Official UK procurement notice
Cheshire East and Vale Royal GP Special Allocation Scheme (SAS) Service
Authority: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit is acting as an agent on behalf of NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB, who is looking to procure a GP Special Allocation Scheme (SAS) Service in Cheshire East Place and the Vale Royal area of Cheshire West Place.
CPV: Medical practice services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£136,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Quality and Innovation: 55%
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice: 15%
- Social Value: 10%
- Integration, Collaboration, and Service Sustainability: 20%
Published award criteria (5)
- Quality and Innovation: 55
- Integration, Collaboration, and Service Sustainability: 20
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice: 15
- Social Value: 10
- Price: Pass/Fail
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 11 Apr 2025, 16:09 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Apr 2025, 16:09 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 25 Apr 2025 – …
- Authority reference
WHISP-337- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-014741- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fe56Find a Tender
Publisher note: This procurement is being carried out in line with the requirements which fall under Regulation 11 for the award of a contract with a competition, and Schedule 1 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. As such, the competitive tendering of these Services is being run as a bespoke, single-stage tender process as described in the documentation available via https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome, and in this Find a Tender contract notice advertisement. The only selection for type of Procedure is "Open" and the Contracting Authority wishes to clarify that this is a competitive procedure under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The procedure which the Contracting Authority is following is set out in the procurement documents. Right to Cancel: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a contract or contracts and does not bind itself to accept the lowest tender, or any tender received, and reserves the right to award a contract in part, or to call for new tenders should it consider this necessary. The Contracting Authority shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate or tenderer in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this Contract Notice, or in the completion or submission of any tender, irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is cancelled or postponed. All dates, time periods and values specified in this notice are provisional and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change these. Transparency: The Contracting Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this procurement under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the contracting authority intends to publish procurement documentation and the text of any resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 25 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 25 Apr 2025, 13:00 BST
Timeline
11 Apr 2025 → 1 Jul 2025 · 4 dates- Notice published11 Apr 2025, 16:09 BST
- Submission deadline25 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened25 Apr 2025, 13:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextOffered Costs · II.2.4 | — | The proposed contract value is based on the following offered costs: £2,000 retainer per annum Cost per in hours Consultation - £111.19 Telephone Consultation - £50.54 | |
| — | DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate · IV.2.2 | — | 7 May 2025 | |
| — | Contract periodStart date - to be confirmed by the Contracting Authority · II.2.7 | — | 1 Aug 2025 |
1 amendment published without a description.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.