Official UK procurement notice
Adult Primary Care Continence
Authority: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract has been awarded to Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust under Direct Award Process A of the Provider Selection Regime. The specialist urogynaecology physiotherapy service forms an integrated element of the wider Primary Care Continence Service delivered to the Cheshire West population and is clinically interdependent with the existing continence pathway operating across the West Cheshire Health Collaborative. The service requires direct integration with the established multidisciplinary continence team, shared clinical pathways, referral and triage arrangements, clinical governance processes and collaborative working arrangements that are already in place between the Provider and Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
The service is not a standalone physiotherapy service that can be separated from the wider continence pathway without creating fragmentation of care, duplication of processes and disruption to patient management. Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the only provider currently embedded within, and able to deliver the specialist physiotherapy component as part of, the existing integrated continence model across the West Cheshire Health Collaborative. Continuation of the existing arrangement ensures safe and effective patient care, maintains pathway integration and avoids disruption to patients accessing specialist continence services.
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The service relies upon established clinical relationships, referral pathways, governance arrangements and multidisciplinary working practices that have been developed as part of the West Cheshire Health Collaborative model and cannot reasonably be replicated by an alternative provider without fundamental redesign of the service pathway.
CPV: Hospital support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS provider with the necessary statutory authorisations, governance arrangements and indemnity cover required to...Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award — no call for competition
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 15 Sept 2026, 15:41 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Sept 2026, 15:41 BST
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f7d9
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to more…
the relevant authority by 23rd September 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. On the 28th July 2026, Head of Operations, Neighbourhood Care Group and on 4th August 2026 Senior Business and Value Partner approved this decision and there were no declarations of interest made by members that would materially or adversely impact on matters requiring discussion and decision. The decision to award was made in line with the conflict of interest policy. Representations by providers must be made to [email protected] by 23rd September 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the Provider Selection Regime (2023).
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 086321-2026-1 · Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Signed
- 11 Sept 2026
- Value
- £19,112
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Notice history
1 release on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextII.2.4 | The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 23rd September 2026 to [email protected]. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under Direct Award A. There has been no substantial change to the nature or cost of the service delivered. | The services to be provided is an Adult Primary Care Continence service -The contract ward has been made following direct award process A, Approximate Lifetime Value of the Contract - £19,112.94 The Service is to be provided; 01/04/2026 to 31/03/2027 | |
| — | TextII.2.4 | The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 23rd September 2026 to [email protected]. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under Direct Award A. There has been no substantial change to the nature or cost of the service delivered. | The services to be provided is an Adult Primary Care Continence service -The contract ward has been made following direct award process A, Approximate Lifetime Value of the Contract - £19,112.94 The Service is to be provided; 01/04/2026 to 31/03/2027 |
The modification is due to the award notice, as a standstill period is not required, and the contract is now formally awarded.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.