Find a TenderAwarded without competition

Published 30 Apr 2025, 17:36 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Elective Inpatient, Daycase & Outpatient services across Cheshire and Merseyside

Official notice

Authority: NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD3)

Awarded value£12,673,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 19 Nov 2024no call for competition

Awarded to BMI Saxon

Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Provision of elective inpatient, daycase and outpatient services for a range of specialties including General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Urology, Gastroenterology, Ophthalmology, Vascular, ENT and Neurophysiology. NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has approved a modification to a contract that was awarded under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The existing contract to deliver elective inpatient, daycase and outpatients services started on 1st April 2023 and expired on 31st March 2025 with an option to extend for 12 months.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1THIS IS A CONTRACT MODIFICATIONAwarded

THIS IS A CONTRACT MODIFICATION

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB has approved a modification to a contract that was awarded under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The existing contract to deliver elective inpatient, daycase and outpatients services started on 1st April 2023 and expired on 31st March 2025 with an option to extend for 12 months. From 1st April 2025, the incumbent provider, Fairfield Independent Hospital was acquired by Circle Health Group Ltd and the existing contract was novated. This modification confirms the novation of the Fairfield Independent Hospital contract to Circle Health Group and enacts the 12 month extension to the contract term. As a result the modified expiry date is 31st March 2026.

The original contract value was £19,900,000 and the modification value is £12,673,000.

Delivery: North West · The services will be provided from Fairfield Independent Hospital and will cover patients registered with a GP Practice in the Cheshire & Merseyside ICB, Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB and Greater Manchester ICB areas.

Extensions: The original contract contained an option to extend for 12 months - there are no further options available.

85100000 Health services

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £12,673,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 19 Nov 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
BMI Saxon	£12,673,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Provision of Elective Inpatient, Daycase & Outpatient services across Cheshire and Merseyside · BMI Saxon
Signed
19 Nov 2024
Value
£12,673,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

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: 30 Apr 2025, 17:36 BST
Last source update: 30 Apr 2025, 17:36 BST
Authority reference: 25-26-QYG-01X-NT4-Con
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-018186
Classification (CPV): Health services
Delivery area: North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-050abf Find 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 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.

Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract modification notice, 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 modified. On the 19th November 2024 the Cheshire & Merseyside ICB - Finance, Investment & Resources Committee approved this decision and one conflict of interest was declared. This was managed in accordance with the ICB Management of Conflicts of Interest Policy.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: QYG 1 Lakeside 920, Centre Park Square, Warrington, North West, WA1 1QYContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Cheshire &Merseyside Integrated Care BoardReview body Warrington

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Circle Health Group LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02164270 30 Cannon Street, London, London, EC4M 6YN

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.