Official UK procurement notice
Services at NHSS Hospitals - Insourcing DPS
Authority: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Medical Services to NHS Scotland Health Boards
CPV: Hospital services
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market (open)
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · no lot values published · a supplier may bid for at most 4 of themLot #1Medical Insourcing ServicesRenewal
This Lot covers Insourcing Services, suppliers providing teams to carry out procedures utilising NHSS Health Board facilities (i.e Theatres at Weekends) to reduce waiting times and/or increase HB capacity to provide increased patient care.
The types of services to be provided are See, Treat or See & Treat covering, but not limited to, the following specialities;
Anaesthetics
Breast Surgery
Cardiology
Dermatology
Endocrinology
Endoscopy
ENT
Gastroenterology
General Surgery
Gynaecology
Haematology
Hand & Plastics
Maxillofacial
Neurology
Ophthalmology
Orthodontics
Orthopaedics
Radiography
Respiratory
Rheumatology
Urology
Vascular
Lot #2Mental Health ServicesRenewal
Mental Health is for the provision of suitably qualified staff to provide Mental Health Service at NHS Hospitals or remotely, to reduce the Waiting Times and/or provide a service that the hospital is unable to provide under its current capacity.
Lot #3Mobile/Modular Units - StaffedRenewal
Lot 3 covers Mobile and Modular Units - Staffed, that can be placed on sites to increase the capacity of the hospital by increasing space for diagnosing/treating patients and the provision of patient care. It is envisaged that the provision of this service would be a provider of the Mobile/Modular Units providing the staffing as a full service.
It is envisaged that the services delivered through this lot will be longer term and allow for more consistency through long term agreements for the provision of services.
A full set of conditions for the operation of this service will be provided by the Health Board at mini competition.
The types of Mobile/Modular Units that may be required in this Lot are, but shall not be limited to:
Cancer Wards
Cardiac Surgery
Cardiology Department
Clean Room
Clinics
Discharge Lounge
Emergency Rooms
Endoscopy
ENT Wards
Gastroenterology Ward
General Surgery
Haematology
Intensive Care Units
Maternity Wards
Microbiology Labs
Neurology
Outpatient Wards
Pharmacy
Lot #4Virtual ServicesRenewal
Lot 4 is for the provision of suitably qualified staff to provide a Virtual Diagnostic Service for NHS Hospitals to help reduce the Waiting Times and/or provide a service that the hospital is unable to provide under its current capacity. This service will be delivered remotely through a secure online service.
Suppliers MUST be able to provide evidence of standards applied, approach to staff recruitment and training, monitoring of performance and outcomes/quality/clinical governance, patient consent, complaints and incident handling and records management.
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- Suitability
As stated in PQQ
- Economic & financial standing
All criteria are listed within each lot in the PQQ but each potential provider must meet the minimum standards listed below.
Minimum: Potential Participants will have to prove that they have been trading for a minimum of 2 years and have a turnover in excess of 1,000,000 GBP per annum. There is an option for new start-up companies, who cannot meet these requirements, to enter into a pilot project with a HB (est…
- “Services at NHSS Hospitals - Insourcing 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
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How often local firms win similar work.
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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.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid16% / 0%
2–331% / 0%
4–625% / 55%
7+28% / 45%
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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Lot #1Medical Insourcing ServicesCPV 85111000Estimate not published
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1 bid2%
2–331%
4–631%
7+36%
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Where the award price may land.
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Hurley GroupWorked for this buyer | Workforce Specialist Servicesnotice published Sept 2021 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £209m37 awards in 36m · last this month | 1 live · £850k 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=1 | |
| £195k12 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 3 live · £16m 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 | |
Hurley GroupSME | £17m2 awards in 36m · last 21 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=1 |
| £40m40 awards in 36m · last this month | 10 live · £22m 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=8 | |
| £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 |
Lot #2Mental Health ServicesCPV 85111000Estimate not published
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1 bid3%
2–334%
4–630%
7+33%
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Hurley GroupWorked for this buyer | Workforce Specialist Servicesnotice published Sept 2021 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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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 |
| £4.8m3 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 1 live · £749k 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. | 2% below n=5 | |
| £22m14 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 2 live · £13m 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 | |
| £12m13 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 3 live · £9.2m 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=5 | |
| — | None on file | no comparable pairs |
Lot #3Mobile/Modular Units - StaffedCPV 85111000Estimate not published
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1 bid2%
2–326%
4–628%
7+44%
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £40m40 awards in 36m · last this month | 10 live · £22m 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=8 | |
| £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 | |
| £2.4m27 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 8 live · £832k 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. | 2% below n=3 | |
| £159m5 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 3 live · £109m 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=6 | |
| £45m26 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 11 live · £26m 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=16 |
Lot #4Virtual ServicesCPV 85111000Estimate not published
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A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid2%
2–319%
4–632%
7+47%
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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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.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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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| £87m25 awards in 36m · last this month | 1 live · £150k 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=7 | |
| £40m40 awards in 36m · last this month | 10 live · £22m 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=8 | |
| £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 | |
| £80m10 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 3 live · £51m 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=5 | |
| £71m33 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 6 live · £16m 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.
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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
- 16 Aug 2022, 16:00 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Aug 2022, 13:46 BST
- Authority reference
NP67621- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-023785- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035f25Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- 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 for utilising unused capacity within hospitals in the provision of range of inpatient procedures and clinics to support the NHS in Scotland in delivering comprehensive and effective healthcare services. Potential Providers are invited to submit a PQQ demonstrating capability for diagnosis and treatment of medical and surgical procedures for adults and children to be performed by named qualified and competent consultants, surgeons and other qualified staff, 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 20785. 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. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this PQQ exercise. The Project code is 20785. 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. Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: It is a mandatory requirement that potential framework participants agree to support the concept, provision and ongoing development of community benefits provision in relation to this framework. Potential framework participants are required to agree to this mandatory requirement. They are also requested to provide a brief summary of the community benefits that have recently been delivered within Scotland, if at all, and also what impact and outcomes these have achieved. 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. Potential framework participants are required to summarise any proposed community benefits that will be developed and delivered as part of this contract if successful or, alternatively, potential framework participants confirm that they will engage with the NHS Scotland’s Community Benefits Gateway (CBG). This gateway, developed through requests from suppliers seeking opportunities to support the delivery of community benefits within the contracting region, provides information on community benefit opportunities. The CBG is a free and easy to use online service that connects NHS Scotland suppliers with third sector community organisations within Scotland and will be used for tracking and reporting and is an approved compliant route to the realisation of community benefits. (SC Ref:684757)
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Public Contracts Scotland- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Admission period ends
- 15 Sept 2027, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
25 Aug 2022 → 15 Sept 2027 · 3 dates- Notice published25 Aug 2022, 13:46 BST
- Invitations to tender expected15 Sept 2022, 00:00 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 328 days · period end, not a bid countdown15 Sept 2027, 12:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Deadline moved to 15 Sept 2027, 12:00 BST25 Aug 2022, 13:46 BST+1826 days · was 15 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
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| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 15 Sept 2022 | 15 Sept 2027 | +1826 d |
This notice is live for 5 years
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