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NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board

The Provision of Tier 3 Community Dermatology Service on behalf of NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board

HealthcareCPV 85121282
Value£45.0m
Deadline23 Oct 2026
Published11 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 11 Sept 202642 days leftCloses 23 Oct 2026
Who to contact
Maria Amariei
nhsgm.procurement@nhs.net

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

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Contract value in context
£45.0mtotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£48.6m

This is a large award for Health & Social Care — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

This is a Community Tier 3 Dermatology Service.

This service aims to address the specific healthcare needs of patients who require access to dermatology services where the service is delivered across the Greater Manchester conurbation.

The Specification contains the requirements to ensure the delivery of a local, effective, integrated patient centred, community-based, dermatology service that gives timely advice, assessment, diagnosis and treatment.

This is to be delivered in line with the GM strategic aim to deliver increased quality of care closer to patient's' homes.

The Contract to be awarded as a result of this Procurement will have an initial term of three years commencing from the Commencement Date (as defined in the Contract) which is expected to be on 1 April 2027.

The Authority may extend the initial term of the Contract by a further period of two years to a maximum term of five years.

The indicative overall contract value is £26,975,375.25 for the initial three-year contract term and £17,983,583.50 for the optional two-year extension period, with an estimated annual value of £8,991,791.75 and an anticipated maximum total value of £44,958,958.75 including extensions.

For full details of the Service and any additional information regarding this Procurement please see link to the Specification and Invitation to Tender documentation that can be accessed via SAP Ariba.

Invitation to Tender documentation can be accessed via SAP Ariba reference Doc3193557990 at the link available in section I.III

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The Specification contains the requirements to ensure

The Specification contains the requirements to ensure the delivery of a local, effective, integrated patient centred, community-based, dermatology service that gives timely advice, assessment, diagnosis and treatment.

02

This is to be delivered in line

This is to be delivered in line with the GM strategic aim to deliver increased quality of care closer to patient's' homes.

03

The Contract to be awarded as

The Contract to be awarded as a result of this Procurement will have an initial term of three years commencing from the Commencement Date (as defined in the Contract) which is expected to be on 1 April 2027.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

What it takes to bid this

4580 daysof bid-team effort
£30.8k£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCQC registration / safeguarding policies
  • Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
  • Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
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Source
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086384-2026
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