Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services Framework
Authority: Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
Re-procurement plannedNational Framework Agreement for the Provision of Sexual Health Services
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice.
The relevant Tender Notice was 2025/S 000-016528 with OCID ocds-h6vhtk-05065a
The awarding of this framework agreement 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 and The Procurement Regulations 2024 d o not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight at the end of 22 August 2025 to [email protected]. This framework agreement has not yet been formally concluded; this notice serves as an intention to establish the framework agreement under the PSR.
The award decision makers were two Senior Commercial Procurement Specialists, the Commercial Procurement Manager and the Director of Commercial Procurement Services.
The Key Criteria were:
Lot 1
- Social Value Pass/Fail
- Value - Value Declaration Pass/Fail
- Value - Commercial Questionnaire Pass/Fail
- Quality and Innovation - Service quality 25%
- Quality and Innovation - Patient experience & patient safety 25%
- Integration, collaboration, and service sustainability - Integration & collaboration 15%
- Integration, collaboration, and service sustainability - Increasing capacity 15%
- Integration, collaboration, and service sustainability - Service mobilisation 10%
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice - Meeting patient needs and preferences 5%
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice - Communication with patients and contracting Relevant Authorities 5%
Lot 2
- Social Value Pass/Fail
- Value - Value Declaration Pass/Fail
- Value - Commercial Questionnaire Pass/Fail
- Quality and Innovation - Service quality 25%
- Quality and Innovation - Patient experience & patient safety 25%
- Integration, collaboration, and service sustainability - Integration & collaboration 15%
- Integration, collaboration, and service sustainability - Increasing capacity 15%
- Integration, collaboration, and service sustainability - Service mobilisation 10%
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice - Meeting patient needs and preferences 5%
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice - Communication with patients and contracting Relevant Authorities 5%
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.
The 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.
In accordance with Regulation 17 of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and Regulation 17 of The Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2025, new Providers may be added to this Framework during the Term of the Framework.
Award of a Framework Agreement does not guarantee or imply any commitment to award a Call-off Contract by any Relevant Authority.
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 · Health services · Medical hospital services · Medical specialist services · +15 more
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1Insourced 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. Additional information: This notice is an intention to conclude a framework agreement using the competitive process.
The approximate lifetime value of the framework agreement is £100000000 but no commitment to award a Call-off Contract is implied or given.
Lot #2Outsourced Clinical Services
Outsourced Services are clinical services which are delivered on premises owned or operated by the Provider. Additional information: This notice is an intention to conclude a framework agreement using the competitive process.
The approximate lifetime value of the framework agreement is £100000000 but no commitment to award a Call-off Contract is implied or given.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Aug 2025, 15:13 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Jul 2026, 15:01 BST
- Authority reference
F/098/CS/25/IB- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-072805- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05864eFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and The Procurement Regulations 2024 do not apply to this award.
- Review procedure
Representations by providers must be made to the Framework Host by midnight at the end of 22 August 2025.
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and The Procurement Regulations 2024 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Written representations should be sent to: [email protected] Representations by providers must be made to the Framework Host by midnight at the end of 22 August 2025 This framework agreement has not yet been formally concluded; this notice serves as an intention to establish the framework agreement under the PSR. The decision was proposed by a Senior Commercial Specialist at Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and approved by the Commercial Procurement Manager and the Director of Commercial Procurement Services for Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. No conflicts of interest were detected or declared during the procurement process. The relative importance of the key criteria that the relevant authority used to make a decision are set out in this notice. Each of the 5 Key Criteria elements were weighted in consideration of the subject-matter and with a view to securing the needs of the people who use the services, improving the quality of the services, and improving the efficiency of in the provision of the services. The chosen providers met the selection criteria, passed the PASS/FAIL Key Criteria and met or exceeded the published required minimum total score of 60% across the remaining Key Criteria for award to the Framework Agreement.
Notice history
11 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (10)
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of establishment of a framework agreement. Framework agreements have been concluded under 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and The Procurement Reg…
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of establishment of a framework agreement. Framework agreements have been concluded under 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and The Procurement Reg…
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of establishment of a framework agreement. Framework agreements have been concluded under 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and The Procurement Reg…
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of establishment of a framework agreement. Framework agreements have been concluded under 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and The Procurement Reg…
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of establishment of a framework agreement. Framework agreements have been concluded under 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and The Procurement Reg…
Routine re-releases (11)
- 2026-05: 1 release · 1 May 2026
- 2026-02: 1 release · 27 Feb 2026
- 2026-01: 1 release · 29 Jan 2026
- 2025-12: 1 release · 29 Dec 2025
- 2025-11: 1 release · 28 Nov 2025
- 2025-10: 1 release · 24 Oct 2025
- 2025-09: 1 release · 25 Sept 2025
- 2025-08: 1 release · 12 Aug 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast42 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 048102-2025-1
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 048102-2025-10
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 048102-2025-11
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 048102-2025-12
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 048102-2025-13
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 048102-2025-14
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 048102-2025-15
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 048102-2025-16
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 048102-2025-17
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 048102-2025-18
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 048102-2025-19
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 048102-2025-2
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 048102-2025-20
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 048102-2025-21
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 048102-2025-22
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 048102-2025-23
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 048102-2025-24
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 048102-2025-25
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 048102-2025-26
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 048102-2025-27
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | £0 – £100,000,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
42 commercial parties on the notice- AGILE WORKFORCE SERVICES LIMITEDFramework contractor
- ATLAS DIAGNOSTICS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Affordable Healthcare LimitedFramework contractor
- Athona LimitedFramework contractor
- BIRMINGHAM SMARTCARE LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Bestway Healthcare Solutions LtdFramework contractor
- Carepro LtdFramework contractor
- Consultant Connect LimitedFramework contractor
- Day Webster LimitedFramework contractor
- Diagnostic World LtdFramework contractor
Show 32 more suppliers
- EDEN UK CLINICAL SERVICES LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Elective Services LtdFramework contractor
- Enigma Healthcare LimitedFramework contractor
- Fortify Clinic LimitedFramework contractor
- Friends Medical Service LimitedFramework contractor
- Frontiere Medicale EUROPE Ltd.Framework contractor
- Frontline Health Professionals LtdFramework contractor
- Globe Locums LimitedFramework contractor
- Harrow Health CICFramework contractor
- Health Now LimitedFramework contractor
- Healthcare Business Solutions UK LimitedFramework contractor
- Her Health Partnerships LtdFramework contractor
- ICS Operations LimitedFramework contractor
- ID MEDICAL GROUP LIMITEDFramework contractor
- INTERSOURCE MEDICAL SERVICES LTDFramework contractor
- Key Performance International Healthcare LimitedFramework contractor
- MYHEARTCARE LIMITEDFramework contractor
- MedSurg Elective Care LimitedFramework contractor
- Medacs Healthcare LtdFramework contractor
- MediServices Healthcare LtdFramework contractor
- Modality Limited Liability PartnershipFramework contractor
- Mylocum LtdFramework contractor
- Portland Clinical LimitedFramework contractor
- Primary Eyecare Services LimitedFramework contractor
- SAH Diagnostics LtdFramework contractor
- SHS Partners Surgical LtdFramework contractor
- SKYLINE HOSPITALS LTDFramework contractor
- SPIRE HEALTHCARE LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Sanus Cor Ltd.Framework contractor
- Sirona Medical LtdFramework contractor
- Sussex Community Dermatology Service LtdFramework contractor
- Thrive Health Hubs LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.