Deadline calculator

Three regimes, three different ways of counting. This works out your deadline in working days, skipping weekends and England and Wales bank holidays.

Which regime applies?

If you're not sure, the subject matter decides it. NHS healthcare services fall under the Provider Selection Regime. Social care usually falls under the light touch regime. Everything else is the standard regime.

NHS Provider Selection RegimeHealthcare services commissioned by NHS England, an ICB, a trust or a council Light touchSocial care and other listed services under the Procurement Act 2023 Standard regimeEverything else under the Procurement Act 2023

Which award process was used?

Representations are only available under three of the five. If you can't tell from the notice, pick "not sure".

Direct Award C, most suitable provider, or competitive Direct Award A or Direct Award B Not sure

Date the notice of intention to award was published

Date you first knew something was wrong (optional)

Used for the separate 30-day limitation period. Often the date the assessment summary or outcome letter arrived, but it can be earlier.

This is an indication, not advice. It applies the counting conventions as I understand them and covers England and Wales bank holidays only. Notices can state longer periods than the statutory minimum, dates of knowledge are frequently arguable, and getting any of this wrong is unrecoverable. Check your own notice and take advice before relying on a date.

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