Contract award · 8 Aug 2025

Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services Framework

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust awarded a contract to Affordable Healthcare Limited, Diagnostic World Ltd, Eden UK Clinical Services…

No competitionHealth & social careNorth East

Value across 42 lots Not published

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

What “without competition” means

Key facts

Buyer
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
Value
Not published
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date8 Aug 2025
  2. Published12 Aug 2025Published 4 days after the contract date

Description

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The relevant Tender Notice was 2025/S 000-016528 with OCID ocds-h6vhtk-05065a The awarding of this framework agreement 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 and The Procurement Regulations 2024 d o not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight at the end of 22 August 2025 to info@coch-cps.co.uk. This framework agreement has not yet been formally concluded; this notice serves as an intention to establish the framework agreement under the PSR. The award decision makers were two Senior Commercial Procurement Specialists, the Commercial Procurement Manager and the Director of Commercial Procurement Services. The Key Criteria were: Lot 1 • Social Value Pass/F…

Lots in this award

LotSupplierValue
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkAffordable Healthcare Limited SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkDiagnostic World Ltd SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkEden UK Clinical Services Limited SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkEnigma Healthcare Limited SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkFortify Clinic Limited SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkFrontiere Medicale EUROPE Ltd. SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkFrontline Health Professionals Ltd SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkGlobe Locums Ltd—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkHarrow Health CIC SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkHealth Now Limited SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkHealthcare Business Solutions UK Limited SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkAgile Workforce Services Limited SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkHer Health Partnerships Ltd SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkICS Operations Limited—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkID Medical Group Limited—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkIntersource Medical Services Ltd—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkKey Performance International Healthcare Limited SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkMedacs Healthcare Ltd—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkMediServices Healthcare Ltd SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkMedSurg Elective Care Limited SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkModality Limited Liability Partnership SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkMyheartcare Limited SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkAthona Limited SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkMylocum Ltd SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkPortland Clinical Limited SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkPrimary Eyecare Services Limited—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkSAH Diagnostics Ltd SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkSanus Cor Ltd. SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkSHS Partners Surgical Limited SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkSirona Medical Ltd SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkSkyline Hospitals Ltd SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkSpire Healthcare Limited—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkSussex Community Dermatology Service Ltd SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkAtlas Diagnostics Limited SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkThrive Health Hubs Ltd SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkElective Services Ltd SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkFriends Medical Service Limited SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkBestway Healthcare Solutions Ltd SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkBirmingham Smartcare Limited SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkCarepro Ltd SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkConsultant Connect Limited SME—
Provision of Insourced and Outsourced Clinical Services FrameworkDay Webster Limited—

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