Official UK procurement notice
Public Healthcare - Outsourcing DPS
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Medical Services to NHS Scotland Health Boards
CPV: Bacteriological analysis services · Blood analysis services · Gynaecological hospital services · Hospital and related services · Hospital dialysis services · Hospital services · Hospital support services · Hospital-bedding services · In vitro fertilisation services · Medical hospital services · Obstetrical hospital services · Orthotic services · +3 more
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market (open)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Authority is establishing a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for External Medical…RenewalPublished value£150,000,000
The Authority is establishing a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for External Medical Services. The DPS will be operated on a purely electronic basis and is open to new entrants for throughout its life who meet the minimum criteria specified in the PQQ.
The PQQ is for a DPS for Providers with the potential additional capacity in the provision of range of inpatient procedures, clinics and outpatient services to support the NHS in Scotland in delivering comprehensive and effective healthcare services. Potential Providers are invited to submit a PQQ demonstrating capability for surgical procedures for adults and children to be performed by named qualified and competent surgeons, with all appropriate and necessary steps taken to limit complications, minimise infection, and to provide where appropriate aftercare and follow-up. Additional information: This notice describes the Authorities intention to establish a DPS.
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).
- Suitability
As stated in PQQ
- Condition of participationno text publishedMinimum: Potential Participants will have to prove that they have been trading for a minimum of 3 years and have a turnover in excess of 2,000,000 GBP per annum. They will also have to have in place the following Insurance Policies Clinical Negligence: 10,000,000 GBP Public Liability: 2,0…
- Technical & professional ability
As stated in PQQ
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- “Public Healthcare - Outsourcing DPS” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") buys Hospital and related services (CPV 8511), and who usually turns up
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS")’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Hospital and related services (CPV 8511) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Scotland.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 74 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid16% / 0%
2–331% / 0%
4–625% / 55%
7+28% / 45%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1The Authority is establishing a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for External Medical…CPV 8511Published estimate£150m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid1%
2–318%
4–618%
7+63%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurley GroupWorked for this buyer | Workforce Specialist Servicesnotice published Apr 2022 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| The University Court of the University of GlasgowWorked for this buyer | NSSCOVID-19 -319 Covid-Sequencing Servicenotice published May 2021 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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Hurley GroupSME | £17m2 awards in 36m · last 21 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=1 |
| £5.8m12 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 2 live · £1.7m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 8% below n=5 | |
| £959k2 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £825k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=4 | |
| £16m18 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 2 live · £17m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 9% below n=2 | |
BPASLarge | £180k1 awards in 36m · last 11 months ago | 1 live · £180k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 12 Nov 2021, 10:14 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Nov 2021, 10:14 GMT
- Authority reference
NP64821- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-028313- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f606Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As stated in PQQ
- Review procedure
The Authority will notify economic operators who submitted a Response or(where no deselection process has previously been made)applied to be selected to DPS, of its decision not to award the DPS Agreement which notification will contain, among other information, a summary of the reasons as to why the economic operator was unsuccessful.
Publisher note: The PQQ is for a DPS for Potential Providers with the potential additional capacity in the provision of range of inpatient procedures, clinics and outpatient services to support the NHS in Scotland in delivering comprehensive and effective healthcare services. Potential Providers are invited to submit a PQQ demonstrating capability for surgical procedures for adults and children to be performed by named qualified and competent surgeons, with all appropriate and necessary steps taken to limit complications, minimise infection, and to provide where appropriate aftercare and follow-up. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this PQQ exercise. The Project code is 19807. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this PQQ exercise. The Project code is 19807. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 The Contracting Authority does not intend to include a sub-contract clause as part of community benefits (as per Section 25 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) in this contract for the following reason: This is the creation of a DPS and will be adding Potential Providers to a Buyers Guide. This process will not be Sub-contracted. The Contracting Authority does not intend to include any community benefit requirements in this contract for the following reason: Community benefits may be applied at point of call off through mini-tender for the DPS. As spend is not certain, community benefits cannot be imposed at the establishment of the DPS. (SC Ref:669439)
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Public Contracts ScotlandTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Admission period ends
- 29 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
12 Nov 2021 → 2 Nov 2026 · 3 dates- Notice published12 Nov 2021, 10:14 GMT
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 7 days · period end, not a bid countdown29 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expectedin 10 days2 Nov 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sherriff Court HouseReview body
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria