Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services Framework
Authority: Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe aim of this Framework is to provide Relevant Authorities with fully compliant solutions which supplement the delivery of patient care by Relevant Authorities in line with the NHS' core Key Performance Indicators and standards.
The Framework will have two Lots.
Lot 1 Insourced Clinical Services
Lot 2 Outsourced Clinical Services
Insourced Services are clinical services which are delivered on the premises of the contracting Relevant Authority and may use that organisation's equipment.
Outsourced Services are clinical services which are delivered on premises owned or operated by the Provider.
Insourced and Outsourced Services will include the full range of Surgical and Medical specialties and sub-specialties. The specialties and sub-specialties are those listed by the various Surgical and Medical Royal Colleges.
Tenderers may Tender for one or both Lots of the Framework.
- No preliminary market engagement: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of this framework agreement is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and The Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2025. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act Regulations 2023 do not apply to this award.
CPV: Cardiology services · Cardiology services or pulmonary specialists services · Dermatology services · ENT or audiologist services · Gastroenterologist and geriatric services · Gastroenterologist services · Geriatric services · Gynaecological hospital services · Gyneacologic or obstetric services · Medical hospital services · Medical specialist services · Nephrology or nervous system specialist services · +14 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Aug 2025
- Buyer regions
- UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK, UKL
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- 1% of call-off value
Who may buy through it
The framework will be available to all Relevant Authorities (and any future successors to these organisations).
"Relevant Authority" is defined in section 12ZB(7) of the National Health Service Act 2006 and in section 10A(9) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006. It means a combined authority, an integrated care board, a local authority in England, NHS England, an NHS foundation trust or an NHS trust established under section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006, a county council or county borough council in Wales, a local health board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, a National Health Service trust established under section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, or a special health authority established under section 22 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006.
Published description of the framework
Refer to the tender documents for details.
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · same conditions of participation on every lot · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £100,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Insourced Clinical Servicesceiling above
Insourced Services are clinical services which are delivered on the premises of the contracting Relevant Authority and may use that organisation's equipment.
- Economic & financial standing
Refer to tender documents.
- Technical & professional ability
Refer to tender documents.
Lot #2Outsourced Clinical Servicesceiling above
Outsourced Services are clinical services which are delivered on premises owned or operated by the Provider.
- Economic & financial standing
Refer to tender documents.
- Technical & professional ability
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality and Innovation: 50%
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice: 10%
- Integration, collaboration, and service sustainability: 40%
Published award criteria (5)
- Social Value: Pass/Fail
- Value: Pass/Fail
- Quality and Innovation: 50%
- Integration, collaboration, and service sustainability: 40%
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice: 10%
- Economic & financial standing
Refer to tender documents.
- Technical & professional ability
Refer to tender documents.
- “Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- The framework will be available to all Relevant Authorities (and any future successors to these organisations). "Relevant Authority" is defined in section 12ZB(7) of the National Health Service Act 2006 and in section 10A(9) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006. It means a combined authority, an integrated care board, a local authority in England, NHS England, an NHS foundation trust or an NHS trust established under section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006, a county council or county borough council in Wales, a local health board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, a National Health Service trust established under section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, or a special health authority established under section 22 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006.
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Apr 2025, 14:02 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Apr 2025, 14:02 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 14 Jul 2025
- Authority reference
F/098/CS/25/IB- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016528- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05065aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 6 Jun 2025, 16:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 28 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- call-off levy · 1% of call-off value
Timeline
23 Apr 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published23 Apr 2025, 14:02 BST
- Clarification questions by28 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown6 Jun 2025, 16:00 BST
- Award decision expected by14 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published23 Apr 2025, 14:02 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender