2 x 1 year extensions.

Birmingham City Council requires a supplier for the provision of the development and delivery of a social marketing campaign to increase uptake of the NHS Health Checks programme across the city among eligible individuals aged 40 to 74 years old. The NHS Health Check is one of the mandated public health services commissioned by Birmingham City Council. It is a health check-up for adults in England aged 40 to 74 years and is designed to spot early signs of:  • stroke  • kidney disease  • heart disease  • type 2 diabetes  • dementia  Anyone in this age range who does not have a pre-existing health condition should be invited to an NHS Health Check by their GP every 5 years. However, uptake of these checks remains low. In Birmingham in 2018 to 2019, 85,514 people were offered an NHS Health Check, of which 33,327 people took up the opportunity to have one. Campaign overview The primary aim of this health promotion programme is to increase uptake of NHS Health Checks among those who are eligible, aged 40 to 74 years old in Birmingham.  The campaign seeks to ensure that people in this age group are aware of NHS Health Checks, what they are and why they are important, and how to access them – not just for the first time when they reach 40, but on a continuous basis every 5 years until they turn 74.  It is anticipated that the contract would run from 30th July 2026 until 31st March 2027, with the campaign itself being split into two phases – the first in July/August 2026 and the second in early 2027.

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Stepping Hill Hospital (“the Trust”) is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced Architectural Consultant-led multidisciplinary design team to support the development of a proposed new pathology building at Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport. The Trust intends to procure consultancy services via an open competitive flexible procedure.

Coventry and Warwickshire Pathology Services (“CWPS”) is seeking a partner to implement a dedicated Pathology Transport Service which will provide sample, consumable and chemical transport. Coventry and Warwickshire Pathology Service (“CWPS”) is a managed network of pathology laboratories hosted by University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW). Laboratory services are provided by laboratories at University Hospital, Coventry; Warwick Hospital, Warwick; and George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton.

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NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board and NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board are seeking qualified and experienced providers for the provision of delivering Adult and Children & Young People (CYP) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Service(s). The services are to be delivered across Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country. <br/><br/>Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) is conducting a Direct Award Process B (DAP B) exercise as an agent for and on behalf of the Commissioner(s). The DAP B exercise will be carried out in accordance with the requirements of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (PSR). <br/><br/>As a result of this Process, the ICB(s) intend to award zero volume, zero value contract(s) to all successful providers. While there is no guarantee of activity, we will be issuing Indicative Activity Plan (IAPs).<br/><br/>Successful provider(s) will be awarded with a contract for a period of 12 months with the Commissioner having the option to extend the Contract for up to a further 12 months + 12 months.

Proposed upgrade of Retail Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) systems across University Hospitals Birmingham retail areas. Following the award of non-recurrent Capital funding for hardware and software install with recurrent licences supported by the department budgets as reoccurring expenditure for retail services. The project aims to modernise existing till hardware and software infrastructure to improve retail efficiency, payment compatibility, customer experience, reporting capability, and long-term supportability in line with Trust digital and IT governance requirements and security measure of the IT system software itself. Provide service users with new technology and retail experience improved against purchasing and loyalty. The current retail Catering Retail EPOS infrastructure across Queen Elizabeth Good Hope, Heartlands, Solihull hospitals has reached a stage where hardware reliability, software compatibility, and support functionality require review and modernisation to meet 2026 standards. In additional the Trust is also open to review self-serve kiosks in line with till installs. Capital no recurrent funding has now been approved to support: • Replacement of outdated till hardware, screens, till draws, barcode scanners, printers • Upgrade of Retail EPOS operating software by chosen supplier • Integration with existing banking merchant providers World Pay / Verifone • Improved back-office functionality and reporting for Catering • Enhanced customer promotion capability for end user • Improved cyber security and operating system compliance as required by IT • Review is internal SQL hosting or Cloud-based portal hosting off site provides better service delivery needs. The investment will include both: • One-off capital expenditure for hardware and implementation year 1 • Recurring annual revenue costs for software licensing, support, maintenance, and merchant compatibility services within Catering budgets as ongoing costs Please see the Briefing note within the PME documents for more information.

Annual subscription requirements for the provision of a cloud-hosted Body Worn Camera (BWC) for 1027 cameras.

Provision of the Trust Microsoft licensing

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UHB are planning to tender for a framework agreement to cover requirements for neurosurgical consumables and associated devices.