Official UK procurement notice
LWH Gynaecology Outsourcing · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLWH Gynaecology Outsourcing Services
CPV: Gynaecological hospital services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This notice is an intention to award a contract under the PSR Most Suitable Provider…Awarded
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the PSR Most Suitable Provider process.<br/>Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust requires additional outsourced outpatient clinic and theatre capacity to increase overall capacity for General Gynaecology services. Extremely high demand, driven by the unprecedented backlog created during the Covid-19 pandemic and internal staff capacity issues, is resulting in severe delays for routine care. To meet a proportion of this demand, it has been proposed to procure additional capacity from an independent provider via an outsourced model. The contracted services are anticipated to provide an initial capacity increase of up to 2600 outpatient appointments, including any diagnostic management and 500 surgical procedures. It will also be the responsibility of the outsourced provide to provider the administration wrap around.<br/><br/>This capacity needs to be provided by the 31st of March 2026; it is the responsibility of the provider to put a delivery model in place for this activity. Further activity beyond this date will be issued in due course subject to internal funding sign off.<br/><br/>All activity will remain LWH activity, with the external provider holding responsibility for seeing and treating the patient only. Activity will be recorded on LWH systems for activity recording and charging purposed.<br/><br/>Any provider will be expected to provide LWH, on a weekly basis, with a list of procedures completed, alongside patient level coding, to ensure accurate recording of patient episodes.<br/>Core functions to be provided:<br/>
- own premises, needs to be able to provide administrative wrap around, diagnostic services, IP facility, and OP facility. MDT teams including Consultant, Healthcare, RGN, Sonographer, Radiographer, Radiologist, Pharmacist etc<br/>
- IT system for data transfers back into LWH<br/>
- Peer audit capability<br/>The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £800,000.<br/>This is to provide additional capacity by a new provider (Aset Hospital Limited) for an existing service until 31/03/2026.
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
- 31 Oct 2025, 15:13 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Mar 2026, 14:53 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-028030- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d83bFind 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) 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by Wednesday the 12th of November 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR Most Suitable Provider process.<br/><br/>Written representations should be sent to the following address:<br/>richard.crespin@lwh.nhs.uk <br/><br/>This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by Wednesday the 12th of November 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR Most Suitable Provider process.<br/><br/>Written representations should be sent to the following address:<br/>richard.crespin@lwh.nhs.uk <br/><br/>This award has been approved by the Director of Operations.<br/><br/>A declaration of interest exercise was undertaken and no conflicts of interest were identified.<br/><br/>The new provider has been identified as the most suitable provider to meet the basic criteria of capability, capacity and location, as well as evidence of regulatory requirements.<br/>The relative importance of the key criteria used to make the decision to award the Outsourcing of General Gynaecology services are as follows:<br/>a) Evidence of patient pathway information including innovative practice regarding well-being assessment. Evidence of 7-day services to support patients.<br/>b) Ability to deliver the service at NHS tariff, demonstrating value for money. Following review, this includes full delivery of pathways and service delivery expected of NHS services.<br/>c) Evidence that provider works in the local region, have evidence of liaising with local primary care and community services to ensure continuity of care. Provider could evidence working with other local NHS providers and collaboration to meet the needs of local services and wait times.<br/>d) Provider could evidence that they have fixed, registered estate within the required distance from Liverpool Women’s Hospital which would therefore reduce Health Inequalities for patients by reducing travel implications. Demonstrated ability to meet the service and numbers requirements to reduce patient waiting times.<br/>e) Ability to reduce patient waiting times will significantly impact social value by mobilising more people back to work, reducing potential sickness absence for patients and ability to function in their daily lives by having quicker access to treatment, thus significantly improving quality of life.
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1)
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. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using the most suitable provider process.The contract w…
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASET HOSPITAL LIMITEDSME | £800,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 070165-2025-1 · ASET HOSPITAL LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 30 Oct 2025
- Value
- £800,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of Justice for England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ASET HOSPITAL LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.