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# Somerset CCG - Elective Care Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/somerset-ccg-elective-care-services-ocds-h6vhtk-030aaa). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group: "Somerset CCG - Elective Care Services". 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:** [Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/somerset-clinical-commissioning-group-GB-FTS-8502)
- **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:** UKK23
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £4,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-030aaa`

## 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/somerset-ccg-elective-care-services-ocds-h6vhtk-030aaa#tl-md)

## Description
Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group (SCCG) is going to award a contract to Nuffield Hospital Taunton for elective care services.
The currently contracted service expires on 31st March 2022.  In making this further award, the Commissioners are awarding a contract for a period of 12 months until 31st March 2023 with an option to extend for a further 12 months. There are no guaranteed activity volumes, however current service is approximately £2m per annum.  The services commissioned are elective care services, predominantly in the specialty of Trauma and Orthopaedics, with some General Surgery and ENT.  The provision also includes Inter Provider Transfers from local NHS Foundations Trusts to ensure the continued support in elective recovery across the Somerset system within the established infrastructure and geographical footprint of Somerset.
The range of services included in the contract support the principles and regulation of patient choice, particularly as it pertains to the NHS Constitution, the Standing Rules Regulations, and the NHS Choice Framework.
Nuffield Health Taunton continues to provide a good quality service that meets the needs and expectation of the Commissioner and Patients, and the Commissioner has no concerns regarding the proposed provider's ability to deliver the service through to April 2023.  As a result of all the material factors noted above, the Negotiated procedure without prior publication has been followed and justified under regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) 'competition is absent for technical reasons'.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group (SCCG) is going to award a contract to Nuffield Hospital Taunton for elective care services.
The currently contracted service expires on 31st March 2022.  In making this further award, the Commissioners are award...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Somerset CCG - Elective Care Services (active)
  - Award id: `001042-2022-11X-NUFFIELD-2022/23-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Nuffield Hospital**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-40665`
  - Value: £4,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Somerset CCG - Elective Care Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £4,000,000
  - Signed Date: 12/01/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001042-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-01-13T15:09:28.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T10:01:18.871Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-030aaa