Official UK procurement notice
Dermatology Service · Community Health & Eyecare Ltd for NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board (Nov 2024)
Authority: NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPreviously NHS Black Country ICB intended to appoint a contract for the provision of a Dermatology Service across Wolverhampton. NHS Black Country ICB were seeking expressions of interest from suitably experienced and qualified providers.<br/>The contract was intended to be in place for a period of 3 years with an option to extend for up to a further 2 years.<br/>The Commissioner is undergoing a review of its Dermatology Service and has made the decision to abandon the contract award for Dermatology Services across Wolverhampton.
CPV: Dermatology services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The successful provider will deliver a comprehensive integrated Dermatology service…AwardedPublished value£8,500,000
The successful provider will deliver a comprehensive integrated Dermatology service model which is multi-disciplinary and high quality. The Community Dermatology Service will provide timely assessment, diagnosis and treatment of the full range of non-cancer dermatological diseases in adults. The Provider will ensure services are safe, sustainable and high quality, delivered from a range of community-based locations across the city. The Provider will form strong working relationships across primary, community and secondary care services to ensure the patient pathway is seamless and meets the needs of 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, with the Commissioner having the option to extend the contract for up to a further 2 years, commencing from 01st August 2025.<br/>A new provider has been identified as the successful provider to deliver the reprocured service.<br/>It is anticipated that the service provision resulting from this Competitive Process will have a value of £7,640,681.48 for the contract period.
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 and Innovation: 27%
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice: 11%
- Value: 20%
- Social Value: 10%
- Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability: 32%
Published award criteria (5)
- Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability: 32.00%
- Quality and Innovation: 27.00%
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice: 11.00%
- Social Value: 10.00%
- Value: 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 01st August 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
- Yes
- First published
- 26 Nov 2024, 15:57 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Jul 2026, 14:54 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 26 Nov 2024 – …
- Authority reference
C304840- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-065685- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c036Find a Tender
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. <br/>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 or the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. <br/>The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on 31st March 2025. <br/>This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Any representations or correspondence regarding this outcome must be sent via the Atamis messaging portal.<br/><br/>The award decision-makers are the NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board. The decision to award the contract was made by NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board’s Chief Finance Officer.<br/>There were no declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision.<br/><br/>The Basic Selection Criteria scoring methodology was either Pass/Fail or For Information<br/>The Key Criteria were scored sub-weighted questions, as follows:. <br/>Quality and Innovation – 27.00%<br/>Value – 20.00%<br/>Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability – 32.00%<br/>Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice – 11.00%<br/>Social value – 10.00%<br/><br/>Community Health and Eyecare Ltd received the highest combined overall weighted Key Criteria score of out 100.00%. As a result, they are 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
- 22 Jan 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 26 Nov 2024, 16:00 GMT
Timeline
26 Nov 2024 → 13 Jul 2026 · 3 dates- Bids opened26 Nov 2024, 16:00 GMT
- Submission deadline22 Jan 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Notice published99 days ago13 Jul 2026, 14:54 BST
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete18 Mar 2025, 15:42 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextV.0.0.4 | Yes | No | |
| — | TextV.1.0.1 | [Blank] | The Commissioner is undergoing a review of its Dermatology Service and has made the decision to abandon the contract award for Dermatology Services across Wolverhampton. |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Health & Eyecare Ltd | £7,640,681 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 009970-2025-1 · Community Health & Eyecare Ltd
- Signed
- 17 Mar 2025
- Value
- £7,640,681
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10bids · 10 electronic | 6 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Community Health and Eyecare LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.