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NHS contracting and procurement

Expert advice on NHS contract and procurement matters, including the design and implementation of high-value procurement procedures, bid strategy, contract negotiations and procurement challenges.

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The NHS procurement market presents challenges and opportunities.

Procurement will be an important vehicle to help support the ‘three shifts’: from analogue to digital, from hospital care to community care, and from treatment to prevention.

Our lawyers have an in-depth understanding of the NHS Provider Selection Regime and the new Procurement Act 2023, as well as the latest developments in the Any Qualified Provider and Patient Choice regimes. We help clients understand this complex web of new requirements by providing practical, accessible advice that they can implement.

We combine a leading healthcare team with one of the largest and most well-regarded public sector and procurement teams in the UK. With experience of advising both NHS commissioners and their suppliers, we can provide the perspective you need to create effective partnerships between the NHS and private sector suppliers.

We are associate members of the Independent Healthcare Provider’s Network (IHPN) and the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI). As thought leaders in the market, we are also regular participants in healthcare sector conferences and events.

Service areas for NHS buyers

Designing and structuring tender processes

Including preparing procurement strategies, business cases and drafting tender documentation.

Supporting the implementation of tender processes

Including the clarification, negotiation/dialogue and evaluation stages.

Preparing legally robust feedback for bidders

Negotiating NHS contracts

Developing bid strategies

To enhance bid success and overall competitiveness.

Minimising and mitigating challenge risk

Throughout tender processes

Defence of both formal and informal bid challenges

Including the provision of urgent strategic support during the standstill period.

Advising in relation to grant funding and subsidy control matters

Service areas for suppliers to the NHS

Business development strategies

Advising on business development strategies that align with the NHS Provider Selection Regime and Procurement Act 2023

Engagement with NHS commissioners

Advising on the engagement with NHS commissioners regarding direct award powers under the NHS PSR – including under Direct Award A, B and C

Advising on Patient Choice, Non-Contract Activity and Qualifying Contracts

Preparing bid strategies and supporting with contract negotiations

Advising on in-term contract variations that comply with procurement law

Supporting NHS/private sector collaboration agreements

Advising on both formal and informal bid challenges

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PSR Hub

For more information and insights on the NHS Provider Selection Regime, please see our dedicated PSR Hub.

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Examples of our work

Leading NHS Trust

Advising in relation to its procurement of on-site and community pharmacy services to a national pharmacy provider, in a contract worth in excess of £500 million.

Independent secondary care provider

Advising in relation to its engagement with NHS Integrated Care Boards and local NHS Trusts in relation to the proposed award of contracts pursuant to the NHS Provider Selection Regime.

Diagnostic imaging provider

Advising on contract and procurement law matters relating to its delivery of services under NHS England’s specialised services frameworks.

National ophthalmology provider

Advising on its entitlement to securing NHS Contracts with ICBs in accordance with Patient Choice guidance.

Leading NHS Trust

Advising on its options and strategies for adopting new technologies to benefit from the flexibilities afforded to it by the Procurement Act 2023.

National healthcare provider

Advising on its NHS contract arrangements with a series of ICBs.

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What others say

“The team has a strong understanding of the contractual approach that the NHS takes when procuring goods and services firm healthcare companies, and they apply this knowledge in a commercially pragmatic way.”

Legal 500 UK 2024

“The team is very knowledgeable and proactive in advising the client of potential options as well as risks of each. The team goes above and beyond in terms of its service to clients, i.e. always approachable and friendly, fast reaction and turnaround times, sufficiently resourced.”

Legal 500 UK 2025

“My go-to firm for health and procurement-related law.”

Legal 500 UK 2025

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