Official UK procurement notice
Elective Care Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of elective care services
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1To deliver high quality, value for money elective care services in accordance with…Awarded
To deliver high quality, value for money elective care services in accordance with good clinical practice in respect of clinical services and in addition, good industry practice in respect of services other than clinical services.
To maintain capacity that supports the indicative commissioned activity of the commissioner, thus ensuring delivery of the agreed referral to treatment times.
To maintain access to a range of elective care services thereby improving service users free choice of provider and control over their care and treatment.
To provide the service users with the choice of named consultant-led team for elective care where clinically appropriate.
To ensure the provision of safe and effective elective service provision to service users.
To continually improve the quality and value of care for service users in-line with current good clinical practice.
To achieve the agreed referral to treat waiting times.
To achieve and wherever possible, improve upon elective care services clinical pathways.
To maintain levels of capacity of elective care services for service users.
Management of the 18-week RTT is paramount to the delivery of service expectations and in line with national standards. The provider will work in collaboration with the commissioner to manage demand effectively and efficiently. This will be supported by performance reporting in line with commissioner expectations and highlighting areas of concern
Start Date: 24th June 2026
End Date: 23rd June 2027
The value of the contract has been included as 0.01 within this notice as this is a cost per case contract.
The ICB has awarded a new contract to a new accredited provider following direct award process B.
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
- 17 Sept 2026, 13:52 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Sept 2026, 13:52 BST
- Authority reference
QE1-NP9- DA-25-001- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-088236- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077473Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of a contract 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 processes as set out in the PSR have been applied and not the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Act 2023.
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of a contract 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 processes as set out in the PSR have been applied and not the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Act 2023. Details of Decision Makers: The recommendation to award the contract via this route has been made by the ICB commissioning lead for the service and was then endorsed at the ICB Commissioning Resource Group on the 6th February 2026. The final decision to award the contract was made by the LSC ICB Executive Committee on the the 17th February 2026. There were no conflicts of interest identified.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bespoke Healthcare LtdSME | £0 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Elective Care Services · Bespoke Healthcare LtdSME
- Signed
- 17 Feb 2026
- Value
- £0
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Bespoke Healthcare / Greater Lancashire HospitalAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.