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title: "Service for Open Pre-natal Surgery to treat Fetuses with Open Spina Bifida"
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# Service for Open Pre-natal Surgery to treat Fetuses with Open Spina Bifida

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/service-for-open-pre-natal-surgery-to-treat-fetuses-with-open-spina-bifida-ocds-h6vhtk-03990a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS England: "Service for Open Pre-natal Surgery to treat Fetuses with Open Spina Bifida". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-england-gov-pb481)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,068,689 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03990a`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/service-for-open-pre-natal-surgery-to-treat-fetuses-with-open-spina-bifida-ocds-h6vhtk-03990a#tl-md)

## Description
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU), on behalf of NHS England Specialised Commissioning (referred to as the Commissioner), is undertaking a market engagement exercise to understand the current and future capacity and capability of the providers and potential providers within this highly specialised area. Interested parties are encouraged to register their interest and participate in the market questionnaire which will provide feedback to commissioners. Please note that this is not a call for competition although the commissioner would encourage all potential providers to respond to this market engagement exercise. It is possible that, as a result of this exercise, a formal tender process may not be required but instead a simpler supplier selection process may be considered. Where it is noted that competition is absent, direct awards may be considered.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** NHS England would like to identify providers who are interested in the provision of a national service for open pre-natal surgery to treat fetuses with open spina bifida service In line with the service specification Open-fetal-surgery-to-treat-fetus...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 028599-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **UZ Leuven**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-93597`
  - Value: £927,848 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 028599-2023-2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-NHS-RRV`
  - Value: £1,140,841 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 028599-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £927,848
  - Signed Date: 31/07/2023

- **Contract:** 028599-2023-2 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,140,841
  - Signed Date: 31/07/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F028599-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-09-28T10:42:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T15:55:20.301Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03990a