Notice Information
Notice Title
Intention to Award LWH Gynaecology Outsourcing
Notice Description
Provision of Outsourced Gynaecology Services to Liverpool Women's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
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/070165-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award 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
- 31 Oct 20252 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Oct 20252 weeks 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
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- richard.crespin@lwh.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LIVERPOOL
- Postcode
- L8 7SS
- Post Town
- 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
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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