Official UK procurement notice
Dermatology Insourcing Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWith a backlog of patients, the dermatology service requires an external supplier to provide additional capacity to support the Gloucestershire Hospitals in delivering targeted activity to address these patient waiting times.
CPV: Dermatology services · Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1This procurement is for additional capacity for Dermatology Insourcing Services to…AwardedPublished value£1,200,000
This procurement is for additional capacity for Dermatology Insourcing Services to deliver additional capacity to carry out dermatology outpatient minor operations with suitable and detailed clinical reports.<br/><br/>This notice is an intention to award a contract under the PSR competitive process and the total potential value of the contract is £2,400,000.<br/><br/>This is a new service with a new provider. The service will be live from the 7th of August 2025 to 6th August 2026 with the ability to extend by up to 12 months.
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 (5)
- Quality and Innovation: 40%
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice: 5%
- price: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
- Integration, Collaboration and service sustainability: 15%
Published award criteria (5)
- Integration, Collaboration and service sustainability: 15%
- Quality and Innovation: 40%
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice: 5%
- Social Value: 10%
- Price: 30%
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 6 Nov 2024, 17:15 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Aug 2025, 10:58 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 6 Dec 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-051836- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b479Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to 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. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 2nd July 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.<br/><br/>Representations should be sent to: Dominique.Gregory@nhs.net<br/><br/>The tender was evaluated by:<br/>The General Manager for GI Physiology<br/>A Consultant Colorectal Surgeon<br/>A Consultant Surgeon<br/><br/>No conflicts of interest were declared.<br/><br/>The relative importance of the 5 key criteria was decided based on the needs of the service and the necessity to have a quality service that provided value for money.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Submission deadline
- 6 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 6 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
6 Dec 2024 → 28 Aug 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline6 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened6 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published28 Aug 2025, 10:58 BST
Notice history
1 event · 4 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete11 Jul 2025, 10:32 BST
Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextII.2.7.3 | 11/07/2025 | 30/07/2025 | |
| — | TextII.1.4.1 | With a backlog of patients, the dermatology service requires an external supplier to provide additional capacity to support the Gloucestershire Hospitals in delivering targeted activity to address these patient waiting times. | With a backlog of patients, the dermatology service requires an external supplier to provide additional capacity to support the Gloucestershire Hospitals in delivering targeted activity to address these patient waiting times.Maximum total value of the contract is £2,400,000 for 1+1 year contract. However, as a call off contract, this spend is not expected to be achieved.This is a Provider Selectio… |
2 amendments published without a description.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2024-11: 1 release · 6 Nov 2024
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGILE WORKFORCE SERVICES LIMITEDSME | £1,200,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 039159-2025-1 · AGILE WORKFORCE SERVICES LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 11 Jul 2025
- Value
- £1,200,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13bids · 13 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Centre for Effective Dispute ResolutionMediation bodyReview body
- The High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Agile Workforce Services LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria