Official UK procurement notice
Dermatology Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service (CATS) to Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale (HMR) Locality
Authority: NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA Dermatology Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service (CATS) to be delivered across NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board to Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale (HMR) Locality.
This contract will be for 6-months from 1st April 2025 - 30th September 2025.
The total contract value will be £652,219.60.
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Direct Award Process C intention to award notice, this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
CPV: Dermatology services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider…Awarded
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 Procurement Act 2023 Regulations 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 decision makers by midnight on 18th August 2025.
This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Written representations should be sent to: [email protected]
Key Award Criteria - Quality and innovation - 20%, Value 20%, Integration, collaboration and service sustainability - 20%, improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice - 20% and Social Value - 20%.
Award decision-makers: Corporate Director of Finance - Commissioning & Financial Assurance and the Executive Committee on behalf on NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board.
A conflict of interest was declared, this was managed through internal processes and raised with CO's, all mitigating actions have been taken and documented.
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Aug 2025, 11:21 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Aug 2025, 11:21 BST
- Authority reference
2425/QOP/NVL/A001- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-046440- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058247Find a Tender
- 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 Procurement Act 2023 Regulations do not apply to this award.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMC Dermatology (formally Durnford Healthcare) | £652,220 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 046440-2025-1 · DMC Dermatology (formally Durnford Healthcare)
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £652,220
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- DMC Dermatology (formally Durnford Healthcare)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.