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# ENT Outsourcing

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ent-outsourcing-ocds-h6vhtk-06f2e0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: "ENT Outsourcing". Published status: cancelled. Published Value: £3,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Sept 2026, 13:00 BST. Published submission portal: atamis-1928.my.site.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** CANCELLED (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/kettering-general-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rnq)
- **Published Value:** £3,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 September 2026 at 13:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** ENT or audiologist services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF2
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 10 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ent-outsourcing-ocds-h6vhtk-06f2e0#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06f2e0`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ent-outsourcing-ocds-h6vhtk-06f2e0#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [atamis-1928.my.site.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fatamis-1928.my.site.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ent-outsourcing-ocds-h6vhtk-06f2e0#participate

## Description
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (“UHN”) wishes to commission full consultant led ENT services to ensure supply meets demand of our local population and that service users are offered free choice of provider that most suits their individual needs at the point of referral.  
1.2  The Provider shall deliver a full Consultant-led ENT RTT Pathways service on behalf of UHN with patients being transferred to the provider via the IPT process, encompassing referral management, diagnostics, outpatients’ activity, elective and day case procedures, post operative follow up, discharge and RTT administration and clock management. The provider shall deliver UHN expectations of a high quality, integrated, safe and patient centred pathway.  
The service is commissioned to improve access, eliminate long RTT waits and provide a resilient elective capacity whilst maintaining safety, quality and patient experience in line with NHS and GIRFT guidance.   
The Provider will be fully accountable for RTT performance for all patients transferred or referred under this contract.   
The service is commissioned by both Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (“KGH”) and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust (“NGH”) under the banner of UHN and is accountable and responsible to the Chief Operating Officer of UHN via the respective Head of Operations or their nominated deputy.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 85121240
- **Delivery regions:** UKF
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £3,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 01/11/2026 to 31/10/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (cancelled)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

  - Date: 09/09/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F084137-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-11T10:52:20.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T06:22:41.690Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06f2e0