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# NHSE1050 - Host Organisation - North West Adult Critical Care Transfer Service Contract No C345988

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhse1050-host-organisation-north-west-adult-critical-care-transfer-service-contract-no-c34-ocds-h6vhtk-050040). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS LANCASHIRE AND SOUTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD - LEAD ICB: "NHSE1050 - Host Organisation - North West Adult Critical Care Transfer Service Contract No C345988". Published status: unsuccessful. Published Value: £28,300,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 9 May 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: health-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** UNSUCCESSFUL (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NHS LANCASHIRE AND SOUTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD - LEAD ICB](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-lancashire-and-south-cumbria-integrated-care-board-lead--GB-NHS-Y62-NORTH-WEST-COMMISSIONING-REGION)
- **Published Value:** £28,300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 9 May 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhse1050-host-organisation-north-west-adult-critical-care-transfer-service-contract-no-c34-ocds-h6vhtk-050040#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-050040`

## 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/nhse1050-host-organisation-north-west-adult-critical-care-transfer-service-contract-no-c34-ocds-h6vhtk-050040#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [health-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhealth-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhse1050-host-organisation-north-west-adult-critical-care-transfer-service-contract-no-c34-ocds-h6vhtk-050040#participate

## Description
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a care system support organisation working for and on behalf of NHS England - North West Specialised Commissioning and NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board - (Lead ICB), NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board, and NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board (the Relevant Authorities),who undertook a competition to commission a Host Organisation - to deliver and manage the North West Adult Critical Care Transfer Service.
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract 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 did not apply to this award.
The contract term was for a period of 5 years. The Host Organisation contract was to be awarded by July 2025, and full mobilisation of the service would have been confirmed in line with the awarded Host Organisation's mobilisation plan. This was anticipated to be between July 2025 and 01 April 2026, not withstanding any supply issues to mobilise the service. The five-year contract will commence from full mobilisation of the service.
The closing time and date for submission of competition response was 12:00 Noon on 09 May 2025.
NECS did utilise an electronic tendering tool to manage the competition and communicate with potential providers. Accordingly, there was no hard copy documents issued to potential providers and all communications with NECS including response submissions, was conducted via the Atamis portal at
https://health-family.force.com/Welcome
It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection.
Should providers have experienced any queries, or were having problems registering on the portal; they were advised to contact the Atamis helpdesk via:
Support-health@Atamis.co.uk or phone number 0800 9956035
The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 08.00 am - 06.00 pm.
Competition documentation was available on the e-tendering site from 12:00 Noon on 10 April 2025.
Potential Providers were advised to look for NHSE1050 - North West Adult Critical Care Transfer Service Contract No C345988.
The Host Organisation was required to provide all the requirements within the annual financial threshold of 5.66 million GBP and the successful Host Organisation should be an NHS Acute Trust who is CQC registered for the provision of General Adult Critical Care Services. Please note after award and before the commencement date the successful provider was required to occupy and deliver the service from a base located within the North West.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £28,300,000
- **Description:** Host Organisation to procure, deliver and manage the North West Adult Critical Care Transfer Service.
The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
The contract term is for a period...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** NHSE1050 - Host Organisation - North West Adult Critical Care Transfer Service Contract No: C345988 (unsuccessful)
  - Award id: `029571-2025-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029571-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-06-03T14:08:32.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T16:35:47.030Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-050040