Official UK procurement notice
Sub Contract of Pain Management Services to Independent Sector Providers
Authority: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract has been awarded under PSR Direct Award Process B
CPV: Health services · Orthopaedic services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This award has been made under direct award process B, Pastel Health Ltd is a new…Awarded
This award has been made under direct award process B, Pastel Health Ltd is a new provider of Sheffield MSK services and will be providing pain management services. The Sheffield MSK approach ensures that patients can be offered a choice of provider. The focus of the MSK model is to have a co-ordinated approach that supports and encourages management of patients’ needs with clear preventative programmes and early interventions, to reduce the volumes of patients who need more specialist intervention. <br/>The services are to be provided to patients aged 18 and over who are referred to the Provider via the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS FT (STH) Single Point of Access (SPA).<br/>The services will be provided under this contract for 12 months from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027. The contract value for year 1 is £283,088.
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
- 31 Mar 2026, 15:17 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Mar 2026, 15:17 BST
- Authority reference
STH-SP0013-Pastel Health Pain Services- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-029836- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067994Find 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) 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 Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award.
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 Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. Decision makers are Operations Director and Information and Performance Manager for MSK Services and Contracts Director and Principal Contracts Manager for STH. No conflicts of interest have been registered.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASTEL HEALTH LTDSME | £283,088 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 029836-2026-1 · PASTEL HEALTH LTDSME
- Signed
- 26 Feb 2025
- Value
- £283,088
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS EnglandReview contact point
- NHS South Yorkshire ICBMediation body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- PASTEL HEALTH LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.