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Published 10 Jan 2025, 12:35 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Insourced Perfusion Services - HUTH

Official notice

Authority: Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable
Published estimate£200,000exc. VAT
Awarded 24 Apr 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Northern Ireland Trade Consultants B.V., Assured Perfusion and Medical Services Limited2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Insourced Perfusion Services - HUTH

CPV: Medical specialist services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1This is a notice of intention to award a contract under the Health Care Services…Awarded

This is a notice of intention to award a contract under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Most Suitable Provider procedure to Assured Perfusion and Medical Services Limited, Portland House 21 Narborough Road, Cosby, Leicester LE9 1TA.<br/><br/>The Provider supply suitably experienced, trained & qualified Clinical Perfusion Scientist and SCP staff to support Cardiac surgery inpatient sessions at Castle Hill Hospital.<br/><br/>CPV Code – 85121200-5 Medical Specialist Services.<br/><br/>The contract will operate 01/05/2025 to 31/08/2025 with an option to extend for a further 2 periods each of 3 months and with an estimated value of £80,000 for the initial term and up to £200,000 in total if the full extension option is used.

Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber, Northern Ireland · Sites of Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Extensions: The initial contract is for a period of 24 months from the date of appointment with options to extend for two further periods of 24 months and 12 months respectively i.e. 2 + 2 + 1

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
10 Jan 2025, 12:35 GMT
Last source update
11 Jun 2025, 15:57 BST
Authority reference
Project C329551 - Contract C368726
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031625
Classification (CPV)
Medical specialist services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE11)Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cf13 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

PSR Most Suitable Provider Procedure<br/>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 (neil.dodds1@nhs.net) by midnight on 08/05/2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers.That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.

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 - Most Suitable Provider Procedure. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.<br/><br/>The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made by midnight 08/05/2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Written representations should be sent to Neil Dodds - neil.dodds1@nhs.net<br/><br/>The selection of the Provider was conducted based on responses to a questionnaire to evaluate the Provider's ability to deliver the required services in line with the priorities of the Trust with regard to the weighted key criteria.<br/><br/>The decision to award the contract was made by the Senior Managers of the service and approved by the Executives of the Trust.<br/><br/>There were no conflicts of interest.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified

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Submission deadline
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Timeline

9 Jan 2025 → 11 Jun 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    9 Jan 2025
  2. Notice published
    11 Jun 2025, 15:57 BST

Notice history

5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Mar 2025
  1. Status changed to complete
    26 Mar 2025, 11:55 GMT
  2. Procurement method changed
    26 Mar 2025, 11:55 GMT
  3. Buyer details updated
    26 Mar 2025, 11:55 GMT
  4. Procurement method changed
    25 Apr 2025, 17:07 BST
  5. Buyer details updated
    25 Apr 2025, 17:07 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextVI.3.0.1This 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 - Most Suitable Provider Procedure. 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 perio…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 PSR Most Suitable Provider process.The contra…

1 amendment published without a description.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-01: 1 release · 10 Jan 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £307,0752 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 51 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 24 Apr 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Northern Ireland Trade Consultants B.V.SMEContract£107,075 †—Awarded
Assured Perfusion and Medical Services Limited£200,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Hull Royal Infirmary, Anlaby Road, Hull, Yorkshire & Humber, HU3 2JZContact name, email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • DfE - Invest NIContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawGeneral public services BELFAST, UKContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court and Court of Appeal of England and WalesMediation bodyReview body LondonContact email
  • The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.Review body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.