Official UK procurement notice
Community Musculoskeletal (MSK) Wolverhampton Service - NHS Black Country ICB (C317779)
Authority: NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU on behalf of the NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board intend to award a contract for the provision of an Integrated Musculoskeletal (MSK) Service in Wolverhampton.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The successful Provider will deliver an integrated MSK service model, with the overall…AwardedPublished value£17,000,000
The successful Provider will deliver an integrated MSK service model, with the overall aim of providing a multi-disciplinary team approach for the non-surgical care of people with a musculoskeletal condition, which must ensure that high quality, safe and sustainable services are delivered for patients.<br/><br/>As a result of this Competitive Process, a contract will be awarded to the successful Provider for a period of 3 years (1st July 2025 to 30th June 2028). The Commissioners may opt to extend the contract term by a further 2 years (1st July 2028 to 30th June 2030). The provider who previously delivered the service has been identified as the preferred provider. It is anticipated that the service provision resulting from this Competitive Process will have a value of £15,300,000 for 5 years, which includes any exercised contract extensions.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Quality & Innovation: 40%
- Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities & Facilitating Choice: 9%
- price: 20%
- Social Value: 10%
- Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability: 21%
Published award criteria (5)
- Quality & Innovation: 40.00%
- Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability: 21.00%
- Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities & Facilitating Choice: 9.00%
- Social Value: 10.00%
- Price: 20.00%
- Suitability
This includes but is not limited to an ability to meet the requirements of the service specification (as stated in the procurement documents) in its entirety including the required start date of 1 July 2025.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 15 Nov 2024, 15:53 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Mar 2025, 12:09 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 16 Dec 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-009625- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b705Find a Tender
Publisher note: 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight 27th March 2025. Any representations should be sent to [email protected]<br/><br/>This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR. <br/><br/>The award decision-makers are the NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board. The decision to award the contract was made by the NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board’s Strategic Commissioning Committee. There were no declared of potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the award decision.<br/><br/>The scoring criteria for the Basic Selection Criteria Questions were either evaluated as Pass/Fail or For Information.<br/><br/>The Key Criteria Questions were evaluated as scored sub-weighted questions, as follows:<br/><br/>Quality and Innovation - 40.00%<br/>Value - 20.00%<br/>Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability - 21.00%<br/>Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating Choice - 9.00%<br/>Social Value - 10.00%<br/><br/>Connect Health Ltd received the highest combined overall weighted Key Criteria score out of 100.00%. Therefore, they are the preferred provider and awarded the contract (subject to agreement).
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Submission deadline
- 16 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 16 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
16 Dec 2024 → 17 Mar 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline16 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened16 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published17 Mar 2025, 12:09 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete17 Mar 2025, 12:09 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connect Health Ltd | £15,300,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 009625-2025-1 · Connect Health Ltd
- Signed
- 17 Mar 2025
- Value
- £15,300,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9bids · 9 electronic | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Connect Health LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.