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Published 2 Sept 2025, 16:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Hair Epilation Services - PSR

Official notice

Authority: NHS England (Central government)

2 lotsServicesOpen procedureMax 1 lot to bid
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK
Budget not disclosed£0total for 2 lots
Submissions closed 6 Oct 2025awarded 20 Jan 2026
Awarded to EQ Lounge +9 more10 awards

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

This service covers the provision of non-surgical Gender Identity Services for adults that are prescribed as specialised services. This document should be read in conjunction with NHS England’s service specification for Gender Identity Services for Adults (Surgical Interventions).<br/><br/>Link to service specification: www.england.nhs.uk/publication/service-… ↗<br/><br/>Gender identity services includes specialist assessment, non-surgical care packages, certain surgical interventions and immediate associated after care provided by specialist centres.<br/><br/>Integrated Care Systems are responsible for commissioning certain non-specialist elements of the NHS pathway of care for individuals with gender dysphoria.<br/><br/>Lot 1 – for new providers to complete if they do not currently hold a contract with NHSE for the Provision of Hair Epilation services.<br/><br/>Lot 2 – for existing providers that have a contract that is due to expire on 31st March 2026 with NHSE for the Provision of Hair Epilation services.<br/><br/>The contract period is five (5) years, starting 1st April 2026.

CPV: Health services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value (£0 together) · a supplier may bid for at most 1 of them · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1New EntrantsAwardedPublished value£0
Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Existing ProvidersCancelledPublished value£0
Delivery: UK
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 · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 100%
Published sub-criteria (1)
  • Technical: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
  • Technical: 100

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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
2 Sept 2025, 16:45 BST
Last source update
21 Jan 2026, 17:13 GMT
Award evaluation window
6 Oct 2025 – …
Authority reference
C386594
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-005514
Classification (CPV)
Health services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059293 Find a Tender

Publisher note: This service covers the provision of non-surgical Gender Identity Services for adults that are prescribed as specialised services. This document should be read in conjunction with NHS England’s service specification for Gender Identity Services for Adults (Surgical Interventions).<br/><br/>Link to service specification: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/service-specification-gender-identity-services-for-adults-non-surgical-interventions<br/> <br/>Gender identity services includes specialist assessment, non-surgical care packages, certain surgical interventions and immediate associated after care provided by specialist centres.<br/> <br/>Integrated Care Systems are responsible for commissioning certain non-specialist elements of the NHS pathway of care for individuals with gender dysphoria.<br/><br/>Lot 1 – for new providers to complete if they do not currently hold a contract with NHSE for the Provision of Hair Epilation services.<br/> <br/>Lot 2 – for existing providers that have a contract that is due to expire on 31st March 2026 with NHSE for the Provision of Hair Epilation services.<br/> <br/>All Providers MUST complete the basic questionnaire within the Qualification envelope on the Atamis portal.<br/><br/>To express interest and participate in the Procurement, please register and apply via Atamis esourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Should Tenderers have any queries, or problems using the portal, they should contact the Helpdesk at:<br/>Phone: 0800 0988 201<br/>E-mail: [email protected]<br/><br/>The closing date for completed Competitive Process responses is 12:00pm (noon), on Monday 6th October 2025.<br/><br/>Atamis Project reference: C386594

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
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

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

6 Oct 2025 → 21 Jan 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline385 days ago
    6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened385 days ago
    6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published278 days ago
    21 Jan 2026, 17:13 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    21 Jan 2026, 17:13 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 90
Awarded value Not summedeach provider’s award repeats the list or panel total
Bids received 95
Contracts signed 20latest 20 Jan 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 1 · New Entrants10 awards
EQ LoungeSME£0 †—Awarded
Mi:Skin Laser Clinic LimitedSME£0 †—Awarded
Restore Skin and BodySME£0 †—Awarded
HEALTHIUM CLINICS LIMITEDSME£0 †—Awarded
Current Beauty LimitedSME£0 †—Awarded
The Laser ClubSME£0 †—Awarded
Buff and Bare LtdSME£0 †—Awarded
The Ivy Laser ClinicSME£0 †—Awarded
New Dawn Hair RemovalSME£0 †—Awarded
Fuss BeautySME£0 †—Awarded

80 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracts

  • Lot 1 - New Entrants · EQ LoungeSME

    Signed
    20 Jan 2026
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active
  • Lot 1 - New Entrants · Mi:Skin Laser Clinic LimitedSME

    Signed
    20 Jan 2026
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active
  • Lot 1 - New Entrants · Restore Skin and BodySME

    Signed
    20 Jan 2026
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active
  • Lot 1 - New Entrants · HEALTHIUM CLINICS LIMITEDSME

    Signed
    20 Jan 2026
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active
  • Lot 1 - New Entrants · Current Beauty LimitedSME

    Signed
    20 Jan 2026
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active
  • Lot 1 - New Entrants · The Laser ClubSME

    Signed
    20 Jan 2026
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active
  • Lot 1 - New Entrants · Buff and Bare LtdSME

    Signed
    20 Jan 2026
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active
  • Lot 1 - New Entrants · The Ivy Laser ClinicSME

    Signed
    20 Jan 2026
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active
  • Lot 1 - New Entrants · New Dawn Hair RemovalSME

    Signed
    20 Jan 2026
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active
  • Lot 1 - New Entrants · Fuss BeautySME

    Signed
    20 Jan 2026
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active
  • Lot 1 - New Entrants

    Signed
    20 Jan 2026
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active
  • Lot 1 - New Entrants

    Signed
    20 Jan 2026
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active
  • Lot 1 - New Entrants

    Signed
    20 Jan 2026
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active
  • Lot 1 - New Entrants

    Signed
    20 Jan 2026
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active
  • Lot 1 - New Entrants

    Signed
    20 Jan 2026
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active
  • Lot 2 - Existing Providers

    Signed
    20 Jan 2026
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active
  • Lot 2 - Existing Providers

    Signed
    20 Jan 2026
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active
  • Lot 2 - Existing Providers

    Signed
    20 Jan 2026
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active
  • Lot 2 - Existing Providers

    Signed
    20 Jan 2026
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active
  • Lot 2 - Existing Providers

    Signed
    20 Jan 2026
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · New Entrants25bids———
2 · Existing Providers70bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS England

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Wellington House, 133-135 Waterloo Rd, London, South East, SE1 8UGContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

90 commercial parties on the notice · 50 awarded

The first 50 of 90 commercial parties (by name); the JSON mirror lists them all.

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Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.