Find a TenderAwarded without competition

Published 12 Nov 2025, 10:55 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Deprivation of Liberty Assessments

Authority: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Wales (UKL15)

Awarded value£112,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 8 Dec 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Liquid Personnel Limited2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This notice marks the intention to follow the Most Suitable Provider process under PSR Wales.

The Health Board wish to commission a maximum of 180 assessments to reduce the DoLS backlog, between December 2025 and March 2026. The service is to include DoLS Best Interests Assessors (BIA's) and the use of a s12 Doctor. The assessments need to be completed within one week of allocation and the patient must still be in hospital at time of authorisation.

CPV: Hospital and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1This contract has been procured via the Most Suitable Provider under PSR WalesAwarded

Delivery: Wales · Central Valleys

85110000 Hospital and related services

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: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 12 Nov 2025, 10:55 GMT
Last source update: 12 Dec 2025, 15:07 GMT
Authority reference: CTM-MSP-60590
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-082574
Classification (CPV): Hospital and related services
Delivery area: Wales (UKL15)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05df4e Find a Tender

Why no open competition: New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
Published justification: This notice marks the intention to follow the Most Suitable Provider process under PSR Wales.

Review and risk notes

Review procedure: Deadline ends on the 26th November 2025 23:59

Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime Wales (PSR Wales) intention to follow Most Suitable Provider Process under PSR Wales. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2025. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015/Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the award of the contract. This contract has been formally awarded. (WA Ref:159147)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £112,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 8 Dec 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Liquid Personnel Limited	£306,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
Liquid Personnel Limited	£112,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Deprivation of Liberty Assessments · Liquid Personnel Limited
Signed
8 Dec 2025
Value
£112,000
Period
8 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Status
active
- Change The original Intention to Award notice informed the market of the Health Board’s proposed award. As the procurement process has now concluded, this notice formally confirms the award of the contract to the successful provider., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: This is not a modification to scope/amend requirements. The original intention to award notice has concluded its standstill period and this notice is required to formally record the contract award. No changes have been made to the contract, provider or scope
Contract 073069-2025-CTM-MSP-60590-1 · Liquid Personnel Limited
Signed
1 Oct 2025
Value
£306,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad	0	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth 4-5 Charnwood Court,, Heol Billingsley, Parc Nantgarw, Cardiff, UK, CF15 7QZContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Liquid PersonnelAwarded supplier Turndord Place, great Cambridge Road, Broxbourne, UK, EN106NHContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.