Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 30 Apr 2025, 17:08 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Specialised Commissioning Acute Contract- North West

Official notice

Authority: NHS England (Central government)

13 lotsServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£11,589,90113 contracts · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Apr 2025no call for competition
Awarded to ACE CENTRE +9 more10 awards

What is being bought13 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Acute contracts for Specialised Commissioning Services across the North West region.

CPV: Health services

Lots and requirements (13)Procurement structure

13 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1ACE CENTRECancelled

An award has been made following Direct Award Process A in line with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.<br/><br/>The service started on 1st April 2025 for a period of 1 year.<br/><br/>The lifetime value of the contract is £4,695,459.40.

Delivery: North West · ACE CENTRE
Lot #2MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCancelled

An award has been made following Direct Award Process A in line with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.<br/><br/>The service started on 1st April 2025 for a period of 1 year.<br/><br/>The lifetime value of the contract is £5,107.50

Delivery: North West · MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Lot #3BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCancelled

An award has been made following Direct Award Process A in line with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.<br/><br/>The service started on 1st April 2025 for a period of 1 year.<br/><br/>The lifetime value of the contract is £26,608.03

Delivery: North West · BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Lot #4BOLTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCancelled

An award has been made following Direct Award Process A in line with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.<br/><br/>The service started on 1st April 2025 for a period of 1 year.<br/><br/>The lifetime value of the contract is £14,709.60

Delivery: North West · BOLTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Extensions: The service started on 1st April 2025 for a period of 1 year with option to extend
Lot #5COUNTESS OF CHESTERCancelled

An award has been made following Direct Award Process A in line with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.<br/><br/>The service started on 1st April 2025 for a period of 1 year.<br/><br/>The lifetime value of the contract is £106,252.34

Delivery: North West · COUNTESS OF CHESTER
Lot #6EAST LANCASHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUSTCancelled

An award has been made following Direct Award Process A in line with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.<br/><br/>The service started on 1st April 2025 for a period of 1 year.<br/><br/>The lifetime value of the contract is £17,430.88.

Delivery: North West · EAST LANCASHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
Lot #7LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCancelled

An award has been made following Direct Award Process A in line with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.<br/><br/>The service started on 1st April 2025 for a period of 1 year.<br/><br/>The lifetime value of the contract is £576,439.60

Delivery: North West · LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Lot #8MID CHESHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCancelled

An award has been made following Direct Award Process A in line with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.<br/><br/>The service started on 1st April 2025 for a period of 1 year.<br/><br/>The lifetime value of the contract is £20,917.26

Delivery: North West · MID CHESHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Lot #9NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANTCancelled

An award has been made following Direct Award Process A in line with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.<br/><br/>The service started on 1st April 2025 for a period of 1 year.<br/><br/>The lifetime value of the contract is £6,000,000.00.

Delivery: North West · NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT
Lot #10NORTHERN CARE ALLIANCE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (FORMALLY SALFORD)Cancelled

An award has been made following Direct Award Process A in line with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.<br/><br/>The service started on 1st April 2025 for a period of 1 year.<br/><br/>The lifetime value of the contract is £3,486.38.

Delivery: North West · NORTHERN CARE ALLIANCE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (FORMALLY SALFORD)
Lot #11UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF MORECAMBE BAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCancelled

An award has been made following Direct Award Process A in line with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.<br/><br/>The service started on 1st April 2025 for a period of 1 year.<br/><br/>The lifetime value of the contract is £49,969.74.

Delivery: North West
Lot #12WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCancelled

An award has been made following Direct Award Process A in line with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.<br/><br/>The service started on 1st April 2025 for a period of 1 year.<br/><br/>The lifetime value of the contract is £17,465.61.

Delivery: North West · WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Lot #13WRIGHTINGTON, WIGAN AND LEIGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCancelled

An award has been made following Direct Award Process A in line with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.<br/><br/>The service started on 1st April 2025 for a period of 1 year.<br/><br/>The lifetime value of the contract is £56,054.81.

Delivery: North West · WRIGHTINGTON, WIGAN AND LEIGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
30 Apr 2025, 17:08 BST
Last source update
30 Apr 2025, 17:08 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-018178
Classification (CPV)
Health services
Delivery area
North West (UKD33)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050ab8 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below<br/>

  • The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:<br/>
  • absence of competition for technical reasons<br/><br/>This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, using Direct Award Process A. Under these regulations, where there is an existing provider of the service, and the service can only be delivered by that provider, no other process can be used.

Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice.<br/><br/>This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.<br/><br/>The decision makers for this process were the NHS England’s National Commissioning<br/>Group.<br/>There were no conflicts of interests declared in reaching the decision to award.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 13
Awarded value £11,589,90113 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 13latest 1 Apr 2025

3 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS England

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth 7&8 Wellington Place, Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS1 4APContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Bidders & participating suppliers

13 commercial parties on the notice
Show 3 more suppliers

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.