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LWH Gynaecology Outsourcing

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust

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26 Mar 2026 at 14:53

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31 Oct 2025 at 15:13

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Summary of the contracting process

The Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust is actively engaged in procuring outsourced gynaecology services under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Regulations. With the contracting process formally initiated, the Trust aims to enhance its General Gynaecology services amidst high demand and backlog issues. The procurement is classified under "services" within the gynaecological hospital services industry, specifically in Liverpool, UKD72 region. The procurement method involves a Limited process, excluding the prior publication of a competition call, with intention to award initially notified on 31 October 2025 and the contract awarded on 5 March 2026 for services commencing the same day until 31 March 2026. The estimated lifetime value for the contract is £800,000.

This procurement process presents significant business growth opportunities, particularly for healthcare providers capable of offering comprehensive outpatient and surgical capacities. The contract involves delivering up to 2600 outpatient appointments and 500 surgical procedures, which necessitates the provider having the capability to administer services at NHS tariffs and facilitate seamless integration with ongoing NHS operations in the region. Businesses positioned to offer innovative patient pathways and continuity of care through collaboration with local healthcare services stand a competitive chance. The selected provider, Aset Hospital Limited, a small to medium-sized enterprise, illustrates the procurement's openness to diverse organisational scales, promoting inclusivity and extending the opportunity to emerging local providers equipped to bolster healthcare service delivery.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

LWH Gynaecology Outsourcing

Notice Description

LWH Gynaecology Outsourcing Services

Lot Information

Lot 1

This notice is an intention to award a contract under the PSR Most Suitable Provider process.
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.

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.

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.

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.
Core functions to be provided:
* 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
* IT system for data transfers back into LWH
* Peer audit capability
The approximate lifetime value of the contract is PS800,000.
This is to provide additional capacity by a new provider (Aset Hospital Limited) for an existing service until 31/03/2026.

Procurement Information

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.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d83b
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028030-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85111300 - Gynaecological hospital services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£800,000 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
26 Mar 20265 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
30 Oct 202510 months ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LIVERPOOL
Postcode
L8 7SS
Postcode Area
Liverpool
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD7 Merseyside
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD72 Liverpool
Delivery Location
TLD72 Liverpool
Local Authority
Liverpool
Electoral Ward
Canning
Westminster Constituency
Liverpool Riverside

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

ASET HOSPITAL LIMITED

Further Information

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