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Published 12 Dec 2025, 14:54 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

HMP GOS New Contract · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£180,688≈ £52k / year41.9% below published estimate
Submissions closed 16 Jan 2026awarded 10 Apr 2026
Awarded to AHSL Healthcare Ltd
Contract term 3 yrs 6 moends 31 Oct 2029 · starts 1 May 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under 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. This contract has now been formally awarded using the competitive process.<br/><br/>Date of contract award: 26/05/2026.<br/><br/>Contract term: 29/06/2026-31/10/2029.<br/><br/>Lifetime value of contract: £105,000.<br/><br/>Conflicts of Interest Declarations have been received and no conflicts have been identified in respect of this award.

CPV: Optician services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Birmingham Community Healthcare (BCHC) NHS Foundation Trust has undertaken a…Awarded 3 yrs 6 moPublished value£150,573

Birmingham Community Healthcare (BCHC) NHS Foundation Trust has undertaken a procurement exercise to obtain a contract for the Provision of His Majesty’s Prison Birmingham General Ophthalmic Services.<br/><br/>This notice is an intention to award a contract under the PSR Competitive process.<br/><br/>The contract is planned to commence from 29th June 2026 to 31st October 2029 to align with the HMP Birmingham head contract. <br/><br/>The lifetime value of the contract is £105,000 exc. VAT.<br/><br/>This is an existing service.<br/><br/>The Provider being awarded the contract for this is AHSL Healthcare Ltd.<br/><br/>This is a new Provider. Additional information: This Notice is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Notice for the Award of the Provision of His Majesty’s Prison Birmingham General Ophthalmic Services under PSR Competitive Process.

Contract period: 1 May 2026 – 31 Oct 2029 (3 yrs 6 mo)
Delivery: West Midlands · HMP Birmingham
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
  • Price

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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
12 Dec 2025, 14:54 GMT
Last source update
29 May 2026, 14:38 BST
Award evaluation window
12 Dec 2025 – …
Authority reference
C443671
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-050891
Classification (CPV)
Optician services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG31)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f503 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

As per contract

Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under 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.<br/><br/>The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the below contact by 14th May 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.<br/><br/>Written representations should be sent to [email protected].<br/><br/>Award Decision makers involved within this notice include -<br/>Head of Procurement<br/>Primary Care Clinical Service Manager <br/>Divisional Director for Nursing & Therapies<br/>Deputy Divisional Director      <br/>Divisional Finance Manager – Adults & Specialist Rehab<br/>Senior Management Accountant<br/><br/>Conflicts of Interest Declarations have been received and no conflicts have been identified in respect of this proposed award.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
16 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
12 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

12 Dec 2025 → 29 May 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Bids opened308 days ago
    12 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
  2. Submission deadline273 days ago
    16 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
  3. Bids must remain valid until183 days ago
    16 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts169 days ago
    1 May 2026, 00:00 BST
  5. Notice published140 days ago
    29 May 2026, 14:38 BST

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    29 Apr 2026, 15:20 BST
Published amendments (1)

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under 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. This contract has now been formally awarded using the competitive process.Date of contract award: 2…

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £105,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Apr 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
AHSL Healthcare LtdSME——Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 039315-2026-1 · AHSL Healthcare LtdSME

    Signed
    10 Apr 2026
    Value
    £105,000
    Period
    … – 31 Oct 2029
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth 3 Priestley Wharf, Holt Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B7 4BNContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • AHSL Healthcare LtdAwarded supplierCompany number 10924257 164 Moss Lane, Hale, Altrincham, WA15 8AU, Altrincham, North West, wa158auContact phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria