Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Consultant Led Healthcare Services
Authority: Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD)
Published estimate£4,500,000≈ £4.5m / year · £4,500,000 inc. VAT18.1% above published estimate
Submissions closed 10 Sept 2025awarded 3 Dec 2025
Awarded to MERSEY HEALTHCARE LLP
Contract term 1 yrends 30 Nov 2026 · up to 30 Nov 2027 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2025
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 or the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using the competitive process**
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£4,500,000
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to tender documents
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Quality & Innovation: 50%
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice: 10%
- Value: 20%
- Social Value: 10%
- Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
- Quality & Innovation
- Value
- Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice
- Social Value
Conditions of participation2
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to tender documents
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 11 Aug 2025, 14:52 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Jan 2026, 10:41 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 6 Nov 2025
- Authority reference
WUTH-PSR-C381135- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-047690- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058546Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated
- Submission deadline
- 10 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
11 Aug 2025 → 19 Jan 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published11 Aug 2025, 14:52 BST
- Clarification questions by1 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline10 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by347 days ago6 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts323 days ago1 Dec 2025
- Assessment summaries sent307 days ago17 Dec 2025
- Standstill ends292 days ago31 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published274 days ago19 Jan 2026, 10:41 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Aug 2025- Tender notice published11 Aug 2025, 14:52 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published18 Dec 2025, 11:13 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete18 Dec 2025, 11:13 GMT
- Contract signature expected9 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published19 Jan 2026, 10:41 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £5,312,6901 award exc. VAT
Bids received 65 from SMEs
Named bidders 6published on the award notice
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Jan 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERSEY HEALTHCARE LLPSME12 Jan 2026 – 11 Jan 2027 · up to 11 Jan 2028Extensions: 1 year extension period available if the service is required | £5,312,690 | 3 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · MERSEY HEALTHCARE LLPSME
- Signed
- 19 Jan 2026
- Value
- £5,312,690
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2028 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Option to extend for 12 months
3 agreed KPIs: Monthly Activity · Cancellations · Surgical Site Infections
- Monthly Activity
- Cancellations
- Surgical Site Infections
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6final-stage tenders | 5 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonMERSEY HEALTHCARE LLPSME · North West England
- did not winFRONTLINE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS LTDSME · East of England
- did not winHER HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS LTDSME · Greater London
- did not winYour Medical Services LimitedSME · Greater London
- did not winSAH DIAGNOSTICS LTDSME · Greater London
- did not winMEDINET CLINICAL SERVICES LTD · West Midlands
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
6 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- FRONTLINE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS LTDBidder / tenderer
- HER HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS LTDBidder / tenderer
- MEDINET CLINICAL SERVICES LTDBidder / tenderer
- MERSEY HEALTHCARE LLPAwarded supplier
- SAH DIAGNOSTICS LTDBidder / tenderer
- Your Medical Services LimitedBidder / tenderer
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Invitation to Tender which includes Specification can be accessed by using Atamis
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender