Contract award · 4 Mar 2026

FEW1486 - NHS Health Checks Service

Leicester City Council awarded a contract to Al-Waqas Medical Practice, Aylestone Health Centre, Beaumont Lodge Medical Practice for £1.83m. Awarded…

No competitionHealth & social careEast Midlands

Value £1.83m

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

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Key facts

Buyer
Leicester City Council · Regional or local authority
Value
£1,827,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date4 Mar 2026
  2. Published30 Mar 2026Published 26 days after the contract date

Description

The NHS Health Check programme is aimed at detecting those most at risk of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and will be offered to patients aged 40-74 years old. This programme is provided by GPs in Leicester City who are given a payment for every patient seen and if a patient is placed on a management plan a further payment is given. A patient who is assessed as not needing to be placed on a management plan, then the patient is recalled to have a further check every 5 years until either they are ineligible through age (or in the intervening time placed on a disease register for a condition). In the event that a patient is assessed as needing to be placed on a clinical pathway to have their conditioned managed then a one-off payment is given to the GPs, and the patient is no longer invited for a Health Check. This contract is awarded through Direct Award Process B under the Provider Selection Regime. Full detailed requirements can be accessed through the published suite of documents. The …

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