Official UK procurement notice
NHS2248- Histopathology Service Outsourced 24-25
Authority: Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Histopathology Outsourced Service for 24-25
CPV: Surgical hospital services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Authority awarded a contract to a provider following the Urgent Award Process…Cancelled
The Authority awarded a contract to a provider following the Urgent Award Process under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR).
The service will provide a fully Histopathology Outsourced Service
Contract start date: February 2025
Contract Duration: 6 Months
Contract Value: Estimated £472,000.00
Decision Maker: Head of Biomedical
No conflicts of interest were declared.
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 (1)
- This is an urgent award process under the PSR 2023: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- This is an urgent award process under the PSR 2023: 100
- Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Cancelled
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Feb 2025, 13:46 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Feb 2025, 13:46 GMT
- Authority reference
NHS2248- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-005373- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e2acFind 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) 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded under the PSR. Decision Maker: Head of Microbiology. No conflicts of interest were declared.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS EnglandMediation body
- Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS TrustReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.