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Autologous Chrondrocyte Implantation (ACI) and Osteochondral Allograft (OCA - North West England

Buyer: NHS England - North West →

BuyerNHS England - North West
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published8 Sept 2025

What is being bought

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England North West (the Relevant Authority) who are undertaking a market landscaping exercise in relation to Autologous Chrondrocyte Implantation (ACI) and Osteochondral Allograft (OCA for the North West of England.

Delivery location

UKD

Categories

Hospital services 85111000Health services 85100000

Lot details

Lot 1

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England North West (the Relevant Authority) who are undertaking a market landscaping exercise in relation to Autologous Chrondrocyte Implantation (ACI) and Osteochondral Allograft (OCA for the North West of England. This market landscaping exercise is a request for information and is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. Proposed Contract Start Date: 01 April 2026. The proposed contract term is for an initial period of 03 years, with an option to extend for a further 02 years at the discretion of the Relevant Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance. It is important to note that this market landscaping exercise is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future competition opportunity once the contract notice is published on Find a Tender. The closing date for submission of RFI response is by 5:00pm 22 September 2025.

Statusplanned

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Hospital servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Hospital services (85111000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 8518,1141 median · 30.6 average (8,528 of 18,114 with a bid count)2 average (9,492 of 18,114 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer211 median · 1.8 average (16 of 21 with a bid count)1.1 average (16 of 21 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKD4361 median · 12.7 average (217 of 436 with a bid count)1.6 average (231 of 436 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05957c
Latest release ID054517-2025
Latest release timestampMon Sep 08 2025 08:58:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
8 Sept 2025planning054517-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
8 Sept 2025 · 054517-2025 · planning
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