Official UK procurement notice
Planned Care Outsourcing - ENT
Authority: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPlanned Care Outsourcing of ENT Procedures to reduce patient waiting lists in Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This is a Provider Selection Regime Wales (PSR Wales) confirmation of contract award…Awarded
This is a Provider Selection Regime Wales (PSR Wales) confirmation of contract award notice for an uplift in contract value via a CCN to the original contract in line with the initial notice published to cover services up to 31st March 2026 subject to further funding being approved. This contract has been awarded under the Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2025. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015/Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded based on a framework agreement with competition.
Call off from a framework agreement with a competition confirmation of contract award notice, this notice outlines a modification of contract in line with the CCN for additional activity and value awarded for Q3 and Q4.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Jul 2025, 08:18 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Dec 2025, 16:49 GMT
- Authority reference
CAV-FCOWC-118268- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-085987- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0560b8Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This is an intention to award notice under the Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2025 ('the PSR Wales')
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime Wales (PSR Wales) confirmation of contract award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2025. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015/Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the award to a provider(s) under a framework agreement call off with a competition, this notice serves as an award of contract under the PSR Wales. The award decision makers are relevant staff from Cardiff and Vale University Health Board involved in the provider selection process, these include the roles of General Manager, Deputy General Manager, Planned Care. The successful providers detailed within this notice have been selected as they have achieved the highest overall combined Technical, Commercial and Social Value scores from all providers that submitted a bid. The key criteria assessed as part of the technical section included the providers ability to meet the requirements within the specific timeframe, ability to recover any lost time, how safe and effective care would be delivered under the service, management of staff, managing issues within the service and ability to meet reporting requirements. The commercial section was assessed based on the lowest overall cost offered being awarded 50% with all other offers being scored on a relative scale to the lowest, and the social value scores awarded based on those provided to the supplier as part of the framework award. No providers were excluded from the procurement process with initial EOI followed by mini competition to those expressing an interest in the EOI No conflicts of interest were declared or identified as part of the conflicts assessment process (WA Ref:159785)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
1 Oct 2025 → 23 Dec 2025 · 2 dates- Contract starts391 days ago1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published308 days ago23 Dec 2025, 16:49 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuffield Health, ST JOSEPH'S INDEPENDENT HOSPITAL LIMITEDjoint award | £125,288 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Nuffield Health, ST JOSEPH'S INDEPENDENT HOSPITAL LIMITEDjoint award | £125,288 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Nuffield Health, ST JOSEPH'S INDEPENDENT HOSPITAL LIMITEDjoint award | £509,053 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Planned Care Outsourcing - ENT · Nuffield Health, ST JOSEPH'S INDEPENDENT HOSPITAL LIMITED
- Signed
- 16 Dec 2025
- Value
- £509,053
- Period
- 1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
- Change The original contract award was for a combined total of 23 cases across both providers to be completed by end of September 2025 with options to extend cohort patients numbers beyond September 25 to 31st March 26, subject to further funding approval. Q3 Agreed activity and contract value was awarded to Nuffield for 17 cases at a value of 74,664.00 GBP and St Josephs for 18 cases at a value of 71,289.00 GBP Q4 Agreed activity and contract value was awarded to Nuffield for 30 cases at a value of 138,348.00 GBP and St Josephs for 31 cases at a value of 128,914.28 GBP, Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: The original award included provision to further uplift activity for Q3 and Q4 subject to additional funding being confirmed
Planned Care Outsourcing - ENT · Nuffield Health, ST JOSEPH'S INDEPENDENT HOSPITAL LIMITED
- Signed
- 1 Aug 2025
- Value
- £125,288
- Period
- 1 Aug 2025 – 30 Sept 2025
- Status
- active
- Change Call off from a framework agreement with a competition confirmation of contract award notice, for the avoidance of doubt, this notice does not represent a modification of contract., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Call off from a framework agreement with a competition confirmation of contract award notice, for the avoidance of doubt, this notice does not represent a modification of contract.
Contract 040686-2025-CAV-FCOWC-118268-1 · Nuffield Health, ST JOSEPH'S INDEPENDENT HOSPITAL LIMITED
- Signed
- 15 Jul 2025
- Value
- £125,288
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice- NUFFIELD HEALTHAwarded supplier
- Nuffield HealthAwarded supplier
- ST JOSEPH'S INDEPENDENT HOSPITAL LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.