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Published 11 Sept 2026, 14:22 BST
Official UK Procurement Procedure

ENT Outsourcing Services — UK Public Procurement Procedure

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
NHS & Healthcare
services
Open procedure
GPA Covered: {"GPA"}
Health services
East Midlands (UKF2)
Published value
Not published
Contract value exc. VAT
Submission deadline
6 Oct 2026, 13:00 BST
24d 21h left
Lots published
1
Lots published in procedure
Contract duration
Open procedure
Published delivery schedule
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What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: "ENT Outsourcing Services". Published status: active. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Oct 2026, 13:00 BST. Published submission portal: atamis-1928.my.site.com.

Official Requirement Description:

Provision of ENT Outsourcing Services for UHN

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    active
    Renewal
    Published valueNot published
    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. 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. This competitive process is being conducted under the PSR.
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published
    Options / extension:
    Two x 12 month extensions
    Variants:
    Not allowed

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
Award criteria weighting not published in structured data — consult the tender pack documents.
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)Roche Diagnostics LimitedHolds 38.8% of historical attributable spend
Moderate Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~2× annual contract value annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
  • Procedure-Level Selection Criteria (PQQ)
    suitability
    • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. These figures describe a rolling 24-month window, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    Not availableEarly / insufficient sample
    Needs a published budget AND award for the same procedure
    Competition Density
    1Bids / Report (median)
    Single-bidder rate: 95% · Mean: 1.3 bids
    Supplier Concentration
    Moderate Concentration
    Roche Diagnostics LimitedTop vendor: 38.8% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £33,471,185Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 23 retained awards
    Typical award value
    £34,250Robust (n=22)
    Middle 50% of awards: £13,035 – £289,500 · 8% of the sector median for CPV 85
    Awarded spend by half-year
    2024-H2
    2025-H1
    2025-H2
    2026-H1
    2026-H2
    Methodology & coverage notes (23 active published awards)
    Coverage: 23 active published awards; 20 bid reports (which may be per lot); 22 valued awards. Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Every figure carries an evidence level: Robust (5+ observations), Moderate (3–4), Indicative (1–2). Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 85):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    Roche Diagnostics Limited1 win£13,000,000No published budget
    Everlight Radiology1 win£9,500,000No published budget
    West Northamptonshire Council1 win£9,000,000No published budget
    Medicare Insourcing Services Ltd1 win£750,000No published budget
    University Hospital of Leicester NHS Trust2 wins£694,000No published budget

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 85 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Prepared 11 Sept 2026, 15:24 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    0%
    CPV sector evidence · 471 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    1reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 24,213 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~54 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 640 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    Stable notice
    Published terms remained unchanged
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 85)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
    ATOS IT SERVICES UK LIMITEDCRN: 01245534
    		13 contracts£12,096,084,526At ceiling / not disclosed
    Eville and Jones (GB) LimitedCRN: PHXH-2391-YMLX
    		59 contracts£9,613,913,059At ceiling / not disclosed
    West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustCRN: RGR
    		13 contracts£5,537,708,775At ceiling / not disclosed
    Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
    		11 contracts£3,595,302,069At ceiling / not disclosed
    Barts Health NHS TrustCRN: N/A – NHS Trust
    		16 contracts£3,453,013,003At ceiling / not disclosed
    UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCRN: RRV
    		16 contracts£2,933,363,592At ceiling / not disclosed
    MAXIMUS UK SERVICES LIMITEDCRN: 09072343
    		39 contracts£2,893,246,280At ceiling / not disclosed
    Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustCRN: RJ128
    		6 contracts£2,711,962,948At ceiling / not disclosed
    Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustCRN: RBN
    		17 contracts£2,505,604,267At ceiling / not disclosed
    Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustCRN: Y61
    		15 contracts£2,375,960,101At ceiling / not disclosed
    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Ranked by multi-factor similarity score
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    Published procedure
    Published value
    Matching evidence
    Ear, Nose and Throat serviceNorthampton General Hospital N H S Trust · 24 Aug 2023, 11:49 BST
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    same region
    matching published text
    Outsourced ENT ServiceChelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · 17 Jan 2022, 09:19 GMT
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    matching published text
    Outsourced Consultant Led Tier 2 ENT Services (most suitable provider process)STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · 3 Oct 2025, 15:54 BST
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    matching published text
    Outsourced Consultant Led Tier 2 ENT Services (most suitable provider process)STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · 21 Nov 2025, 18:29 GMT
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    matching published text
    Outsourcing ENT ServicesWirral University Teaching Hospital NHS FT · 7 Jul 2025, 13:03 BST
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    matching published text
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodOpen procedureLegal basis
    CELEX · 32014L0024
    		Procurement categoryservices
    Notice statusactiveProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
    Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO covered{"GPA"}
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published11 Sept 2026, 14:22 BSTLast source update11 Sept 2026, 14:22 BST
    Award evaluation window6 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST — Decision dateBid opening date6 Oct 2026, 14:00 BSTContract terms summary
    Classification (CPV)Health services
    Delivery area
    East Midlands (UKF2)
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f82e

    How to participate & submission route

    Submit via Atamis (Health Family)
    Authorized E-Sourcing Portal
    Supplier login required
    Electronic submission
    Language: EN
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    Expression of interest (EOI)—Tender submission deadline
    6 Oct 2026, 13:00 BST
    		Clarification deadlineNone published in notice
    Submission channel{"electronicSubmission"}Electronic submissionOnline portalAccepted languagesen
    Participation feeFree of charge (Open access)
    Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts
    From official release
    Timeline
    1. Procedure published
      11 Sept 2026, 14:22 BST
    2. Submission deadline
      6 Oct 2026, 13:00 BST
    3. Bid opening (electronic)
      6 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (0)No award published
    Contracts (0)No contract published
    Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. Official notice release published
      11 Sept 2026, 14:22 BST

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    2 participating organisations

    Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    Contracting authority
    NHS & Healthcare
    GB-PPON-PCPL-4765-VNRN
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    Other participating organisations & roles (2)

    Official Documents & Specifications (2)

    Official links; attachments are not copied

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